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Crypto funds seized by the government may go into a ‘digital Fort Knox’

Crypto funds seized by the government may go into a ‘di...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish a Bitcoin rese...

Google removes ‘underrepresented’ language from its grant website

Google removes ‘underrepresented’ language from its gra...

Just weeks after Google said it would review its diversity, equity, and inclusio...

DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks

DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking...

DeepSeek is shaking up the AI industry with cost-efficient large language models...

LG’s new air conditioner directs cool air towards people it detects.

LG’s new air conditioner directs cool air towards peopl...

The Artcool AI Air doesn’t look as artsy as LG’s previous Artcool air conditione...

US lawmakers have already introduced hundreds of AI bills in 2025

US lawmakers have already introduced hundreds of AI bil...

Just over two months into 2025, the number of pending AI bills in the U.S. has g...

Discord is discussing an IPO

Discord is in early stage discussions with bankers to IPO. © 2024 TechCrunch. Al...

What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions answered

What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions ans...

Twitter alternatives — new and old — have found audiences willing to try out a n...

Threads tests adding ‘interests’ on profiles to connect users with topical discussions

Threads tests adding ‘interests’ on profiles to connect...

Meta’s Threads has begun testing a new feature that would allow people to add th...

Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead

Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched d...

Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues

Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic A...

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come wit...

Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms

Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI codi...

Investor interest in AI coding assistants is exploding. Anysphere, the developer...

Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI

Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete wit...

Microsoft is accelerating its push to compete with OpenAI, its longtime collabor...

SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to

SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to

TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, ...

Cybercriminals used vendor backdoor to steal almost $600,000 of Taylor Swift tickets

Cybercriminals used vendor backdoor to steal almost $60...

Two StubHub employees who stole over 900 concert tickets have been charged.

I compared GPT-4.5 to Gemini 2.0 Flash and the results surprised me

I compared GPT-4.5 to Gemini 2.0 Flash and the results ...

Comparing ChatGPT-4.5 to Google Gemini 2.0 Flash.

Brother denies claims it locked down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates

Brother denies claims it locked down third-party printe...

Some users are reporting print quality issues with third-party ink issues, but B...