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Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Cloudflare’s 2026 Annual Founders’ Letter

The Internet is changing more today than at any point since Cloudflare launched back on September 27, 2010. As automated traffic surpasses human activity, we reflect on the rise of AI agents, new creators, and how we…

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment

"AI is the devil and I its maker."

TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises

I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.

How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war

The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.

Apple buried Copland 30 years ago. Now the failed OS boots in a browser

The final developer build offers a glimpse of the future Cupertino abandoned for NeXT

Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money

The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks

How to Level Up Your Portfolio in the AI Era: From Technical Writer to Developer Educator

Until recently, building a technical writing portfolio could be as simple as creating a website, adding a list of articles, describing your writing experience, and linking to your social profiles. Tha

PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair

PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and…

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.

European industry is doing better than you may think

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DogWood: Monitoring Policies using First Order Temporal Logic

Hitachi to double US production of small and medium-sized power transformers

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The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country

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Blend and Haul: Fertilizer Blending Simulator

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