From: today

Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn’t it

Tech Crunch Transportation

Ford's CEO has described the new Ford Fathom as a "Model T moment" for the company. But the EV pickup is unlikely to live up to lofty expectations, and maybe it doesn't have to.

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Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups

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Bumble says it’s moving beyond swiping and deeper into real-world social experiences as it courts Gen Z users.

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ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users

Tech Crunch AI

OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.

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Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company

Tech Crunch AI

Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.

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Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers

Tech Crunch Security

Connor Moucka pled guilty to hacking and stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers, which net him and his accomplices more than $2.5 million in ransom payments.

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DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else

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Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers don't yet fully understand how it does t...

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TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office

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The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team.

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Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids

Tech Crunch Apps

The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child's spending with built-in safeguards.

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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking

Tech Crunch AI

This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.

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Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

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After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.

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OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

Tech Crunch AI

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to acc...

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eBay continues to bet on live shopping after record quarter

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eBay touted an increase in eBay Live's gross merchandise volume as it plans to expand it to more international markets in the coming weeks and months.

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Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Tech Crunch AI

Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.

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Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom,’ starts at $28,350

Tech Crunch Transportation

Due in "fall 2027," Ford said Thursday that it won't reveal what Fathom looks like until early next year.

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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI

Tech Crunch AI

Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and ...

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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

Tech Crunch AI

The startup's platform predicts which product a shopper wants next, learns their general taste, and fine-tunes continuously based on what they do in real time. 

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Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

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The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.

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Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

Tech Crunch AI

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.

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Juan Pablo Tejela, CEO and Co-Founder of Metricool – Interview Series

Unite AI Interviews

Juan Pablo Tejela, CEO and co-founder of Metricool, is a software engineer and technology entrepreneur who has led the company since 2014, helping develop it into a comprehensive platform for managing...

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From: yesterday

OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

Ai News Security

At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.

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OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

Ai News Security

Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.

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Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday

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Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. 

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Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

Tech Crunch Apps

The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the "24/7 job" of overseeing X.

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Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO

Tech Crunch Transportation

Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber.

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