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Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to control connected devices, review camera summaries, and access smart home activity using natural language.

Anthropic is initially releasing these features to Pro and Max plan subscribers.

“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?”

At this year's Disrupt, Neuralink's co-founder Max Hodak will present a vision for screen-free interfaces that can even offer medical help.

The deal could net the asset-light robotaxi company more than $300 million in funding.

The robotics industry is still waiting for their breakthrough into day-to-day life.

The Pixel phone maker said there are indications that a bug in the phone's modem "may be under limited, targeted exploitation."

Amazon's investment in these raises comes out to over $1.5 billion, or about 0.06% of its $2.68 trillion market cap.

Threads is rolling out new tools for podcasters, including profile cards, episode links, transcripts, guest tags, posting reminders and audience insights, as Meta looks to make the X rival a bigger hub for podcast promotion and discussion

Meet the next five top-tier investors judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18.

SK Hynix told TechCrunch the company hasn't finalized any plans or arrangements yet.

The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.

Fluxnium's fibers can extract uranium directly from seawater, which has enough of the nuclear fuel to power thousands of generations.

Amazon is letting all customers use Alexa+ assistant in early access period

AI isn't some kind of new form of "alien mind," according to Jensen Huang.

National outcry against data center construction has spread to Philadelphia, where officials suggested possible construction in a neighborhood already impacted by a now-defunct oil refinery.

A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, and troubleshooting.

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy 'super app' launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.

Elon Musk's company will also attempt to deploy the first V3 Starlink satellites into its orbital internet constellation.

The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities.

This is the first public acknowledgement that the U.S. military put a space weapon in Earth's orbit.

Meta One bundles expanded access to the company’s AI tools with premium features across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

The five-year-old startup raised $108 million from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz.

From the massive DOGE data breach and the compromise of critical infrastructure to the hack of federal surveillance systems, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026 so far.

The privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts without an account have gone dark again after X's escalated legal action.

OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.

Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.

Founded by veteran e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is slowly building a massive portfolio of restaurants and delivery companies.

Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.

Learn how to scale your startup breakthrough from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 with scaling leaders, Adrian Macneil (Foxglove), John Mackey (MBRYONICS), and Boris Sofman (Bedrock Robotics.

India will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments made through UPI starting October 15.

Women’s health company Evvy announced Tuesday a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.

Last day to exhibit at Disrupt is Sept 18. 4 days left.

Parents can finally get the kids' music out of Spotify Wrapped and other personalized playlists.

Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A lound led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic.

Italian startup Exein has raised a $270 million round of funding led by Headline at a $1.7 billion valuation.

Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing and customer-support tasks.

When Jensen Huang took a live call from Trump, some of us were more focused the phone he used to take it.

Though Elon Musk and Sam Altman have supported Dario Amodei's calls to slow the pace of AI development, Jensen Huang seems to feel differently.

Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.

The company also announced a product called Active Compute Fabric, a network technology that targets the fact that much GPU time is wasted waiting for data to arrive.

Prime Video is adding on-demand local and national news clips as Amazon joins other streamers experimenting with short-form video to capture younger viewers.

If you clicked on a fake HBO Max ad on Reddit in the past week, you might have fallen victim to a rising "ClickFix" security threat.

Volkswagen's new efficiency-minded halo car is almost twice as efficient as the most efficient production car, the Lucid Air.

Apple’s long-delayed Siri overhaul is finally here with iOS 27, and it changes how useful the assistant feels day to day.

The two most noticeable things about macOS 27 Golden Gate are the newly updated Siri AI and the design changes that make windows and icons more consistent.

Thanks to the launch of iOS 27, Daydream's app now includes features that can turn saved outfit photos into shoppable results and search for products through Siri without opening the app.

The code of conduct lays out general principles that Microsoft AI models should uphold — supporting humans rather than replacing them, for instance, and accelerating human flourishing — as well as specific safety constraints meant to implement those princ…