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AI

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it? | TechCrunch

Less than two weeks after Meta agreed to a massive $18 billion multistate settlement in a lawsuit over social media’s...

Apps

The iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman | TechCrunch

Preorders for the new iPhone Duo don’t start until later in October, but the device may already have...

ElevenLabs logo/splash screen
Apps

ElevenLabs’ new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages | TechCrunch

ElevenLabs launched two new speech models on Monday, called ElevenLabs v4 and v4 Turbo, offering more expression control,...

Truecaller Scam Checker
Apps

Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID | TechCrunch

After more than a decade building a caller ID business serving over 500 million users, Truecaller is now...

YouTube Members-only Communities
Media & Entertainment

YouTube is making comments more fun — and fandom more lucrative for creators | TechCrunch

YouTube’s comments section is getting an upgrade, alongside the rollout of other community-focused features such as exclusive paid...

YouTube Shorts series
Media & Entertainment

YouTube’s new ‘Shorts series’ feature brings episodic viewing to Shorts | TechCrunch

As microdrama apps gain traction, YouTube is clearly betting that episodic short-form storytelling will stick around. And that...

X (formerly Twitter) logo on a cracked wall
Social

X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts | TechCrunch

X on Monday announced it will now tell users when their posts have been “shadowbanned,” meaning shown to...

Apps

Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI | TechCrunch

Pinterest is turning to AI to help consumers move from searching for product inspiration to actually being able...

AI

Rival AI agents, Instinct and Meta’s Muse, both add the ability to make calls | TechCrunch

Text-based AI assistants are a hot market, with Instinct, Wajo, Town, Ollie, and Meta’s Muse agent, which launched...

Social

X will now let US users trade via Cashtags | TechCrunch

X will now allow users to trade from their timelines. The Elon Musk-owned social network on Wednesday launched...