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Finnish startup ReOrbit, has raised a record €45 million Series A for the country to offer "sovereign" satellites.

Nepal has reversed its social media ban following nationwide “Gen Z” protests and public backlash.

CEO Evan Spiegel just announced the company is restructuring around small "startup squads" of 10 to 15 people to regain agility against larger competitors.

Intel also announced the creation of a central engineering group that will build custom chips for outside customers.

The 13-year-old company could be valued up to $6.5, with Lightspeed's stake worth $1.1 billion.

After watching Reddit's OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.

Deep Fission had been seeking to raise $15 million in a seed round as recently as April. The reverse merger will raise twice that amount.

Bluesky adds bookmarks so users can privately save posts they want to reference later.

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps won’t be driven by bigger models, but by smarter search.

Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, joins the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register to join.

Cefalo is the founder of Space DOTs, which launched in 2022 to detect space threats. She and her team have created a software platform for space tech manufacturers and operators to help them...

The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, said it has notified current and former employees and the firm's limited partners of its January breach.

Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish...

Google's AI Mode is rolling out in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it's introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations for free, along with the last 45 days of media.

The breach, now known to have begun in March, raises questions about why it took six months for Salesloft to detect the breach.

Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children's safety.

Apple is debuting the iPhone 17 at its annual hardware event on September 9.

From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what to expect from this year's Apple event.

As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.