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Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.

The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.

Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.

If youve been circling around Disrupt, then nows the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!

The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company -- or a group of companies -- in the electric and autonomous vehicle industries.

The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.

Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.

There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.

Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.

The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.

Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.

Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.

Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals.

Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until youre nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle []

Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies' investors pause about how sticky enterprise AI spending really is.

Ever wanted someone else to do your texting for you? ChatGPT is being offered up as an automated text scribe via a new Apple Messages integration.

An effort to transform the world of sports through steroid use doesn't exactly seem to be bearing financial fruit.

Jason Kelce joked that people should cool data centers with their pee, rather than potable water -- but his suggestion is not completely ludicrous.

A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using Google Docs as a way to deliver malware.

Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode somewhat close to Metas international headquarters in Ireland.

Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting their traffic as AI search sends fewer clicks to the web.

Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid. Rippling celebrated by releasing a competing product.

Founded in 2022, Castelion set out to manufacture hypersonic weapon systems at a lower cost and at faster speeds than traditional defense primes.

Linkdaze's smart digital calendar stands out for not putting its features behind a paywall, including an AI meal planner tool.

Affected users told TechCrunch they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the issues as early as Wednesday morning.

Year after year, investors who've explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and learned from peers have proven why you need to be on the ground at Disrupt this year.

ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.

At Mayfield, Singh will focus on semiconductor, cybersecurity, and physical AI investments.

Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.

The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging.

Meta is bringing Pocket, its experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the U.S. after quietly testing it in Brazil.

Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises reduced the fuel filling process from a week to just a few hours. It's one of ten hurdles the company must overcome to make a profitable power plant.

Patreon is overhauling how creators get discovered, adding short-form Clips, topic-based communities, and a revamped recommendation system designed to give smaller creators more visibility.

Were thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200, our annual handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world.

If youve been circling around Disrupt, then nows the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!

Y Combinator alumnus Apollo Atomics is shrinking a key nuclear reactor part, which promises to slash the cost of electricity below natural gas.

The data search and AI giant confirmed unauthorized access to its systems during an incident on Tuesday, and said it was investigating the breach.

a16zs Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. 'Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley, is an advantage, the firm believes.

Hackers are targeting internet-connected Siemens controllers used in water facilities around the United States.

Binance's Agent OS works with tools including ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Cursor.

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of he singularity but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.

A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.

TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.

The round, led by Prysm Capital, will fund the company's expansion beyond pedal-assist electric bikes and commercial cargo quads to autonomous delivery vehicles.

Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.

Kids these days don't know how good they have it.

Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.

Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, Github.