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Apps

As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans | TechCrunch

TV Time, the popular TV and movie-tracking app whose pending shutdown has prompted more than 25,000 users to...

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Media & Entertainment

Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents | TechCrunch

Particle, the AI newsreader startup founded by former Twitter engineers, is shifting its focus to a potentially more...

Media & Entertainment

The hottest place for startups to strike a deal? The F1 paddock | TechCrunch

Over cold drinks in the Florida heat, this TechCrunch reporter watched from the paddock as founders and investors...

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Media & Entertainment

Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant | TechCrunch

Spotify is taking another step to infuse AI technology into its listening experience, with Tuesday’s news that Premium...

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Gaming

Realize Music’s ‘Sing’ wants you to sing out loud by yourself in VR because it just feels good | TechCrunch

People don’t sing as much as they used to, and Mike Wilson wants to change that. The former...

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Gaming

Thanks, Netflix, but we don’t need another daily word game | TechCrunch

Netflix is adding a new title to its gaming library: a daily word puzzle that is eerily similar...

Media & Entertainment

Theo Baker spent four years investigating Stanford. Before he leaves, here’s what he found. | TechCrunch

Most members of Stanford’s class of 2026 are smart, ambitious, and poised for remarkable careers. Theo Baker already...

Media & Entertainment

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app | TechCrunch

All the big entertainment apps are starting to look the same, and that’s not an accident. For a...

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In Brief

Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft | TechCrunch

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train...

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Apps

TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV-tracking app | TechCrunch

Bingers, a new TV show and movie-tracking app, has arrived to fill the hole that TV Time’s closure...