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Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPOAnthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.TechCrunch
Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delaysTesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.TechCrunch
Google tests letting Gemini call businesses for youGoogle says the AI-calling feature will first be available to Pixel 11 owners in the U.S. who pay for a Gemini subscription.TechCrunch
Meta made a Tamagotchi-like wearable for its Muse AI agentThe tiny hardware device creates another mobile home for its AI agent Muse.TechCrunch
Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something bigBut maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.TechCrunch
Disney+ and Hulu add to the growing trend of streaming inflationDisney is raising the prices of Disney+ and Hulu as streaming costs continue to rise across the industry.TechCrunch
FTC accuses Amazon of running a ‘secret ad surcharge scheme’ in new lawsuitAmazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.TechCrunch
Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profilesAs frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.TechCrunch
Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builderTim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods and other major hardware linesTechCrunch
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theftThis latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.TechCrunch
Apple TV is raising its subscription prices againNow, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.TechCrunch
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AISome of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.TechCrunch
Plaud’s new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agentsPlaud's new 'agentic' earbuds are priced at $249.TechCrunch
Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will workHow will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?TechCrunch
Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first moveBumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first.TechCrunch
Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security testsAfter OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents.TechCrunch
Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud hostAmazon isn't slowing down on data center spending — but investors don't seem to mind.TechCrunch
If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for moreThe long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.TechCrunch