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TechCrunch OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models

OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awr...

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TechCrunch Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.

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TechCrunch Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination

At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime: using our imaginations.

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TechCrunch AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. No...

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TechCrunch Tesla spins up robotaxi pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of Q2 earnings

The company didn't say how many are in each city and has taken a far more cautious approach to scaling the network than CEO Elon M...

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TechCrunch Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.

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TechCrunch Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

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TechCrunch Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

The acquisition — Einride's first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its el...

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TechCrunch OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models

OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awr...

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TechCrunch These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on...

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TechCrunch Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products.

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TechCrunch Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

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TechCrunch Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questi...

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TechCrunch Instagram now lets you swap out the music in your old posts

With the new "Replace Audio" tool, users can update the music on their post at any time while keeping the post's existing likes, c...

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TechCabal South Africa wants more African trade. Stablecoins could help make it happen.

Only about 15% to 18% of South Africa's trade is with African countries, highlighting how much work remains before AfCFTA can achi...

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TechCrunch Light made a flip phone — it’s colorful and it’s cheap

Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he's as surprised as anyone that over 20 years later, the flip p...

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TechCrunch US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump ad...

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TechCrunch Threads rolls out parental supervision tools

With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view their teen's time spent on Threads, set daily time limits, adjust s...

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TechCabal What you should know about the Infinix HOT 70 Pro

The new phone brings 5G, a faster chipset, and a screen that changes color depending on the temperature.

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TechCabal Rank launches community-powered finance products to expand access to capital

Rank is betting that digitising community-based finance can offer an alternative route to accessing capital for young entrepreneur...

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TechCabal SASSA August 2026 payment dates: Full schedule, grant amounts and SRD

The payment dates are based on the official 2026/27 grant payment calendar published by the Department of Social Development and a...

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TechCrunch After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case

TikTok recently settled its portion of the case with the plaintiff ahead of a jury trial that starts next week in Los Angeles. You...

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TechCrunch Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June.

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TechCrunch AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned

A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.

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