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Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.

An AI model said it wouldnt use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say its probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.

Turns out selling to big companies isnt about having the shiniest tech: its about hitching a ride on a giants sales team.

After years in which every social platform (even LinkedIn!) aggressively pursued short-form video, this is a notable shift in strategy for Instagram.

A small number of early adopters of the much hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking.

Fusion startups face a new challenge, one unrelated to plasma physics: Give the government shares in exchange for funding awards or go it alone?

SpaceX has locked in a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing to pay for AI chips and related data center equipment, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday. In a statement, SpaceX called it the largest committed GPU financing ever.

The buyout offers mark Microsoft's latest efforts to cut costs and rework its workforce.

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission.

The new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor.

Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI.

Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla's FSD software.

There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so weve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one for you.

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.

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

We compiled a list of all the hottest AI wearables, including Muse Charm, Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.

Elon Musk reportedly ordered SpaceX to throttle Ukraine's Starlink access.

Instacart might sell itself to a larger competitor.

Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare.

A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.

From retro cassette players and virtual notebooks to flight trackers and even a digital toaster, developers are finding creative ways to take advantage of Apple's first foldable iPhone.

The $400 Boox Palma 2 Pro is a smartphone-sized e-reader designed for people who want to read books, articles, and documents on a small E Ink display.

We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.

The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a ap, and summersaulted on voice command.

Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's and don'ts for building hit products.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller roundtables built for deeper discussion.

A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.

Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.

Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it says.

Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.

Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.

Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months.

Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.

inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.