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Guillermo del Toro Hopes He’s Dead Before AI Art Goes Mainstream
The Frankenstein director tells WIRED the real Victor Frankensteins are tyrannical politicians and Silicon Valley tech bros.
View the articleScenes from TechCrunch Disrupt
Thanks to everyone who made this year's San Francisco event what it was -- and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn't make it?...
View the articleNavan IPO tumbles 20% after historic debut under SEC shutdown workaround
Navan finished its first day trading at an approximate valuation of $4.7 billion, which is about half of its last private valuation of $9.2 billion.
View the articleWIRED Roundup: AI Psychosis, Missing FTC Files, and Google Bedbugs
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week and look closely at people’s complaints to the FTC alleging that ChatGPT led them or loved ones into AI psychosis.
View the articleNvidia is reportedly investing up to $1B in Poolside
Nvidia is an existing investor in the AI company and participated in its $500 million Series A round in 2024.
View the articleCanva launches its own design model, adds new AI features to the platform
Canva is launching new features like Forms, email design, and makes Affinity free for all users.
View the articleBevel raises $10M Series A from General Catalyst for its AI health companion
Bevel's AI health companion unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights.
View the articleThreads now lets you approve and filter your replies
While Threads already offers tools that let you limit replies to people you follow, your followers, or people you mention, the new feature allows you to keep your replies open to all without the negat...
View the articleGoogle partners with Ambani’s Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to millions of Jio users in India
U.S. tech giants increasingly view India as the next big frontier — a place to gather diverse data, refine models, and test AI use cases that could later scale across other emerging markets.
View the articleFigma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy
Figma said that Weavy will exist as a stand-alone product for now and that, in the future, it will be integrated with the Figma Weave brand, along with the rest of the Figma platform.
View the articleThe Prompting Company snags $6.5M to help products get mentioned in ChatGPT and other AI apps
Retailers could see up to a 520% increase in traffic from chatbots and AI prompts in 2025 compared to 2024, according to the report. For brands, that means figuring out how to show up in AI-generated ...
View the articleWhatsApp adds passkey protection to end-to-end encrypted backups
This means if you lose your device, you can use methods like fingerprint, face, or the screen lock code of your previous device to access WhatsApp's backup.
View the articleIntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India’s intercity travel market
IntrCity SmartBus grew revenue by 67% last year and is targeting full profitability this year, as intercity travel booms across India.
View the articleMeta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble.
View the articleIndia’s Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months on its quick house-help bet
Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months.
View the articleCluely’s Roy Lee on the ragebait strategy for startup marketing
Cluely's Roy Lee has a message for startup founders: you should be thinking harder about how to go viral.
View the articleNBA champion Tristan Thompson and World Mobile launch community-owned network Uplift
With Uplift, every subscription will contribute to neighborhood-level network expansion, while local hosts that are known as "AirNode operators" will earn a portion of network revenue by providing com...
View the articleYouTube announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for US staff
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees about the program via an internal memo on Wednesday.
View the articleDigg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era
“The dead internet theory is real,” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told Digg founder Kevin Rose, referring to the idea that much of the internet isn’t human — it’s mostly bots. The two ent...
View the articleAnd the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 is: Glīd
Glīd, which is trying to streamline cargo container logistics, has beaten out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home $100,000.
View the articleSolana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is a big fan of agentic coding
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he's become increasingly comfortable taking a back seat in software development tasks.
View the article2024’s Startup Battlefield runner-up geCKo Materials reveals four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt
geCKo Materials returned to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to debut new products as it pushes deeper into commercializing its tech.
View the articleBox CEO Aaron Levie on how AI is changing the enterprise SaaS landscape
He painted a picture of a future of enterprise software where the SaaS is used for the core business workflow, and then the agents ride on top of that.
View the articleSan Francisco mayor: ‘We should be the testbed for emerging tech’
While San Francisco's mayor Daniel Lurie is opening his arms to autonomous vehicles, other cities are more resistant. Boston, for instance, has considered a ban on autonomous vehicles in the city.
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