EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’ |

10:06 AM PDT · September 6, 2025 The European Commission announced this week that it’s fining Google €2.95 billion (just under $3.5 billion). The commission…

Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction? |

On Friday, a startup called Fable announced an ambitious, if head-scratching, plan to recreate the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles’ classic film “The Magnificent…

3 Days Left to Lock In Your Exhibitor Spot at Disrupt 2025

Time is running out to showcase your startup in front of the most influential eyes in tech. In just 3 days, the exhibitor table deadline…

Warp brings new diff-tracking tools to the AI coding arms race |

8:00 AM PDT · September 3, 2025 The AI coding tool Warp has a plan for making coding agents more comprehensible — and it looks…

These 20- and 22-year-olds raised $5M from YC, General Catalyst to study online behavior using vision AI |

Amogh Chaturvedi is running on little sleep but plenty of conviction at 6 a.m. He’s groggy, apologetic for rescheduling, and still reeling from a recent…

How to watch Apple announce the iPhone 17 |

8:27 AM PDT · September 3, 2025 Apple is hosting its “Awe dropping” hardware event on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT. The company is expected…

Venezuela's president thinks American spies can't hack Huawei phones |

During a press conference on Monday, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, showed off a Huawei smartphone that China’s President Xi Jinping gifted him, calling it “the…

Instagram is finally launching an iPad app |

9:00 AM PDT · September 3, 2025 After years of people constantly nudging Instagram about releasing an iPad app, the social network is finally launching…

Netflix CPO Eunice Kim is coming to Disrupt 2025 |

9:15 AM PDT · September 3, 2025 The celebration of TechCrunch’s 20th anniversary is happening at Disrupt 2025 — taking place October 27-29 — and…

Roblox expands use of age-estimation tech and introduces standardized ratings |

Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its age-estimation technology to all users and partnering with…