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TechCrunch

• Sergey Brin says RTO is key to Google winning the AGI race [178d]
• SymbyAI raises $2.1M seed to make science research easier [178d]
• Startup co-founded by longevity guru Peter Attia emerges from stealth [178d]
• OpenAI plans to bring Sora’s video generator to ChatGPT [178d]
• DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app [178d]
• Researchers uncover unknown Android flaws used to hack into a student’s phone [178d]
• Google Sheets gets a Gemini-powered upgrade to analyze data faster and create visuals [179d]
• Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly [179d]
• Good hype for fusion, bad buzz for YC [179d]
• A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs [179d]
• Alkami is buying fintech Mantl for $400 million [179d]
• Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California — but there’s a catch [179d]
• Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI [179d]
• The biggest data breaches of 2025 — so far [179d]
• Last week to apply to speak at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [179d]
• Apply to Speak at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 [179d]
• TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Final 24 hours to save up to $1,130 [179d]
• Only 3 more days to save up to $325 at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [179d]
• Intel delays its Ohio chip factory to 2030 [179d]
• Microsoft hangs up on Skype: service to shut down May 5, 2025 [179d]
• Belgium investigating alleged cyberattack on intelligence agency by China-linked hackers [179d]
• OpenAI’s Sora is now available in the EU, UK [179d]
• Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE [179d]
• Sequoia’s Roelof Botha warns ‘chumps’ not to buy into SPVs [179d]
• The hottest AI models, what they do, and how to use them [179d]
• SEC says meme coins are not securities [179d]