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Fairphone is launching its latest repairable phone in the US too

The Fairphone 6+ is priced at $649 and will be available on Amazon.

18 Aug 2026 4:30 pm
Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to

Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265M Fund V.

18 Aug 2026 4:30 pm
AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google

We have some really ambitious plans to help you work with AI in Chrome to get things done, and Ill have more to share soon, Jacob Bank, Relay founder and CEO, said.

18 Aug 2026 2:57 am
Unprecedented number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators

Cybersecurity experts who investigate spyware attacks say the number of people who received a recent threat notification from Apple is unusually high.

18 Aug 2026 1:48 am
Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21

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!

18 Aug 2026 1:03 am
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B

Higgsfield, founded by former Snap exec Alex Mashrabov, lets users create AI images and videos.

18 Aug 2026 12:34 am
Reddit begins testing a new audio and video experience, similar to popular TikTok videos

Reddit is beginning to test video and audio versions of popular posts, allowing users to watch or listen to Reddit stories instead of just reading them.

18 Aug 2026 12:12 am
Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic

Sonic Fire Tech raised its new funding to help get its sound-powered fire protection system into everything from commercial kitchens to apartment buildings.

18 Aug 2026 12:02 am
Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud

Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint.

17 Aug 2026 9:45 pm
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project

Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.

17 Aug 2026 8:46 pm
Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South

African defense tech company Terra Industries announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $52 million.

17 Aug 2026 8:36 pm
WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan

WordPress.com Education lets teachers offer their students free domains, plugin support and professional website-building tools.

17 Aug 2026 8:26 pm
Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network

Uber is also making investing in Zipline as part of the tie-up.

17 Aug 2026 6:48 pm
Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation

Wisprs total funding is now over $361 million.

17 Aug 2026 6:40 pm
Crypto hardware wallet owners face fresh security risks after recent spate of personal data thefts

The hacks at shipping companies used to mail out hardware wallets puts crypto owners at greater risk of real-world attacks.

17 Aug 2026 6:30 pm
Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.

17 Aug 2026 2:27 am
Why people aren

On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerbergs vision.

17 Aug 2026 2:02 am
Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is

Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.

16 Aug 2026 10:23 pm
TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electric air taxis

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

16 Aug 2026 9:34 pm
Anthropic shares more details about how Claude

How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?

16 Aug 2026 12:28 am
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

15 Aug 2026 6:45 pm
Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's new CEO attempts to turn the company around.

15 Aug 2026 4:13 am
Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways

Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

15 Aug 2026 2:07 am
What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities

Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Heres what we know and dont know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.

15 Aug 2026 12:34 am
Read-it-later app Pocket shut down

Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.

15 Aug 2026 12:28 am
Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can

Unforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore or accidentally dismiss.

14 Aug 2026 9:51 pm
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file

14 Aug 2026 9:43 pm
Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AImodelanyone can download and run on their own hardware a contrast toMuseSpark, the companys more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongsidea letter from Mark Zuckerbergarguing AI should be for everyone rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equitys []

14 Aug 2026 9:13 pm
Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps.

14 Aug 2026 8:24 pm
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.

14 Aug 2026 8:20 pm
Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.

14 Aug 2026 7:35 pm
US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told TechCrunch that it will start disclosing how many times judges authorized the use of spyware to wiretap suspected criminals.

14 Aug 2026 6:59 pm