AI or not, Will Smith’s crowd video is fresh cringe
Fans accused Will Smith of sharing AI-generated videos from his tour, but the situation is more complicated than it seems.
Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test
Bluesky says it would block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with the new age verification law.
US manufacturing investment stumbles as clean tech cancellations pile up
Companies canceled $5 billion worth of clean tech manufacturing projects in the U.S. in Q2, mirroring a pullback in the broader manufacturing sector.
Threads tests a way to share long-form text on the platform
With this new feature, users can attach a block of text to a post instead of creating a thread of several different posts when looking to share more in-depth thoughts and ideas.
Mark Cuban’s war on America’s $5 trillion healthcare machine: ‘They can’t react as quickly’
Cuban said drug prices are opaque by design. He launched Cost Plus Drugs in 2022 to pull back the curtain on drug pricing, bring down costs to the average consumer, and disrupt the traditional pharmacy industry.
MathGPT, the ‘cheat-proof’ AI tutor and teaching assistant, expands to over 50 institutions
MathGPT, an AI tutor and teaching assistant that helps students learn, expands to over 50 institutions
No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation
Framer, a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users,has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico.
Honor’s slim Magic V5 foldable is fun to use, minus the huge camera bump
Honor’s slim Magic V5 has a nice build and a good camera, but the camera bump is a bit of a menace.
AI hires or human hustle? Inside the next frontier of startup operations at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
What happens when your first 10 hires aren’t people at all? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, we’re digging into the new wave of startups replacing or augmenting early employees with AI agents.
Investors are loving Lovable
Investors are clambering to get onto Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable’s cap table, making unsolicited offers of investment that value the company at more than $4 billion.