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Google says Fox channels to go dark on YouTube TV if agreement isn’t reached

Google-owned YouTube TV said Fox is asking for payments “far higher” than competitors.

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Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images

BBC investigation finds US victim’s images are traded globally by an operator based in Indonesia.

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a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out

Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.

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Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show

Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

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Musk’s X and xAI Sue Apple and OpenAI, Alleging They Suppressed Grok in the App Store

The case was filed in US federal court in Texas on Monday. Elon Musk separately sued OpenAI in California to stop it from converting to a for-profit company.

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US Government Secures 10% Stake in Intel in an Unprecedented Deal

Intel warned shareholders that the government’s stake could lead to “adverse reactions” from international customers, investors, and business partners.

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Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries — including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, … Continue reading

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Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we’re adding more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions, and help crown this year’s $100,000 champion … Continue reading

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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability.

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This ‘Lethal Trifecta’ Can Trick AI Browsers Into Stealing Your Data

AI browsers have a critical flaw: They can’t tell safe commands from malicious text. Patches help, but guardrails are essential to keeping your data safe.

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