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September 05, 2025
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Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company announced on…
September 05, 2025
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Google Gemini dubbed ‘high risk’ for kids and teens in new safety assessment
Common Sense Media, a kids-safety-focused nonprofit offering ratings and reviews of media and technology, released its risk assessment of Google’s…
September 05, 2025
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Pulley, 645 Ventures, and Epigram Legal join the Disrupt 2025 agenda
For the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch, Disrupt 2025 (taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco) gets real…
September 05, 2025
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Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more
Online gaming platform Roblox is launching a TikTok-like short-form video feed for sharing gameplay moments, the company unveiled on Friday…
September 05, 2025
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Tesla’s ad spend on X has shrunk to almost nothing
Tesla spent $400,000 advertising on Elon Musk’s social media platform X in 2024, according to a new regulatory filing. But…
September 05, 2025
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Natron’s liquidation shows why the US isn’t ready to make its own batteries
Sodium-ion battery startup Natron ceased operations this week, ending the company’s 12-year quest to commercialize its technology in the U.S.…
September 05, 2025
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X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat. You probably shouldn’t trust it yet.
X, formerly Twitter, has started rolling out its new encrypted messaging feature called “Chat” or “XChat.” The company claims the…
September 05, 2025
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The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The subtitle of the doom bible to be published by AI extinction prophets Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares later this…
September 05, 2025
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Scale AI’s former CTO launches AI agent that could solve big data’s biggest problem
Isotopes came out of stealth on Thursday with a healthy $20 million seed round. It offers an AI agent to…
September 05, 2025
Tech
Learn to create communities and companies that last at Disrupt 2025
When you design for people instead of institutions, you don’t just build a product. You build a movement. That’s the…