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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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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data | TechCrunch

The AI music generator Suno was hacked, according to a report from 404 Media.The hacker told the publication...

in this photo illustration, the Whatsapp app logo can be seen through a magnifying glass on the display of a smartphone.
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WhatsApp says it is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts | TechCrunch

For the last few hours, several people across social media have reported that their WhatsApp accounts have been...

Security and civil defense workers stand outside the damaged Crown Plaza hotel, following an Iranian military strike, in Manama on March 1, 2026.
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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says | TechCrunch

The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the...

A promotional image of Activision's Call of Duty: Warzone video game.
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What’s behind ballooning video game budgets? | TechCrunch

Why does it cost some companies hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a popular video game?A couple...

Antonio Gracias, founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Valor Equity Partners
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Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII, per Bloomberg | TechCrunch

New details have emerged about Valor Equity Partners’ Fund VII, which last year filed paperwork with the U.S....

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OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says | TechCrunch

OpenAI has bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging in a deal worth over $300 million, according to a...

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WhatsApp now lets you make calls using its web app | TechCrunch

For years, WhatsApp calls have been supported only on the smartphone app or its native desktop app. Now...

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At the Microsoft Excel World Championship, selfies and a ‘hype’ tunnel | TechCrunch

An arena. A hype tunnel, the kind through which NBA players typically streak. A competitor dressed in a...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
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Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too | TechCrunch

Correction: An earlier version of this piece identified the phone Jensen Huang used to take President Trump’s call...