Technology After data breach, $10B-valued startup Mercor is having a month After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers. TechCrunch • 17h ago • 2
Technology China Is Cracking Down on Scams. Just Not the Ones Hitting Americans As Beijing clamps down on fraud at home, researchers say crime syndicates are shifting their focus to victims elsewhere. Wired • 17h ago • 2
Technology Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch The app was ranking No. 57 on the App Store just before Meta AI's new model launched. Now it's No. 5 — and rising. TechCrunch • 17h ago • 2
Technology Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic? Anthropic said this week that it limited the release of its newest model, dubbed Mythos, because it is too capable of fi... TechCrunch • 18h ago • 2
Technology Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership The two tech giants are looking to co-develop custom chips, at a time when demand for CPUs is high due to a growing glob... TechCrunch • 18h ago • 2
Technology How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there a... TechCrunch • 18h ago • 2
Technology The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants Black Forest Labs has long punched above its weight in the AI image generation space. Its next move? Powering physical A... Wired • 18h ago • 2
Technology You can now edit your Instagram comments Instagram users can now edit comments, which is a long-awaited fix for anyone who’s ever had to delete and re-post a com... TechCrunch • 19h ago • 3
Technology Save $20 on This Already Inexpensive Wireless Mic Set Take your smartphone videos to the next level with impressive audio quality in a tiny package. Wired • 19h ago • 2
Technology John Deere Is Paying Farmers $99 Million for Allegedly Monopolizing Repair The tractor maker is paying for its years as the central opponent of right-to-repair. Consumer advocates say it’s still ... Wired • 19h ago • 2
Technology Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over Last month, Sierra launched Ghostwriter, an agent designed to build other agents. With this “agent as a service” tool, t... TechCrunch • 19h ago • 2
Technology Avec’s Tinder-style email app allows you to swipe through your inbox Users can use the in-built voice transcription tool to reply to emails TechCrunch • 21h ago • 2
Technology X brings back Voice Notes to X Chat X Chat brings back Voice Notes to DMs and group chats after removing the option during the upgrade. TechCrunch • 21h ago • 2
Technology Hacker stole £700,000 from UK energy company by redirecting payment The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker's bank account. TechCrunch • 21h ago • 2
Technology Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends sp... TechCrunch • 22h ago • 2
Technology The Iran War Is Tearing MAGA Influencers Apart “The online right wasn’t supportive and there wasn’t anything that was going to change that,” says one person familiar w... Wired • 22h ago • 2
Technology Final 2 days to save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket Ticket discounts of up to $500 will end tomorrow, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices for TechCrunch Disrupt ... TechCrunch • 22h ago • 2
Technology Spotify now lets everyone turn off videos in its app The controls can be used to choose an audio-first experience on the app or a video-enhanced one, Spotify says. TechCrunch • 23h ago • 2
Technology The FBI Didn’t Answer Texts From Minnesota Investigators for Days After Renee Good’s Killing Messages sent to the FBI by an investigator with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension went ignored for at least... Wired • 23h ago • 2
Technology The Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons Since the beginning of the Iran war, the group Explosive Media has released over a dozen viral videos mocking Trump and ... Wired • 23h ago • 2