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Tinder goes ultra-premium, Amazon invests in Anthropic and Apple explains its new AirPods

How much can artists make from generative AI? Vendors won’t say

Venture capital is opening the gates for defense tech

Humane’s ‘AI Pin’ debuts on the Paris runway

Kick streamers consider leaving over CEO’s comments in a sex worker ‘prank’ stream

VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

When predatory investors damage your chances of success

VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing

A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

Mixin hacked for $200M, Worldcoin eyes greater expansion and Haun Ventures’ execs talk crypto regulation

Worldcoin doubles down on emerging markets amid wider criticism

Pilot is a social travel hub that uses AI to help you plan, book and share trips

Meta Quest is getting a business platform next month

What is Amazon’s [redacted] ‘Project Nessie’ algorithm?

Sources: Palo Alto Networks in advanced talks to buy Talon and Dig in a $1B security sweep

Talkdesk conducts third round of layoffs in less than 14 months

OpenAI is reportedly raising funds at a valuation of $80 billion to $90 billion

Open Robotics’ ROS is in safe grippers with Alphabet, says Intrinsic

Sierra Space raises $290M at a $5.3B valuation

Why Solana, Polygon and Aptos expect the enterprise to drive mass adoption

Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat

Amazon’s outgoing Echo head is Blue Origin’s new CEO

Ford halts work on $3.5B EV battery factory with China’s CATL

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’

‘Nobody has lost their job because of what we do,’ says CEO of film industry AI tool

Elicit is building a tool to automate scientific literature review

Notetaking app Goodnotes invests $1.9M in digital stationary company WeBudding

Google expands its subsea cable infrastructure with Nuvem, connecting the U.S., Bermuda, and Portuga

Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic

Correcto grabs $7M to build out its ‘Grammarly for Spanish’

California governor vetoes bill to ban driverless AV trucks

A conversation with Cruise’s Kyle Vogt, Bird scoops up Spin, and self-driving trucks live to see another day in Cali

Building an equitable cap table puts more tools in a startup’s toolbox

Despite the ups and downs of the fintech space, people still really care about it

Elon Musk threatens to charge for X, OpenAI launches DALL-E 3 and Cisco acquires Splunk

Walmart’s PhonePe launches app store with zero fee in challenge to Google

How CFOs can reduce SaaS spend by 30% in these tough times

LimeLoop’s sleek reusable mailers seek to replace cardboard boxes

Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgiveness

Bluesky saw record usage after Elon Musk announced plans to charge all X users

GitHub launches passkey support into general availability

Firebot is designed to scout burning builders before sending in firefighters

Former a16z execs launch Bastion

Parallel Health takes a biotech-forward approach to skincare with custom phage therapy

Capsule introduces its AI-powered video editor for enterprise teams

Allie wants to layer intelligence on top of factory floors

Apple’s Lisa Jackson explains how going carbon neutral by 2030 is good business

Electrified Thermal Solutions’ e-bricks could be key to decarbonizing heavy industry

Introducing the Startup Battlefield 200 companies at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

Questions every VC needs to ask about every AI startup’s tech stack

UK police officers’ data stolen in cyberattack on ID supplier

You can now FaceTime from your Apple TV 4K

iOS 17 includes these new security and privacy features

Boxbot pivots from last-mile trucks to robotical parcel storage

Procurement management platform Levelpath raises $30M

Dragos raises $74M to secure industrial control systems from threats

Roam unveils new EV bus model to tap Kenya’s mass transit sector

Prosus, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk abruptly steps down

An autoworkers strike trifecta and another speed bump for Cruise and Waymo

Erik Buell on the future of electric motorcycles

TechCrunch+ picks: 9 books set around San Francisco

Real estate tech companies continue to get hammered by high mortgage rates

The iPhone 15 gets USB-C, a redesigned Cybertruck surfaces and California considers banning AV trucks

The future of batteries needs more than venture capital

Deal Dive: Elder tech is expanding beyond reactive solutions

Varda Space puts off orbital factory reentry pending Air Force and FAA green light

Firefly and Millennium Space’s Victus Nox mission sets a new record for responsive launch

Is Instacart’s new IPO price range justified?

