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13 May 2026 Vol 19

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Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary stumbles in second weekend

After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, box office for Amazon’s “Melania” fell 67%, to an estimated $2.37 million, in…

New York is considering two bills to rein in the AI industry

The New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act (NY FAIR News Act, for short) would require that any…

5 Android accessibility features everyone should turn on

Android’s accessibility features quietly house some of the most useful tools on the phone. These settings span vision, hearing, mobility,…

Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl

Just in time to create a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek has made the priciest domain purchase…

NotebookLM has a feature that turns any PDF into a conversation

Reading long PDFs is boring and draining. Especially when you are staring at a dense 50-pager with technical facts on…

Okay, I’m slightly less mad about that ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ AI project

When a startup announced plans last fall to recreate lost footage from Orson Welles’ classic film “The Magnificent Ambersons” using…

I switched to Zen browser, and these features changed how I work

While I’ve never officially been diagnosed with anything, I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that I have some sort of…

You need to listen to the new Mandy, Indiana record: URGH

Often, I focus on recommending older media that isn’t currently getting a ton of attention. But this week, I can’t…

TechCrunch Mobility: Is $16B enough to build a profitable robotaxi business?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get…

San Francisco’s pro-billionaire march draws dozens

A march supporting California’s billionaires didn’t exactly draw a huge crowd on Saturday — the San Francisco Chronicle counted around…