Love it or hate it? Apple’s new ‘Liquid Glass’ design is getting mixed reviews
Some users and designers are already panning Apple's new user interface dubbed Liquid Glass, even though it's a bit early. There are reasons to think it might improve — but also valid critiques.
Read moreAtlassian rival Linear raises $82M at $1.25B valuation
Linear, an enterprise software maker that competes with many of Atlassian's products, announced that it raised $82 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel.
Read moreGoogle rolls out Android 16 to Pixel phones, unveils AI-powered edit suggestion for Google Photos
Google is releasing Android 16 to Pixel phones and rolling out additional updates to other Pixel devices.
Read moreWhat makes TechCrunch All Stage different from other startup events? Answers to your most pressing questions
Tech and startup events have a formula. You know it. We know it. We’ve all done it. But TechCrunch All Stage 2025, which we’re hosting July 15 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston, is designed to break out of that rinse-and-repeat model — and focus on what early-stage startups
Read moreThreads is finally getting a DM inbox
Mark Zuckerberg said today that Meta's social network Threads is finally testing a separate DM inbox that is separate from your Instagram DM Inbox.
Read moreApple’s upgraded AI models underwhelm on performance
Apple has announced updates to the AI models that power its suite of Apple Intelligence features across iOS, macOS, and more. But according to the company's own benchmarks, the models underperform older models from rival tech firms including OpenAI.
Read moreEnterprise AI startup Glean lands a $7.2B valuation
Glean announced on Tuesday that is raised a $150 million Series F led by Wellington Management at a $7.2 billion valuation.
Read moreAt WWDC 2025, Apple sang developers’ praises amid AI letdowns and App Store battles
Apple has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers' apps for the AI era.
Read moreReport: Meta taps Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang to join new ‘superintelligence’ lab
Mark Zuckerberg is hand-picking top researchers and engineers to join an upcoming AI research lab dedicated to “superintelligence," and Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is on the list.
Read moreGolden powers revisited
Years ago I wrote a post Golden powers are nearly integers. The post was picked up by Hacker News and got a lot of traffic. The post was commenting on a line from Terry Tao: The powers φ, φ2, φ3, … of the golden ratio lie unexpectedly close to integers:
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