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Meta wants Muse in your TV and your toaster, so it's giving the code away for free.

The proposed legislation would extend to all automotica license plate readers.

Sean Parker, who once taught the music industry what asking for forgiveness looks like, is now back with the labels' blessing and money.

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Blackstone's Jas Khaira will take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on building next-gen AI. Register for your pass and get 50% off a second.

With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it's easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created crash-test dummies to solve that.

The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6.

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Today is the very last day to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. On October 1315, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders will arrive at San Franciscos Moscone West looking for companies, products, ideas, and people worth knowing. The question is: will they find your startup?

The company delivered more than 486,000 EVs in the third quarter, down from last year's record but moving in a positive direction.

The health tech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks.

Deliveries jumped roughly 45% compared to the same quarter last year, with Rivian delivering more than 19,000 EVs.

The company says around 14 vehicles may be affected, and that it has resolved the issue on the assembly line.

A new California law places new rules on autonomous vehicles operators

Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.

Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.

OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.

Opus 5.5s biggest tell is the word dependable, which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating. Come see MyMonthlyCar in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15 in San Francisco.

Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.

Shopifys new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.

The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.

The CEO promised to get more specific about his vision. But the details are still absent.

Brian Chesky on making Airbnb agent-friendly, the state of consumer AI, and why the world needs an AI-native operating system.

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.

The compact Bluetooth remote is designed to let readers turn pages without touching their Kindle.

The new Kindle lineup features its lightest and thinnest designs yet, with a sleek, front-flush display that eliminates bezels for good.

The glasses stem from the startups goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional hearing aids.

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.

Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

VC Chris Degnan and former board advisor to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for Cognition.

Spotify founder Daniel Eks Neko Healthraised $700 millionto build a business around scanning your body, butitsnot the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney isbuilding its own body scanner, whileFunction Healthhas also raised significant capital to build out its preventative-health platform.Why areinvestors bettingso bigonthiscategory? On this episode of TechCrunchsEquitypodcast, []

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.

The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

Theres a reason frontier labs have gotten gun-shy about consumer AI and its not because the tech isnt good enough.

Meta says its Muse AI agent cannot access a users Messages without explicit permission, disputing a journalists account that the agent read his private messages while the required Mac setting was turned off.

By launching an AI agent for food ordering, DoorDash is looking to gain an edge over rivals Uber Eats and Grubhub.

Airbnb is also launching new services such as meal delivery and laundry in select locations

BAG Ventures announces close of a $11.3M Fund I to invest in all things AI.

For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.

Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name dot.com, which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.

Researchers at Northeastern University found vehicles and their companion apps regularly shared detailed data with some of the largest tech companies.

EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.

The company says it won't draw on the new debt facilities this year, as it has already planned at least $25 billion in capital expenditures.

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into mor direct competition with more traditional software companies.