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• Meta wants to open more retail stores [1h]
• Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings joins Anthropic’s board [1h]
• AMD buys silicon photonics startup Enosemi to fuel its AI ambitions [1h]
• Dozens of unsold Tesla Cybertrucks are piling up at Detroit parking lot [2h]
• Family safety app Life360 adds Tile’s lost-item trackers, years after its acquisition [2h]
• Microsoft starts testing Copilot for Gaming in Xbox app for iOS and Android [2h]
• Context gets $11M to build an AI-powered office suite [3h]
• Rillet raises $25M from Sequoia to automate general ledger systems using AI [3h]
• Why export restrictions aren’t the only thing to pay attention to in Nvidia’s earnings [3h]
• Discord explores virtual rewards for its ad product as it prepares for a potential IPO [4h]
• With iOS 19 on the way, Apple looks toward mobile gaming [4h]
• Help shape TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Vote for your favorite sessions [4h]
• How to seize the opportunity and compete with an incumbent, with Linear COO Cristina Cordova at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [4h]
• Data broker giant LexisNexis says breach exposed personal information of over 364,000 people [4h]
• How small businesses can actually benefit from agentic AI, with Tkxel CEO Umair Javed at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [5h]
• Apple expands Self Service Repair to iPads [5h]
• xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app [5h]
• Atomic Canyon wants to be ChatGPT for the nuclear industry [6h]
• Instacart appoints chief business officer Chris Rogers as new CEO [6h]
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink raises $600M at $9B valuation [7h]