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With the new Moments update, Netflix users now have the option to adjust where each scene clip ends.

IQM, a Finnish quantum computing company  is now a unicorn after raising over $300 million in a Series B round funding led by Ten Eleven Ventures, a U.S. investment firm focused on cybersecurity.

Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its robotaxis. The company will start with manual testing, but is eyeing a commercial launch in both cities.

Google will not be forced to break up its search business, but a federal judge has tentatively ordered other changes to the tech giant’s business practices to keep it from further anticompetitive behavior. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that … Read more

An appellate court found that the Trump administration was within its rights to cancel billions of dollars in grants. The nonprofits that had their grants cancelled are expected to appeal.

Lens Live will not replace Amazon’s existing visual search tool, Amazon Lens, which lets you take a picture, upload an image, or scan a barcode to discover products. Instead, it brings a real-time component to Amazon Lens.

OpenAI is bringing on the founder of Statsig as its CTO of Applications, and making changes to other leadership roles at the company.

Even Elon Musk agrees it was too generic.

AI firm Anthropic’s $13 billion Series F round will be use to grow its enterprise adoption, deepen safety research, and support international expansion. 

WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg introduced the new WordPress AI tool, called Telex, at the company’s WordCamp US 2025 conference in Portland last week, alongside other AI experiments.

The Israeli spyware maker now faces the dilemma of whether to continue its relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and help fuel its mass deportations program.

MrBeast, the 27-year-old popular YouTuber, plans to launch a phone company as he diversifies his brand.

The move comes as apps like TikTok and YouTube have had support for Picture-in-Picture for quite some time now.

OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month – part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing to detect mental distress.

Swedish buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) startup Klarna and its shareholders are reviving its initial public offering, hoping to raise as much as $1.27 billion in a listing that would value the company at up to $14 billion.

The clock is ticking, and exhibit space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is moving fast. With just 4 days and 10 table left to book, now’s the time to stop circling the idea and claim your spot on the show floor.

I’m driving my i4 back to the dealership as my lease is over. I’m surprised to say I can’t wait.

Indian e-commerce startup Citymall, which focuses on budget-focused grocery delivery for tier 2 and tier 3 towns, said today that it has raised $47 million in Series D funding led by Accel, with participation from existing investors including Waterbridge Ventures, Citius, General Catalyst, Elevation Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Jungle Ventures. The Series D round … Read more

Eight U.S. and Indian VC and PE giants are teaming up to fuel India’s deep tech boom.

India’s Offgrid Energy Labs has developed proprietary zinc battery tech as a safer, more cost-effective alternative to lithium for energy storage.

This Japanese AI startup just raised $100M to cut businesses’ admin burden.

Seven Seven Six’s Katelin Holloway represents non-technical VCs pouring billions into space startups, betting operational chops will trump aerospace degrees as the industry shifts from rockets to lunar mining and orbital manufacturing.

With just over a month until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits San Francisco, we’re calling on students, aspiring founders, marketers, and event pros to help the TechCrunch events team pull off one of the largest and most anticipated startup events of the year.

Runway is building up a robotics-focused team and fine-tuning its existing models for robotics and self-driving car customers.

Every founder says they want visibility, traction, and growth. But with just 10 tables left and 5 days to grab one, the window to make that happen at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is closing fast. Book your table now.

Lovable specializes in helping people build apps and websites, especially people with no coding experience. It’s one of the standouts in the popular AI category known as vibe-coding, which lets users guide AI models as they produce code, websites, or whole applications.

A homicide investigation has rocked the final days of Burning Man after a man was found dead “lying in a pool of blood” Saturday night at the Nevada desert festival, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. According to the New York Times, the grim discovery occurred around 9:14 p.m. just as the festival’s iconic … Read more

The U.K. recently started enforcing new age-check rules, and The Washington Post reports that it’s already having a significant effect on traffic to porn sites.

Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is the latest to criticize Mubi for taking money from Sequoia.

FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson appears to be pursuing conservative complaints over Gmail’s spam filters.