Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators |

9:54 AM PDT · June 16, 2025 Patreon, a creator monetization platform that offers membership programs and digital goods, announced on Monday that it is…

Threads is testing spoiler text, Zuckerberg says |

10:54 AM PDT · June 16, 2025 Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text, according to a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Spoiler…

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close at midnight |

11:00 AM PDT · June 16, 2025 These are your final hours to apply to the most iconic pitch competition in tech — Startup Battlefield…

Instagram users complain of mass bans, pointing finger at AI |

Instagram users have for weeks complained about a significant increase in accounts being mistakenly banned or suspended. Many suspect, without direct evidence, that the issues…

Instagram tests a reposts feature |

12:04 PM PDT · June 16, 2025 Instagram is testing the ability for users to repost posts, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The…

Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing |

2:54 PM PDT · June 16, 2025 It doesn’t look like much, but Finland recently flipped the switch on the world’s largest sand-based battery. Yes,…

The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening |

In Brief Posted: 3:40 PM PDT · June 16, 2025 OpenAI and Microsoft may be reaching an inflection point in their relationship, according to a…

The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster |

It sounds like the start of a 21st-century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically…

After a string of successes, early-stage fund Felicis raises fresh $900M |

In Brief Posted: 2:13 PM PDT · June 12, 2025 Felicis founder Aydin Senkut is celebrating his 19th year as an institutional early-stage investor by…

Scale AI confirms 'significant' investment from Meta, says CEO Alexandr Wang is leaving |

12:12 AM PDT · June 13, 2025 Data-labeling company Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a “significant” investment from Meta that values…