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Paul McCartney calls on UK government to protect artist...

Legendary musician Paul McCartney is warning against proposed changes to UK copy...

OpenAI wants to take over your browser

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re diving into OpenAI’s newly relea...

Wall Street banks plan sale of X debt at a discount

Bankers are reportedly gearing up to offload debt used to fund Elon Musk’s socia...

In motion to dismiss, chatbot platform Character AI cla...

Character AI, a platform that lets users engage in roleplay with AI chatbots, ha...

UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by...

The number of individuals confirmed to be affected by the data breach is almost ...

Retro Biosciences, backed by Sam Altman, is raising $1 ...

Sam Altman-backed Retro Biosciences is raising $1 billion to develop drugs that ...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets now on sale: Lowest rat...

We’re kicking things off earlier than ever! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets are ...

Waymo lobbyist activity in SF skyrocketed in 2024

Waymo lobbyists had a busy 2024. A recent review of lobbyist disclosure data by ...

ElevenLabs has raised a new round at $3B+ valuation led...

Companies that want to build AI voice into their products are rushing to work wi...

X expands its vertical video feed to global users

X has started expanding its dedicated vertical video feed to users outside the U...

AI companies upped their federal lobbying spend in 2024...

Companies spent significantly more lobbying AI issues at the U.S. federal level ...

The AI industry’s pace has researchers stressed

To outside observers, AI researchers are in an enviable position. They’re sought...

People are benchmarking AI by having it make balls boun...

The list of informal, weird AI benchmarks keeps growing. Over the past few days,...

Neko Health’s unicorn-sized Series B is larger than som...

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from...

The EU wants to talk to US tech companies ahead of Germ...

The European Union will give tech and social media companies a “stress test” to ...

iOS 18 hits 68% adoption across iPhones, per new Apple ...

Apple released new figures Friday, highlighting user adoption of iOS 18. Release...