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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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TechCrunch Polymarket reportedly raises $300 million from Donald Trump Jr.’s investment fund

The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.

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TechCrunch a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund

Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.

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TechCrunch A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms

Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads.

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TechCrunch The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok

Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.

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TechCrunch FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuit

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.

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TechCrunch Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.

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TechCrunch Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson

The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was ha...

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TechCrunch Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’

Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't...

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TechCrunch Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.

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TechCrunch Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage

Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

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TechCrunch Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down

The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retiring.

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TechCrunch Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

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TechCrunch How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools

AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hackin...

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TechCrunch Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M

The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.

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TechCrunch VLC crosses 7 billion downloads

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

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TechCrunch Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder

Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with dee...

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TechCrunch Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.

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TechCrunch Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout

Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastruct...

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TechCrunch MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario

MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.

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TechCabal South African VC Mamor Capital raises $18.8 million first fund

Mamor is still raising towards its R550 million ($34.375 million) target and says it will invest in South African technology compa...

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TechCrunch Meeting note-taker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers

Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month.

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TechCabal Card-issuing fintech Allawee folds into Paystack after quiet acquisition

Allawee is the second fintech brand Paystack has acquired and folded into its operations this year.

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TechCabal What 10 years and $100M taught TLcom about scaling in Africa

Much of the conversation about African venture capital in the last three years has been about what it lacks. Funding is down from...

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