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Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping
Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping | TechCrunch
Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, is urging AI companies to stop scraping its pages and to use its paid API instead.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping
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Smoke Signal is an event & RSVP platform built on ATProto.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Smoke Signal is an event & RSVP platform built on ATProto.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
Venmo launches cash back rewards program for debit cards
Venmo launches cash back rewards program for debit cards | TechCrunch
Venmo launches a cash back program for debit card users, as credit card use declines among Gen Z.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Venmo launches cash back rewards program for debit cards
GoWish’s shopping and wishlist app is having its biggest year yet
GoWish's shopping and wishlist app is having its biggest year yet | TechCrunch
GoWish, an app for making wishlists, is having a record year, and has doubled its users.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
GoWish’s shopping and wishlist app is having its biggest year yet
I tried the Apple Crossbody Strap. It’s convenient, but the phone looks silly when the strap is removed
I tried the Apple Crossbody Strap. It's convenient, but the phone looks silly when the strap is removed. | TechCrunch
Apple's new Crossbody Strap is a convenient way to go hands-free but the strap can rub uncomfortably at times, and the phone looks silly when the strap is removed.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I tried the Apple Crossbody Strap. It’s convenient, but the phone looks silly when the strap is removed
Amazon launches a low-price standalone shopping app, Amazon Bazaar, in over a dozen markets
Amazon launches a low-price standalone shopping app, Amazon Bazaar, in over a dozen markets | TechCrunch
Amazon Bazaar, a new low-cost shopping destination for Asia, Africa, and Latin America that will be available separately from the main Amazon shopping app.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Amazon launches a low-price standalone shopping app, Amazon Bazaar, in over a dozen markets
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When you take the crossbody strap off 🤦♀️
Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for ebook authors
Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for ebook authors | TechCrunch
Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service, is designed to broaden the reach of ebook authors.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for ebook authors
Sora for Android saw nearly half a million installs on its first day
Sora for Android saw nearly half a million installs on its first day | TechCrunch
This makes the Android launch more than 4x the size of the iOS launch, with 327% more installs (360,000) — but the firm notes that's not an apples-to-apples comparison.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sora for Android saw nearly half a million installs on its first day
Mastodon’s latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators
Mastodon's latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators | TechCrunch
Mastodon's latest software version brings quote posts with added controls to all servers.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Mastodon’s latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators
Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: ‘tremendous performance’ with reduced costs
Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: 'tremendous performance' with reduced costs | TechCrunch
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: ‘tremendous performance’ with reduced costs
Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos
Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos | TechCrunch
Tinder is testing an AI feature that learns about you from your Camera Roll photos.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos
Epic Games CEO calls Google’s antitrust settlement a win for Android’s ‘vision as an open platform’
Epic Games CEO calls Google's antitrust settlement a win for Android's 'vision as an open platform' | TechCrunch
The companies on Tuesday reached a settlement that sees the search giant agreeing to Android app store reforms that include lowering fees and enabling more competition.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Epic Games CEO calls Google’s antitrust settlement a win for Android’s ‘vision as an open platform’
People Inc forges AI licensing deal with Microsoft as Google traffic drops
People Inc forges AI licensing deal with Microsoft as Google traffic drops | TechCrunch
People Inc. signs an AI licensing deal with Microsoft, which will use its media content in Copilot.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
People Inc forges AI licensing deal with Microsoft as Google traffic drops
Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x
Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x | TechCrunch
Shopify says AI-driven traffic to its online stores is up 7x since January, and orders from AI search are up 11x.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x
Spotify now has half a million video podcasts, which nearly 400M users have watched
Spotify now has half a million video podcasts, which nearly 400M users have watched | TechCrunch
Spotify says that users' time spent with video content on Spotify has also more than doubled year-over-year, largely driven by video podcasts.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Spotify now has half a million video podcasts, which nearly 400M users have watched
Locket’s social app is picking up steam with Gen Alpha
Locket's social app is picking up steam with Gen Alpha | TechCrunch
Locket's social app is using iOS Live Activities to reach Gen Alpha via the iPhone Lock Screen.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Locket’s social app is picking up steam with Gen Alpha
Facebook Groups can now go public without exposing members’ private posts
Facebook Groups can now go public without exposing members' private posts | TechCrunch
Facebook is making it possible for private Groups to switch to public without compromising members' privacy.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Facebook Groups can now go public without exposing members’ private posts
Dia’s AI browser starts adding Arc’s ‘greatest hits’ to its feature set
Dia's AI browser starts adding Arc's 'greatest hits' to its feature set | TechCrunch
Dia's AI browser has a head start on what works for consumers thanks to learnings from its browser experiment, Arc.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dia’s AI browser starts adding Arc’s ‘greatest hits’ to its feature set
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta
Tim Cook says Apple is open to M&A on the AI front
Tim Cook says Apple is open to M&A on the AI front | TechCrunch
Apple CEO Tim Cook noted in the company's Q4 2025 earnings call that Apple was preparing to announce more AI partnerships like the one it has with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into Siri and Apple Intelligence.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tim Cook says Apple is open to M&A on the AI front
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Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Thanks to everyone who made this year's San Francisco event what it was -- and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn't make it? These images tell part of the story.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies
Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies | TechCrunch
While Threads already offers tools that let you limit replies to people you follow, your followers, or people you mention, the new feature allows you to keep your replies open to all without the negative consequences of having discussions derailed.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies
Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era
Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era | TechCrunch
"The dead internet theory is real," Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told Digg founder Kevin Rose, referring to the idea that much of the internet isn't
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October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era