The Brutalist Report - techcrunch
- AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood put out the worst song I’ve ever heard [3d]
- Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets [3d]
- Google Play is adding new paid and PC games, game trials, community posts, and more [4d]
- Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used [4d]
- Ride-hailing inDrive acquires Pakistan’s Krave Mart to bolster grocery delivery [4d]
- Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought [4d]
- India neobank Fi winds down banking services on its platform [4d]
- Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI startup [4d]
- Lovable says it added $100M in revenue last month alone, with just 146 employees [4d]
- Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq [4d]
- Alternative app store AltStore PAL joins the fediverse [4d]
- Drivers in fatal Ford BlueCruise crashes were likely distracted before impact [4d]
- Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B [4d]
- Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker [4d]
- Breakout Ventures raises $114M fund to back AI science startups [4d]
- Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are [4d]
- VC mega funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions [4d]
- Poppi founder on TikTok, Super Bowl ads, and her return to Shark Tank [4d]
- Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says [4d]
- WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net [4d]
- Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots [4d]
- EV startup Harbinger reveals a smaller work truck with electric and hybrid variants [4d]
- Meta’s Moltbook deal points to a future built around AI agents [4d]
- Meta didn’t buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web [4d]
- WhatsApp is launching parent-linked accounts for pre-teens [4d]
- Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites [4d]
- Meta rolls out new scam detection tools to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger [4d]
- Lucid Motors ships Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to Gravity SUV owners [4d]
- Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice [4d]
- Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not [4d]
- TikTok now lets Apple Music subscribers play full songs without leaving the app [4d]
- Google completes $32B acquisition of Wiz [4d]
- Zoox plans to put its robotaxis on the Uber app in Vegas this year [4d]
- Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation [4d]
- Anduril snaps up space surveillance firm ExoAnalytic Solutions [4d]
- Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India [4d]
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