Next 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.
Read MoreChris’ Corner: Pretty Palettes
I’m not terribly good at picking a good color palette out of thin air. My go-to is a dark look with bright colored accents, but I’m wildly envious whenever I see a beautiful website with great looking colors that are very far away from what I could pull off. Sometimes,
Read MoreElon Musk’s xAI is suing OpenAI and Apple
Elon Musk is suing Apple and OpenAI over claims that their deal to build ChatGPT into the iPhone is stifling competition in the AI industry. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, the Musk-owned X Corp. and xAI also accuse Apple’s Apple Store of “deprioritizing” rival chatbots and “super” apps, including
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