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Here is the full list of the agtech and food tech Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.

Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots on the popular chat app.

If you’re a parent with young children, then you’ll probably hear this a lot on Christmas Eve: “Where’s Santa right now?” With tracking tools like the NORAD Santa Tracker and Google’s Santa Tracker, everyone can know when Father Christmas will arrive. Plus, there are now some new AI tools to bring the holiday magic. Here’s … Read more

There’s plenty of hype around AI and robots in healthcare, but the problem that’s actually costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of OR time is lost every single day, not because of the surgeries themselves, but because of everything in between from manual scheduling and coordination chaos to guesswork about room … Read more

It’s the latest development in an evolving war between Chinese and American consumer tech products.

The deal is expected to yield significant returns for Armis investors, including Sequoia, CapitalG, and Insight Partners.

The company has issued a software update to its autonomous driving system to fix its lane crossing behavior.

These authors rejected Anthropic’s class action settlement, arguing that “LLM companies should not be able to so easily extinguish thousands upon thousands of high-value claims at bargain-basement rates.”

This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists — 2025 was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set.

Aflac, one of the largest insurance companies in the U.S., confirmed hackers stole reams of personal data, including Social Security numbers, identity documents, and health information.

Drafted is now nearly five months old, and it’s everything Atmos wasn’t.

Mayer launched Dazzle after shuttering her photo and contact management startup Sunshine.

The new integrations join other services like Yelp, Uber, OpenTable and others.

Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

France’s postal service, La Poste, said it was hit by a disruptive cyberattack that knocked its services offline.

The Uzbek government’s national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password.

Spotify says it has identified and disabled the user accounts involved in the scraping.

Move over, Santa. Now there’s another magical character for kids to track: the Tooth Fairy. After making a personalized Tooth Fairy video for his nephew, Oliver Finel noticed a gap. While there are plenty of Santa trackers, nothing similar existed for the Tooth Fairy. Recognizing that Generation Alpha is growing up with interactive online experiences … Read more

OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI browsers with agentic capabilities, like Atlas. But the firm is beefing up its cybersecurity with an ‘LLM-based automated attacker.’

Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for the data center and clean energy developer.

The move is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to delay the construction of 6 gigawatts of offshore wind near a hotspot of data center development.

It’s the latest attempt by one major Hollywood superpower to acquire another.

The experience includes awards, poems, and pictures referencing your year in chat.

Tory Bruno’s abrupt departure comes after 12 years in the role. The company, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, has had to fight to keep pace with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

From robotic bartenders to smart coasters that ensure the perfect pour, here are some cool gadgets to elevate your home bar.

The app turns your own photos into pages for your kids to color, via AI.

The geographic expansions continue for the ride-hailing companies’ robotaxi plans.

TikTok Shop has rolled out a new feature that allows users to purchase digital gift cards, making it easier to help friends and family buy from the millions of products on the app.

iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes were very different companies, but they faced some similar challenges.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”