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Samsung's $200 Zoom Gamble Leaves Camera Test Undecided
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra's telephoto lens offers superior zoom, but tests find its advantage inconsistent and often not decisive enough to justify a $200 price
OpenAI Pays $3.2 Million in Worker Visa Bias Settlement
OpenAI paid $3.2 million to settle federal claims it systematically favored foreign visa workers over US applicants by making jobs nearly impossible for America
AI Replaces Pilipino Call Center Workers Who Trained It
Workers in the Philippines' massive BPO sector are training the very AI systems that are making them redundant, putting a $40 billion industry and 1.9 million j
Official Disrupt 2026 Hotel Bookings Slash Costs
The only way to get a price-protected hotel room for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is through the official conference block, which offers locked-in rates and major at
Lucid's Survival Needs $1.4 Billion and a Robotaxi Miracle
Lucid's new CEO, Silvio Napoli, says the company has been failing for years and is staking its survival on a radical plan: finding $1.4 billion in cash savings
SpaceX Posts $540 Million Bitcoin Loss As Launch Earnings Soar
SpaceX reported a $540 million net loss driven by a bitcoin price slump, even while its core rocket and Starlink revenue blew past Wall Street forecasts.
Android Flaw Shares User Location 60M Times, Data Goes to FBI
A core Android flaw has allowed third-party ad code inside ordinary apps to secretly share users' precise location data millions of times, feeding data brokers
AMD Ditches PC Gaming as AI Datacenter Revenue Doubles
AMD's latest earnings show the company has fundamentally shifted,with AI infrastructure revenues now double the size of its gaming and PC businesses combined.
Nvidia Swaps AI Debate for a Security Voting Bloc
Nvidia and over 120 companies launched the Open Secure AI Alliance and produced their first security proposals within a week, moving aggressively from theory to
TechCrunch Disrupt Drops Final $100 Ticket Flash Sale
TechCrunch has launched an unannounced final $100 discount on all passes for Disrupt 2026, a last promotional push before ticket prices rise in two weeks.
Texas Governor Freezes New Data Centers Amid Grid Crisis
Governor Greg Abbott has frozen all new data center connections to the Texas power grid, mandating state audits as projects account for 90% of a massive, grid-t
Apple Must Let iPhones Paste to Windows PCs in EU
Europe's regulators are forcing Apple to break a key ecosystem lock, requiring it to let iPhone users copy text and paste it directly onto Windows PCs by 2027.