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The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a lot of fun, but it

While the device is pretty and lightweight, its not something the everyday person needs due to its hefty price tag and size.

8 Aug 2026 9:30 pm
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents

Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently.

7 Aug 2026 9:46 pm
Computer maker Framework notifies

Framework told all of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach.

7 Aug 2026 9:39 pm
Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms

The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion.

7 Aug 2026 8:41 pm
TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office

The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikToks content moderation team.

6 Aug 2026 9:36 pm
Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids

The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child's spending with built-in safeguards.

6 Aug 2026 9:30 pm
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking

This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else even an AI matchmaker.

6 Aug 2026 9:23 pm
Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building

After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.

6 Aug 2026 8:51 pm
OpenAI says Apple

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAIs legal strategy in Apples trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apples own security and offboarding practices including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineers iCloud account after he left the company undermine its claims that the allegedly stolen information was properly protected.

6 Aug 2026 8:40 pm
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Googles ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.

6 Aug 2026 6:00 pm
Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday

Starting today, you can take anadditional$100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing.

6 Aug 2026 4:25 am
Reddit aims to make karma less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools

Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it easier for legitimate newcomers to participate.

5 Aug 2026 11:30 pm
Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?

The Cosmos EV is now slated for release in the second half of 2027. CEO Silvio Napoli said he's focused on getting the EV right, as well as its nearer-term robotaxi project with Uber and Nuro.

5 Aug 2026 11:27 pm
Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia

The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions!

5 Aug 2026 10:32 pm
PSA: Apples Private Relay can leak your real IP address

A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users real IP addresses.

5 Aug 2026 10:22 pm
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI isnt cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.

5 Aug 2026 9:26 pm
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.

5 Aug 2026 9:16 pm
Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas

This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations.

5 Aug 2026 8:36 pm
Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.

5 Aug 2026 8:10 pm
Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team

Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.

5 Aug 2026 7:43 pm
Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed

As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app.

5 Aug 2026 6:51 pm
MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store

MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.

5 Aug 2026 5:58 pm
Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups

Robinhood's latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups.

5 Aug 2026 5:53 pm
Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models

River plans to build a new factory, launch additional models from 2027, and target profitability as it scales production.

5 Aug 2026 4:56 pm
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?

WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.

5 Aug 2026 4:30 pm
Saudi Aramco backs Indias Mitti Labs to make Asias rice farming more water-resilient

Mitti Labs plans to expand beyond India and enter the Philippines and Indonesia while growing its carbon credits and agricultural data business.

5 Aug 2026 4:30 pm
Wispr Flow launches a Granola-styled meeting notetaker

Wispr Flow's new terms of service indicate it will introduce a notetaker that generates meeting summaries and action items.

5 Aug 2026 12:45 pm