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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.
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Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.
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Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals
On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.
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As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities
As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities
Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September.
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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.
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Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed
Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed
As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app.
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MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store
MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store
MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.
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Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups
Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups
Robinhood's latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups.
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Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models
Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models
River plans to build a new factory, launch additional models from 2027, and target profitability as it scales production.
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Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient
Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient
Mitti Labs plans to expand beyond India and enter the Philippines and Indonesia while growing its carbon credits and agricultural data business.
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AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?
WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.
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Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call
Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis
Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis
Lucid's new CEO Silvio Napoli listed four must-win priorities, including the successful launch of its midsize EV, finishing a factory in Saudi Arabia, cutting expenses, and robotaxis.
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How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
We’ve partnered with hotels around Moscone West during Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15, to secure the best prices available for attendees.
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SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year
SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year
SpaceX has ramped up its purchases of Tesla Megapacks for its xAI data centers.
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SpaceX doubles revenues on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth
SpaceX doubles revenues on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth
SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.
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Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
Developers may not realize they are sharing their users' location data with advertisers, per new research.
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Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.
Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.
A new SaferAI report finds Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 approaches frontier AI capabilities while lacking key safety mitigations, renewing concerns that powerful open models could outpace governance and safeguards.
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Anthropic signs $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic signs $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta.
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Meet Wrinkles, an AI app that uncovers the hidden stories of the places around you
Meet Wrinkles, an AI app that uncovers the hidden stories of the places around you
Wrinkles, available on both iOS and Android, essentially acts as an AI-powered audio tour guide that reveals hidden history and local stories.
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Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents.
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Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyone
Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyone
Waymo has dropped the waitlist for its robotaxi service in Dallas, the latest step in the company's bid to scale its self-driving technology across the United States, U.K., and Europe.
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Take an extra $100 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass: This week only!
Take an extra $100 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass: This week only!
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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TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV tracking app
TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV tracking app
After TV Time’s shutdown left millions of users searching for an alternative, one of the app’s original founders is back with Bingers, a new TV and movie tracker that revives the social features fans loved while adding support for importing their viewing history.
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Hackers steal over $130 million by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets
Hackers steal over $130 million by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets
A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million, according to blockchain monitoring firms.
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NEW: Elon Musk clearly hates talking about Tesla's stagnant car biz these days so @russellbrandom.bsky.social and I mapped out just how much it's taken a back seat on the company's earnings calls. Musk now spends half or more of his time talking about AI & robotics: techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/e...
Amid the continued backlash against AI, companies are turning to influencers to win over the public, with OpenAI in particular recently hosting farm-to-table dinners, wellness activities like beekeeping, and of course, lessons about how to use their products.
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI's first luxury trip | TechCrunch
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
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NEW: We spoke to hacking law experts to learn if OpenAI and Anthropic could be prosecuted for their AI agents’ hacks against four companies. We are in “uncharted territory,” as one lawyer put it. But another attorney said there is a potential avenue to hold the two AI giants liable for negligence.
Who's legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI's autonomous AI hacks? It's complicated | TechCrunch
OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the...
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