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Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 11:49
Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.
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Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 11:05
Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.
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Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 10:31
Amazon is planning to increase the footprint of its new conversational AI assistant Alexa+ to India and is inviting users in the country to test out a Hindi-language version.
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SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 09:51
Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.
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WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah, and invests $900M in startup

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 08:21
WhatsApp gets a new boss, as Will Cathcart moves to a new role at Meta, while Shah steps down as CEO of Indian fintech giant CRED to replace Cathcart.
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Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 07:14
Instagram is coming for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as it sets its ambitions for living room viewing.
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The founder conference built for growth: TechCrunch Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 07:00
Save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 by June 26, 11:59 p.m. PT. Designed for founders first on November 4 in Boston. Register here.
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Lucid Motors’ new CEO cuts 18% of staff to ‘simplify the company’

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 06:42
The company is also eliminating a production shift at its Arizona factory to align "production plans with anticipated demand."
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Seedcamp raises $320M for its new fund to expand its US footprint

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 06:37
After 18 years of focusing on Europe, early-stage investor Seedcamp said that it has raised $320 million for its latest fund which will see it expanding its presence in the United States.
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Klue hack results in data breach at several cybersecurity firms

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 06:36
Huntress, HackerOne, Jamf, Recorded Future, and Tanium are among the cybersecurity companies that had data stolen following an earlier breach at market research firm Klue.
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Ethan Thornton is trying to do everything all at once

Sun, 06/21/2026 - 22:31
Mach's approach differs sharply from some of its peers.
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Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash

Sun, 06/21/2026 - 11:34
Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69.
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Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets

Sun, 06/21/2026 - 09:35
Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real.
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TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China’s dominance

Sun, 06/21/2026 - 09:05
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?

Sun, 06/21/2026 - 08:28
On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
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Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27

Sun, 06/21/2026 - 07:40
Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.
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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’

Sat, 06/20/2026 - 13:32
"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”"
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In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search

Sat, 06/20/2026 - 12:41
So ... what's your In the Weights score?
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Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish

Sat, 06/20/2026 - 11:26
Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.
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Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic

Sat, 06/20/2026 - 09:39
Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.
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