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• Tomorrow: Join Ali Ghodsi and Dario Amodei for a fireside chat [13d]
• Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to ‘cheat on everything’ [13d]
• Flipkart to relocate HQ to India ahead of IPO [13d]
• ChatGPT search is growing quickly in Europe, OpenAI data suggests [13d]
• Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instgram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook [13d]
• Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instagram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook [13d]
• Feds accuse Uber of charging customers for subscriptions without consent [13d]
• Bezos-backed EV startup pitched investors on ‘Transformer’-like customization [13d]
• Bezos-backed startup designed an EV that can change like a ‘Transformer’ [13d]
• Tariff turmoil may have killed the tech M&A market’s comeback [13d]
• PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste [13d]
• a16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner [13d]
• Bluesky launches blue check verification [13d]
• Reddit briefly down for users worldwide [13d]
• An AI doctoral candidate in California says they had their student visa revoked [13d]
• 20 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far [13d]
• Put your brand at the center of the AI conversation — host a Side Event during TechCrunch Sessions: AI [13d]
• Final weeks to secure your spot in the AI spotlight at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [13d]
• Instagram is using AI to find teens lying about their age and restricting their accounts [13d]
• ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot [13d]
• Tesla reportedly delays launch of new low-cost model by months [13d]
• Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away [13d]