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3 days until Disrupt 2025 turns San Francisco into startup city | TechCrunch

3 days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — the startup world’s biggest stage — kicks off October 27 – 29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. ...

Trump's $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

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Big Tech is paying for Trump's White House ballroom | TechCrunch

Trump's $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn't offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business.

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With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business | TechCrunch

Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn't offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business.

Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.

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Ford isn't going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while | TechCrunch

Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.

Trump said he scrapped plans to send the National Guard into San Francisco after calls from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff. Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed the plan was canceled.

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Trump credits Benioff, Huang for decision not to ‘surge’ Fed troops into San Francisco | TechCrunch

Trump said he scrapped plans to send the National Guard into San Francisco after calls from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff...

OpenAI has acquired Software Applications, Inc., the startup behind Sky — an AI-powered natural language interface for Mac that can view your screen and take actions in your apps.

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OpenAI buys Sky, an AI interface for Mac | TechCrunch

OpenAI has acquired Software Applications, Inc., the startup behind Sky — an AI-powered natural language interface for Mac that can view your scr...

Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe will be wearing yet another hat as the company preps for arguably its most important vehicle launch -- the mass market R2 SUV -- in 2026.

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Rivian CEO takes top marketing role in shakeup ahead of R2 launch | TechCrunch

Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe will be wearing yet another hat as the company preps for arguably its most important vehicle launch -- the mass-market ...

The milestone marks a new record for the platform, as YouTube’s annual music industry payout increased by $2 billion since 2022.

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YouTube paid out $8B to the music industry in 12 months | TechCrunch

The milestone marks a new record for the platform, as YouTube’s annual music industry payout increased by $2 billion since 2022.

Meta AI's photo editing tools can be found in Instagram Stories when tapping the paintbrush icon. Users can describe what they want to add, remove, or change.

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Instagram users can now use Meta AI editing tools directly in IG Stories | TechCrunch

Meta AI's photo editing tools can be found in Instagram Stories when tapping the paintbrush icon. Users can describe what they want to add, re...

Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, grew an AI note-taker app to five million users and an eight-figure ARR, they say.

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20-year-old dropouts built AI notetaker Turbo AI and grew it to 5 million users | TechCrunch

Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, are behind Turbo AI, one of the fastest-growing AI notetaker tools.