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TechCrunch Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that shortlinks to the messaging app had "stopped working."

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TechCrunch Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius

Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius' compute. Reflection was founded in 2024 and is developing open source...

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TechCrunch The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do front...

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TechCrunch Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says

The Iranian government exploited well-known flaws in cellphone networks to locate and then strike U.S. military personnel in the b...

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TechCrunch I’m de-influencing you from buying the RingConn 3 (even though it’s pretty)

The RingConn 3 actually looks like real jewelry, not a wearable -- but its fitness tracking and headache detection features are di...

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TechCrunch Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant

Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music,...

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TechCrunch Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies

Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no edit...

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TechCrunch David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund

General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund doesn't make equity investments. It's providing $1 billion for IM8, known for its longevity...

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TechCabal Supercell offers African game studios grants worth up to $200,000

Supercell will select three to five studios for the inaugural cohort. Applications close on August 9, shortlisted studios will be...

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TechCabal This region wants to build Africa’s most connected fintech ecosystem

WAEMU, an eight-country region, wants to build a connected fintech ecosystem that bypasses the interoperability problem much of Af...

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TechCabal Why South African banks still charge for instant payments

Jacobs said customers should not have to think twice about moving their own money because of transaction fees. The debate extends...

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TechCrunch Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids

Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without th...

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TechCabal Why raising $50,000 may be harder than $10 million

Small African companies are seeking modest capital to buy another production line, open a new branch, hire five more people, or di...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Openview and watch ads

In today's edition: eMedia launches Openview Stream || OPPO opens its fifth store in Egypt || Yas secures $307 million investment...

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TechCrunch Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again

They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible al...

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TechCrunch Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be ‘everything for everyone’

Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial services ambitions, its increasingly com...

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TechCrunch Video-generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B

With the cash, the company aims to expand its world model offering and reach customers across geographies.

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TechCrunch X just tweaked its algorithm to make it more friendly, less battleground

The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users' mutual followers' to give the feed more of a communal feel.

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TechCrunch Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent in...

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TechCrunch Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI

Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusia...

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TechCrunch Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files from Apple...

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TechCrunch The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Ap...

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TechCrunch Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, "homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on...

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TechCrunch Investors send General Fusion soaring in debut as first publicly traded fusion company

General Fusion started trading on the Nasdaq following a reverse merger that saw high redemptions.

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