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- Apple updates guidelines to ban nudify apps masquerading as regular apps to pass reviewby Ivan Mehta on October 19, 2026 at 12:56 pm
Apple said that it will ban AI apps that don’t moderate offensive content.
- Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX sharesby Sean O’Kane on October 19, 2026 at 12:42 pm
That’s more than $10 billion in shares, or around 1% of Musk’s current net worth.
- Khosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India’s hospital economicsby Jagmeet Singh on October 19, 2026 at 7:30 am
Even Healthcare reaches a $300 million valuation in a Khosla Ventures-led round as it plans to expand its hospital network in India.
- No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied marketby Connie Loizos on October 18, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Benchmark may have grown its funds and swapped out some partners, but onstage the five who are left sounded like friends who just happen to be running one of the Valley’s most storied firms
- Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’by Anthony Ha on October 18, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund.
- Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’by Anthony Ha on October 18, 2026 at 7:03 pm
“You Can See Everything” is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film.
- Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforceby Anthony Ha on October 18, 2026 at 4:30 pm
The filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them. However, this is a stalking horse bid, so another company could come forward with a higher offer.
- TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s next actby Kirsten Korosec on October 18, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
- Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concernsby Anthony Ha on October 17, 2026 at 9:31 pm
A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.
- TikTok says it’s restored ‘Musk’ documentary advertising accountby Anthony Ha on October 17, 2026 at 8:55 pm
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.
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- Disney found a way to buy Character.AI without buying its lawsuitsby Maddy Varner on October 19, 2026 at 2:45 pm
Character.AI faces claims its bots encouraged minors to self-harm and kill their parents.
- A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer’s cornfieldby Stephen Clark on October 19, 2026 at 2:35 pm
All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.
- Review: Lanterns is a truly unique twist on the superhero genreby Jennifer Ouellette on October 19, 2026 at 1:31 pm
Gritty HBO series is a beacon for what’s possible when one is allowed to get creative with the tropes.
- DIY VR: How to build your own headset, and why you probably won’t want toby Tim Stevens on October 19, 2026 at 12:33 pm
A primer on the joys and pains of building your own head-mounted display.
- Stratospheric airship flew from US to Japan to test sky cell tower conceptby Jeremy Hsu on October 19, 2026 at 11:05 am
Tests showed Sceye’s high-flying platform can deliver connectivity in disasters.
- Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” accessby Cristina Criddle, Financial Times on October 18, 2026 at 4:25 pm
The outside watchdog can publish its findings without Anthropic’s approval.
- Science says your boss should talk less in meetingsby Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine on October 17, 2026 at 11:15 am
Research suggests listening more while talking less. Killing aimless meetings can help, too.
- Why BioWare’s Neverwinter Nights still has thousands of active playersby Samuel Axon on October 17, 2026 at 11:00 am
The single-player is just OK, but according to the players, that doesn’t matter.
- OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websitesby Dan Goodin on October 16, 2026 at 8:59 pm
The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.
- “thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say copsby Ashley Belanger on October 16, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Discord user flagged AI CSAM, triggering arrest of New Jersey deputy AG.









