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Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in  antitrust trial

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive se...

U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would ...

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Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans

Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made...

Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its ...

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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a...

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel e...

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Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield...

The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first w...

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Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup ...

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 4...

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a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out

a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals...

Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.

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Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show

Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict...

Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive d...

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AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

Do A.I. chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternativ...

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Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should alarm all Americans’

Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should...

A federal judge has blocked the FTC's investigation into Media Matters research ...

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Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced backlash after declaring that Duolingo wou...

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‘Stranger Things’ creators may be leaving Netflix

‘Stranger Things’ creators may be leaving Netflix

Netflix could soon lose the creative team behind one of its biggest hits, with t...

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GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer a...

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The computer science dream has become a nightmare

The computer science dream has become a nightmare

Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh compu...

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The hidden cost of living amid Mark Zuckerberg’s $110M compound

The hidden cost of living amid Mark Zuckerberg’s $110M ...

Mark Zuckerberg has spent 14 years gobbling up his leafy Palo Alto neighborhood,...

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Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s generic drug strategy

Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s ge...

Truemeds has taken a different route from other Indian online pharmacies — and i...

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Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere

Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacke...

Security researcher Eaton Zveare told TechCrunch that the flaws he discovered in...