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X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.

The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use globally, the brief reads.

Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.

Wonderful's $550M Series C was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce, Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer participating.

Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.

Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.

Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.

X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.

Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone.

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.

Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren't safe enough.

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.

GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.

Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called Update Me When that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.

AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.

Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company's status page indicates.

Fambot is building an AI chief of staff to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.

Flock's searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U.S. have sparked bipartisan privacy and civil liberties concerns.

Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.

Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook.

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Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.

Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.

Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.

The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.

Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.

Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads.

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.

Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.

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As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.

Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.

The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation.

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.

AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.

MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trumps renaming of Lake Ontario.

Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month

The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. Chinas scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.

George Arison is done letting Wall Street's Grindr discount go unchallenged in a wide-ranging Q&A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the gayborhood in your pocket he's been promising since 2022.

The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.