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AI

Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership | TechCrunch

During its second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Spotify again teased the upcoming release of a new product that...

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Hardware

Apple unveils new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M5 | TechCrunch

Apple announced its new slate of laptops on Tuesday morning, including new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models...

Andrew Dai, co-founder and CEO of Elorian, during a Build Mode podcast interview discussing visual AI, raising a $55 million seed round, and the future of AI.
Security

How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product | TechCrunch

Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind knowing visual AI was the frontier he wanted to stake his claim in....

AI

AI agents are flooding public services with new requests | TechCrunch

As AI makes it easier to fill forms and file complaints, public services around the world are seeing...

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In Brief

Spotify now has over 300M subscribers | TechCrunch

Spotify has zoomed past 300 million subscribers for the first time, the company said on Tuesday. The streaming...

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Hardware

Apple’s new Studio Displays come with Thunderbolt 5 | TechCrunch

Apple on Tuesday announced a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, both powered by its latest chips, as...

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In Brief

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, Microsoft patched a historic record number of security bugs across its product lines, in large part...

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AI

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors | TechCrunch

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human...

Evan Spiegel, Co-Founder and CEO, Snap Inc.
Apps

Snap CEO sidesteps Specs preorder questions on Q2 earnings call | TechCrunch

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sidestepped investors’ questions about preorder demand for the company’s long-awaited Specs smart glasses during...

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Hardware

Apple unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with new ‘Fusion Architecture’ | TechCrunch

Apple on Tuesday debuted the latest addition to the M-series of chips, as it announced its new M5...