California hits Google for $93M over deceptive location data options

Oracle brings its database infrastructure to Microsoft Azure

Meta’s Horizon Worlds is rolling out on web and mobile

Circle expands Asia focus, Mila Kunis and Stoner Cats face SEC, Telegram adds crypto wallet and more

TikTok and Billboard team up to launch a top 50 song chart

Your B2B leads are going to waste

The iPhone 15 Pro is the next AAA game console

Ask Sophie: Can I get an O-1A visa to bypass the H-1B process?

TikTok’s revamped creator fund expands beyond the US to Brazil, Germany, Korea and more

Digital forensics firm Binalyze raises $19M to investigate cyber threats

Sapphire Ventures is now managing all of CalSTR’s emerging manager portfolio

Apple Watch Series 9 is the company’s first carbon-neutral product

Divvy Homes goes from $2B valuation to third round of layoffs in a year

‘Exadelic’ takes a shot at being Silicon Valley’s ‘Ready Player One’

The FTC is setting its sights on generative AI

Snapchat partners with MTV to let users vote for VMAs through Lenses

MGM Resorts blames ‘cybersecurity issue’ for ongoing outage

iPhone 15’s shift to USB-C has hidden potential to streamline computing

This week in AI: The generative AI boom drives demand for custom chips

WhatsApp has reluctantly started work on cross-platform messaging due to EU regulation

0xPass raises $1.8M from Balaji Srinivasan and others to build secure login systems for web3

Common Trust grabs $2.6M to give business owners employee-focused succession plans

Open Cosmos, a UK satellite startup focused on sustainability, raises $50M

India to explore London Stock Exchange for listing local firms

Coinbase to discontinue services in India later this month

SoftBank bets on ex-Argo AI founders, Flexport’s founder cleans house and Cruise digs in

A program so nice, these founders did YC twice

LexisNexis is embracing generative AI to ease legal writing and research

Finding business opportunity in startup failure

Apple Event 2023: iPhone 15, new Apple Watches and everything else to expect

Y Combinator Demo Day, smart chastity cage hacked, and the feds investigate Tesla

Flexport founder rescinds dozens of job offers to get ‘house in order’ days after CEO pushed out

Apple Event 2023: How to watch the iPhone 15 reveal on Sept. 12

5 steps for assembling AI-driven business teams

Apple fixes zero-day bugs used to plant Pegasus spyware

FCC finally gets its 5th Commissioner in Anna Gomez

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 2023 Demo Day, Day 2

Startup Battlefield 200: Fintech and Hardware edition at TC Disrupt 2003

Korea Blockchain Week focused on web3 gaming, institutional involvement, investors, regulation…and more

AI reading coach startup Ello raises $15M to bolster child literacy

Clubhouse is trying to make a comeback

OpenAI will host its first developer conference on November 6

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Startup Battlefield 200: Health tech and sustainability

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 2023 Demo Day, Day 1

Ministerial statement on UK’s Online Safety Bill seen as steering out of encryption clash

Ransomware gang claims credit for Sabre data breach

‘Ask Sophie’ book excerpt: A startup founder’s guide to O-1A visas

Could Arm be worth more than $51B?

Hacking device Flipper Zero can spam nearby iPhones with Bluetooth pop-ups

FedNow will expose fintech’s gaps: Compliance-by-design can help banks avoid risk

Telecom operators in India want tech companies to pay for network usage

Protestors rally at Cruise HQ in San Francisco

myZoi wants to make remittances less costly for migrant workers

Elon Musk to sue ADL for accusing him, X of antisemitism

Max Q: An inside look at Astra’s Apollo Fusion acquisition

Level up on the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt

Indian fintechs amplify sound box pitches to woo merchants

Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises $2.4M to expand product offerings

Qept is a simple iOS note-taking app that is all about texting yourself

Jude is building a bladder health champion

What’s up with Qi2 and why should you care?

Launch into the future with the complete Space Stage agenda at TC Disrupt 2023

Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Pear VC join Startup Battlefield judges

Crypto funding in August wasn’t as good as the numbers may lead you to believe

Watered-down SEC fund disclosure changes still worth paying attention to

Inside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story

Amazon increases fees, ChatGPT comes to the enterprise, and Apple announces a press conference

Should the US implement a ‘robot tax?’

India’s Aditya-L1 solar probe successfully lifts off toward the sun

Lenovo debuts gaming glasses and portal PC handheld

Apple reduces cost of MLS Season Pass to $29 for the rest of the season

Apple-backed Globalstar inks $64M launch contract with SpaceX

Could AI be the spark that ends the opioid epidemic?