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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 []

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.

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

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.

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.

The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and market the startup.

The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called Audit Assistance mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool works in detail, raising questions about its effectiveness.

Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting someone's devices.

Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.

IBM plans to train and certify tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether todays safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.

Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI's top salesperson.

Ford expects to begin prototype builds of the Fathom EV in the first quarter of 2027.

X is expanding the open source code behind its 'For You' feed and launching new transparency tools that show users when its ranking systems have affected their accounts or posts.

The social media giant says it was time for a sharper and more modern look after a decade.

Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and its Mico character.

Bartesian's cocktail makers would be best described like a Keurig or Nespresso machine, but for alcoholic drinks.

The tech giant has considered a nine-figure budget for the payments, according to the WSJ.

The new order sweeps away decades of existing U.S. cybersecurity policy prohibiting private companies from conducting 'hack back' attacks or offensive cyber operations.

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider is joined byCOO Rose Wang fora Disrupt Stage session on whether social media can start over and where Bluesky fits into that potential reboot.