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Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?

The Cosmos EV is now slated for release in the second half of 2027. CEO Silvio Napoli said he's focused on getting the EV right, as well as its nearer-term robotaxi project with Uber and Nuro.

Sean O'Kane 2 weeks ago

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Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia

The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions!

Isabelle Johannessen 2 weeks ago

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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address

A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users’ real IP addresses.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2 weeks ago

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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.

Sarah Perez 2 weeks ago

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Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.

Ivan Mehta 2 weeks ago

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Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas

This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations.

Kirsten Korosec 2 weeks ago

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals 

On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.

TechCrunch Events 2 weeks ago

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As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities

Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September.

Sarah Perez 2 weeks ago

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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.

Tim De Chant 2 weeks ago

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Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team

Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.

Rebecca Bellan 2 weeks ago

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Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed

As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app.

Lauren Forristal 2 weeks ago

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MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store

MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.

Ivan Mehta 2 weeks ago

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Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups

Robinhood's latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups.

Julie Bort 2 weeks ago

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Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models

River plans to build a new factory, launch additional models from 2027, and target profitability as it scales production.

Jagmeet Singh 2 weeks ago

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AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?

WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.

Tim Fernholz 2 weeks ago

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Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient

Mitti Labs plans to expand beyond India and enter the Philippines and Indonesia while growing its carbon credits and agricultural data business.

Jagmeet Singh 2 weeks ago

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Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call

Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.

Sean O'Kane 2 weeks ago

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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis

Lucid's new CEO Silvio Napoli listed four must-win priorities, including the successful launch of its midsize EV, finishing a factory in Saudi Arabia, cutting expenses, and robotaxis.

Kirsten Korosec 2 weeks ago

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How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

We’ve partnered with hotels around Moscone West during Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15, to secure the best prices available for attendees. 

TechCrunch Events 2 weeks ago

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SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year

SpaceX has ramped up its purchases of Tesla Megapacks for its xAI data centers.

Tim De Chant 2 weeks ago

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SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth

SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.

Sean O'Kane 2 weeks ago

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Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers

New findings by the Electronic Frontier Foundation aim to warn app developers that some of the third-party code they place in their apps may also collect their users' location data when they grant permission to the app. 

Zack Whittaker 2 weeks ago

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Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains. 

A new SaferAI report finds Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 approaches frontier AI capabilities while lacking key safety mitigations, renewing concerns that powerful open models could outpace governance and safeguards.

Rebecca Bellan 2 weeks ago

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Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta

Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta.

Lucas Ropek 2 weeks ago

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