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A new California law places new rules on autonomous vehicles operators

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era?

Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors.

Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.

President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.

Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years.

OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.

Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating, while people who only need a car for a few months are stuck paying too much for too little choice, so he built…

Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.

Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.

The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.

The CEO promised to get more specific about his vision.

Brian Chesky on making Airbnb agent-friendly, the state of consumer AI, and why the world needs an AI-native operating system.

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms.

The compact Bluetooth remote is designed to let readers turn pages without touching their Kindle.

The new Kindle lineup features its lightest and thinnest designs yet, with a sleek, front-flush display that eliminates bezels for good.

Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, and even interact with characters using generative AI.

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional hearing aids.

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could point out that Musk's and Luckey's co…

Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

VC Chris Degnan and former board advisor to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for Cognition.

Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare.

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

DoorDash unveiled the six-propeller aircraft that will be used in its new drone delivery business at its annual Dash Forward 2026 event.

The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.

OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.

The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T.

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

There’s a reason frontier labs have gotten gunshy about consumer AI — and it’s not because the tech isn’t good enough.

Meta says its Muse AI agent cannot access a user’s Messages without explicit permission, disputing a journalist’s account that the agent read his private messages while the required Mac setting was turned off.

By launching an AI agent for food ordering, DoorDash is looking to gain an edge over rivals Uber Eats and Grubhub.

"One of the biggest reasons we are winning against robotics companies is because we are not a robotics company."

Instinct is rolling out human-curated product and travel recommendations, but some users aren’t happy about getting suggestions they never asked for.

The order -- Harbinger's biggest ever -- comes as the startup is reportedly considering an IPO.

Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States.

Fitbit Air costs around $146 in India, roughly $47 more than its U.S. pricing.

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman will explore the growing demand for compute, energy, and infrastructure, how Cerebras is approaching those constraints differently, and what comes next if today’s AI hardware r…

This conversational AI assistant is intended to provide personalized feedback to creators, rather than generic advice.

Founded by Apache Flink veterans, the startup is taking on workflow heavyweight Temporal.

Three days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

Parents can limit how teens use channels, whose Status they can see, who can see their Status updates, and control who can add teens to groups.

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K is slimmer and faster, but its biggest upgrade may be the thing you’ll actually hold in your hand: a redesigned remote that’s easier to use, especially in the dark.

As younger users grow increasingly tired of the endless scroll, dating apps are scrambling to adapt to a generation that increasingly wants dating to feel more social and rooted in real-world experiences.

As Charter explains on its website, a common experience for space companies is that regular insurers "heard a bunch of scary science words and freaked out."

Airbnb is also launching new services such as meal delivery and laundry in select locations.