a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out
Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.
Read moreRoad to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield
The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries has culminated in the largest startup pitch competition in Central Eurasia's history.
Read moreNext set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we’re adding more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions, and help crown this year’s $100,000 champion at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West.
Read moreAI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit
Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability.
Read moreBounce launches a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon
Bounce publicly debuts a tool that will let you move your account between open social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon.
Read moreGoogle will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store
Google will ask all Android developers to verify their identity starting next year.
Read moreNotebookLM’s Video Overview feature now supports 80 languages
NotebookLM’s Video Overviews now supports 80 languages, including French and Spanish.
Read moreVariations on Knuth’s Twindragon
A couple days ago I wrote about Donald Knuth’s expression for the twindragon fractal as a sum of powers of b = 1 − i. Simone Conradi made a nice animation replacing (1 − i) with exp(2πit) (1 − i). The animation loops over values of t. Here’s what you get when t = 0.3.
Read moreElon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive collusion
According to Musk, Apple and OpenAI are colluding to stifle competition from other AI companies.
Read moreA new security flaw in TheTruthSpy phone spyware is putting victims at risk
Exclusive: Hackers can take over the accounts of TheTruthSpy spyware customers, putting their victims' private phone data at risk thanks to a new security flaw.
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