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TechCrunch VC firm Chemistry is raising $500M for its second fund

Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched by Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is raising $500M for its seco...

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TechCrunch AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation

AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.

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TechCrunch This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car

Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage mobility f...

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TechCabal The new $50 million fund backing Senegalese startups

Senegal has launched a $50 million fund to back innovative local startups. What does that say about its ecosystem ambitions?

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TechCabal What you need to know about Nothing Phone (4b)

It is cheaper, has a bigger battery in some markets, and a fresh take on Nothing's signature transparent design.

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TechCabal Nigeria pauses new Internet platform rules pending unified digital policy

The Nigerian government has halted the enforcement of overlapping rules for internet platforms, marking its strongest move yet to...

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TechCabal How GTCO plans to challenge fintechs with 200,000 PoS terminals

HabariPay, the fintech subsidiary of one of Nigeria's largest financial services groups, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO)...

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TechCrunch Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites

The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a "pedophile" and a "thie...

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TechCrunch Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom

The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.

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TechCabal Nigeria’s data centres face major test under CBN’s local hosting mandate

By January 1, 2027, banks, fintechs, and payment processors must stop storing transaction records on foreign cloud infrastructure...

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TechCrunch The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine

Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine.

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Kenya gives banks a lifeline

In today's edition: Starlink row lands on Malatsi's desk || Kenya gives banks a lifeline || MTN’s Ralph Mupita gets a seat at the...

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TechCrunch Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it.

A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is n...

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TechCrunch The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a...

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TechCrunch US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom

SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Fri...

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TechCrunch Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunc...

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TechCrunch You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around gene...

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TechCrunch Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year w...

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TechCrunch Amazon competitor Bookshop.org says Kobo eReader support will happen this year after all

Bookship.org seemed to delay this anticipated partnership again, but tells TechCrunch that it has settled business terms and is wo...

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TechCrunch If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, incl...

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TechCrunch Apple brings back card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after a four-year hiatus

Apple has started a phased rollout of card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after adapting to the country's payments...

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TechCrunch Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fe...

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TechCrunch Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created

In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.

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TechCrunch Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year

The hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency's annual report underscores some pressing national security threats faci...

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