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• Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests [9h]
• Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO [10h]
• This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sports [12h]
• Spotify spotted working on a ‘SongDNA’ feature that showcases the people behind your favorite music [13h]
• Apple adds 650 megawatts of renewables in Europe with more coming in China [14h]
• Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable coworkers [17h]
• Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down ‘Haiku’ model [17h]
• Liberate bags $50M at $300M valuation to bring AI deeper into insurance back offices [17h]
• Self-driving car companies Pony.ai and WeRide get the OK for Hong Kong listing [17h]
• Meta partners up with Arm to scale AI efforts [18h]
• Nscale inks massive AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft [18h]
• Google releases Veo 3.1, adds it to Flow video editor [18h]
• Google now lets you add friends as contacts for account recovery [18h]
• Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data [18h]
• X plans to show more information about user profiles to help improve trust [18h]
• Apple upgrades iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro with new M5 chip [19h]
• Threads is getting group chats as messaging rolls out to the EU [19h]
• The full Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: The future of tech launches here [19h]
• Less than 3 days remain to secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 [19h]
• You can now text Spotify’s AI DJ [20h]
• 3 days left: Save up to $624 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Pass before prices rise [20h]
• VSCO gets AI editing chops, support for RAW files [22h]