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The dollar amount isnt as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.

Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used to make new plastic.

Though the underlying Sora 2 video- and audio-generation model is scarily impressive, there was not sustained interest in an AI-only social feed.

The six startups were selected from over 2,000 applications and will receive $500,000 to $2 million each.

BKR Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian towards its $50 million target.

Crunchyroll said it continues to investigate the data breach involving its users' personal information.

Doss's AI-powered inventory management system integrates with existing ERP systems. The Series B round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest.

Apple Music teamed up with Ticketmaster to power its Concert Discovery feature, which recommends live music events based on users' listening habits.

The Australian startup says it has solved one of the biggest challenges facing synthetic biology companies, which it counts as customers.

One new ad format displays another brand's logo alongside TikTok's on the launch page when users open the app.

Mirage, the maker of video editing app Captions, has raised $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF).

The new feature lets you explore samples, covers, and more about the people behind your favorite songs, says Spotify.

Snapchat says both experienced and new developers can use the new AI Clips Lens format to turn a single prompt into a published Lens in minutes without the need for external tools.

After nearly two years of testing in the two cities, the Amazon-owned company says it's getting closer to offering rides.

Pinterest is rolling out promoted pin feature to the users in the U.S. in coming weeks

Ultrahuman pushes back into the U.S. with Ring Pro, as Oura strengthens its lead in a market driving 60% of global demand.

After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal.

Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks he's tricked Claude into revealing the AI industry's secrets, but he really just exposed how agreeable chatbots can become.

Lovable's founder said the fast-growing vibe coding startup is looking for startups and teams to join its company.

Apple will host its next Worldwide Developers Conference the week of June 8. The company is expected to announce major updates to Siri with advanced AI capabilities.

Gas is one of the largest expenses for delivery drivers. With prices continuing to surge, DoorDash is offering a lifeline to Dashers with a new relief program.

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has passed away at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer.

Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.

Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.

Grab will acquire Delivery Heros Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $600 million, expanding beyond Southeast Asia and setting up a closer challenge to Uber Eats in a tightly contested market.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) equated the DoD's decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk as retaliation, arguing that the Pentagon could simply have terminated its contract with the AI lab.

Hackers working for Irans government are using Telegram in hacking operations that use malware to target dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose its regime, according to the FBI.

Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.

The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to over a dozen U.S. airports amid an ongoing federal shutdown that's causing long wait times. Eyewitnesses have already recorded at least one arrest in San Francisco's airport.

After four years, and multiple subpoenas and depositions, the beleaguered startup has dodged yet another bullet.

On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huangs GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidias future.

Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now.

Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX but he has a history of overpromising.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal.

Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win.

On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: just setting up my twittr.

Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing Shy Girl over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.

An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of falsely convincing hundreds of customers they were compliant with privacy and security regulations.

Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.

Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.