Netflix is making exclusive deals with podcast studios to compete with YouTube, but podcasters have mixed feelings.
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Netflix is betting on podcasts to become the new daytime talk show | TechCrunch
Netflix is making exclusive deals with podcast studios to compete with YouTube, but podcasters have mixed feelings.
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OpenAI updated its guidelines for how its AI models should behave with users under 18, and published new AI literacy resources for teens and parents. Still, questions remain about how well policies translate into practice.
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OpenAI adds new teen safety rules to ChatGPT as lawmakers weigh AI standards for minors | TechCrunch
OpenAI updated its guidelines for how its AI models should behave with users under 18, and published new AI literacy resources for teens and parent...
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Known has raised $9.7 million from investors, including Forerunner and NFX, along with PearVC and Coelius Capital.
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Known uses voice AI to help you go on more in-person dates | TechCrunch
In its test phase in San Francisco, Known said it observed 80% of its introductions led to physical dates, which is much higher than swipe-based da...
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The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.
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Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me | TechCrunch
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.
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The company is working on an image and video model and new text-based model, which aids with coding.
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Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says | TechCrunch
Meta aims to make the text-based model better at coding while also exploring new world models that understand visual information and can reason, pl...
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Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.
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Krafton hikes India bet with new $670M fund | TechCrunch
Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver and investor...
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TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.
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Hacks, thefts, and disruption: The worst data breaches of 2025 | TechCrunch
TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databa...
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The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.
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OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation | TechCrunch
The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest ...
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The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.
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TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of US business to American investor group | TechCrunch
The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.
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Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
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Apple becomes a debt collector with its new developer agreement | TechCrunch
Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
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