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The best streaming deals: Disney Plus, HBO Max, Netflix, and more

The best streaming deals: Disney Plus, HBO Max, Netflix, and more

So far, 2025 has been a great year for watching new, must-see TV shows and movies on subscription services. But…
OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models

OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models

“The vast majority of our customers are already using a lot of open models,” said Casey Dvorak,…
Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X

Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X

Linda Yaccarino’s next role after departing X as CEO will be another chief executive role at eMed Population Health, an…
OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2

OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2

OpenAI just dropped its first open-weight models in over five years. The two language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, can run…
Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

After months of beta testing, newsletter platform Ghost has shipped a new version of its software, Ghost 6, that allows…
Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites on Monday, while ignoring a site’s specific methods to…
Google’s NotebookLM is now available to younger users as competition in the AI education space intensifies

Google’s NotebookLM is now available to younger users as competition in the AI education space intensifies

Google’s AI note-taking app is now open to younger users, having previously been limited to users 18 and older. The…
Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door

Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door

Cognition, the AI coding startup that acquired rival company Windsurf three weeks ago, laid off 30 employees last week and…
Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information

Hacker used a voice phishing attack to steal Cisco customers’ personal information

A cybercriminal tricked a Cisco representative into granting them access to steal the personal information of Cisco.com users, the company…
Get startup insights from Chef Robotics, NEA, and ICONIQ at Disrupt 2025

Get startup insights from Chef Robotics, NEA, and ICONIQ at Disrupt 2025

Finding product-market fit isn’t a milestone — it’s a messy, make-or-break journey. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, a founder who’s…