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Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged business practices.

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.

The divesture comes comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on the business side.

In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.

OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems.

For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it but the company's models made more progress than you might expect.

Joby Aviation reached an agreement to acquire Resonant Sciences, which will kick off its new defense business.

The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft's legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson.

Rivian's CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons its bestowed.

FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker's permission.

Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power plants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system.

Bumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first.

The investigation shows that North Koreans are able to infiltrate government agencies, as well as private organizations and crypto exchanges.

Spotify is introducing AI Persona labels for artist profiles that represent AI-generated identities and will exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations by default.

San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again.

OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it.

Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the U.K.'s famed Liverpool Football Club.

This lawsuit follows one filed last month by Runlayer that accused Rippling of stealing its product ideas. It's a seller and buyer-beware market warning.

California's Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.

Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

Companies that rely on Ceva Logistics for shipping their physical goods to customers say their personal data was taken during a recent cyberattack.

A bug in the tech giant's website mistakenly shared users' sign-up information, including personal data and their password, to third-party companies.

The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

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

On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about government by machines and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.

While the device is pretty and lightweight, its not something the everyday person needs due to its hefty price tag and size.