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After years of declining subscriber numbers and falling revenue, Bumble just agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition.

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The new X Subscription combines X’s paid features with AI tools like Grok and Cursor, offering plans ranging from $8 to $200 per month.

The new $149 HomePod mini with Siri AI and a ‘SoundGlow’ visual feature will be available starting October 30.

The new devices work with HomeView, the company’s new smart home hub which can be used to control accessories and interact with apps.

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The NPCI, which operates the UPI network, said it was postponing the planned October 15 rollout of the 0.4% fee due to the festive shopping season.

Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding.

A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.

Could AI actually make PR better?

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.

Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch.

Google’s newest wearable costs $179.99 and has a sleek feel like the Fitbit Air but with an OLED display.

Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi will spend the next two years working on research and clinical validation of the model.

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Ambi is releasing apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch that enables ambient capture

Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen There have been multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date. Gurman … Read more

What does this mean for a fall full of movies starring villainous tech CEOs?

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On Equity, we debate the impact of data center moratoriums and whether the AI industry has a communication problem.

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

Richualist is one of TechCrunch’s Battlefield 200 Companies!

This Battlefield 200 startup has developed blood-purification tech to save children

Voice AI’s often misses important points for its context layer, and causes the whole pipeline to break

In a Saturday morning post, Microsoft’s CEO wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI.

Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?

The startup says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry can’t get enough electricity.

Cloudflare will use this acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform.

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Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of blocking competition.