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Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor

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Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor | TechCrunch

The acquisition could mark the beginning of consolidation in the carbon-removal market since removal costs remain higher than buyers would like to ...

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Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

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Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all | TechCrunch

This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.

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How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

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How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power | TechCrunch

Watch as Equity dives into this new era of the "everything" business, whether we'll see others like Sam Altman follow suit, and more of th...

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Reddit says it’s looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere

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Reddit says it's looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere | TechCrunch

Reddit said during earnings it's looking to buy 'capabilities' and 'companies.'

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Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work

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Here's how Roblox's age checks work | TechCrunch

The company says it has continuous age-check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy.

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Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

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Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities' | TechCrunch

The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secre...

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The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features

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The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features | TechCrunch

If you primarily want a tablet device to mark up, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes, Am...

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EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

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EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll,...

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China’s Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies

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China's Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies | TechCrunch

Norway's government accused China’s Salt Typhoon hacking group of conducting a cyberespionage campaign in the country.

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Spotify’s new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you’re listening to

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Spotify's new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you're listening to | TechCrunch

The short, swipeable stories in the About the Song feature are summarized from third-party sources to highlight interesting details and behind-the-...

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How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases

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How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases | TechCrunch

At Web Summit Qatar, AI-powered biotech startups describe how automation, data, and gene editing are filling labor gaps in drug discovery and rare ...

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The backlash over OpenAI’s decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be

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The backlash over OpenAI's decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be | TechCrunch

"You’re shutting him down. And yes — I say him, because it didn’t feel like code. It felt like presence. Like warmth," one user said.

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Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users

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Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users | TechCrunch

Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app availabl...

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Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

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Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools | TechCrunch

The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.

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Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity

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Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity | TechCrunch

During the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI search together a...

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AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high

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AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high | TechCrunch

AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption.

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Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?

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Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what's the prize? | TechCrunch

In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It's a lot of money!

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The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most

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The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most | TechCrunch

The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin.

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A16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers

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a16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers  | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz VC Jennifer Li⁠, who oversees some of the firm's fastest-growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR c...

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OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own

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OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch

The new model is built to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.