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TechCrunch Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns

Flock's searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U.S. have sparked bipartisan privacy and civil liberties co...

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TechCrunch Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families

Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and oth...

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TechCrunch Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving

Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company's status page indicates.

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TechCrunch AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use

AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwante...

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TechCrunch Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch

Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI syst...

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TechCrunch Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.

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TechCrunch GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company

GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.

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TechCrunch ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.

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TechCrunch Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop

Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tou...

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TechCabal Tim Cook leaves a $4 trillion Apple with unfinished business in Africa

Apple now has more than 2.5 billion active devices and operates more than 500 stores globally. None of those stores are in Africa.

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TechCabal Grey targets Africa-China trade with direct yuan payments

As African businesses adopt cross-border virtual accounts and stablecoins for international transactions, startups are building th...

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TechCrunch This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient

Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.

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TechCrunch Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa

Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial...

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TechCrunch India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation

"We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that," Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. "I'm not going to dress t...

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TechCrunch Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt is where those moments happen. And we can't pull it off without volunteers like you.

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TechCabal Nokia turns to AI as Africa’s telecom market enters its next phase

Nokia expects AI-native networks, edge computing, automation and software to become increasingly important

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TechCabal MTN wants MoMo to crack South Africa’s cash-heavy payments market

South Africa will serve as an important test of whether the mobile-money model that worked in less banked markets can be adapted t...

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TechCabal Tanzanian influencer sues Meta over alleged government-driven account suspensions

Kimambi, who lives in the US, filed the 36-page complaint on August 21 in the Superior Court of California in San Mateo County, wh...

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TechCrunch If space data centers feel far-fetched, why not interstellar travel?

The team behind Starcloud's orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.

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TechCabal ChipMango raises $1.9 million to build Africa’s chip-design talent

Atlantica Ventures, an Africa-focused impact venture capital fund, led the round, with participation from DFS Labs, Kaleo Ventures...

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TechCabal The regulatory quagmire stifling Francophone Africa’s startups

Francophone Africa has a growing startup ecosystem, but expanding across borders remains difficult. From OHADA regulations to curr...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Paystack cuts the Allawee

In today's edition: CBK approves Nedbank-NCBA deal || Nigerian fintech Allawee folds into Paystack || Yele Bademosi transitions to...

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TechCrunch Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma

Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian...

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TechCrunch Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI

Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.

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