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The hidden cost of living amid Mark Zuckerberg’s $110M compound

Mark Zuckerberg has spent 14 years gobbling up his leafy Palo Alto neighborhood, according to a New York Times report detailing how the Meta CEO has purchased 11 properties for over $110 million to create his own personal fiefdom in … Continue reading

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The computer science dream has become a nightmare

Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New … Continue reading

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Stanford sticks with legacy admissions

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent pipelines. Stanford is also ending its test-optional policy, requiring SAT or … Continue reading

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After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake

Security researchers are now sounding the alarm on a new SMS text message fraud operation, which is surging in popularity — and its ability to steal people’s credit cards — since the demise of its predecessor.

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Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach

Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk with you quickly about something important. We’ve discovered that scammers are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads and reaching out to companies, pretending to be our staff when they … Continue reading

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Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’

The Reddit AMA got spicy as users peppered OpenAI with questions, and some asked the company to bring back its previous model.

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RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI

Microsoft is killing Lens, a handy mobile scanning app with over 90 million downloads.

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Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click

OpenArt launched a new feature to help creators make AI-generated brain rot videos.

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Don’t let your competitor steal the brand spotlight — secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

For 20 years, startups have come to TechCrunch Disrupt to meet their first investors, land their biggest partnerships, and spark the idea that takes them to the next level.

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NASA and Google are building an AI medical assistant to keep Mars-bound astronauts healthy

The multi-modal tool, which includes speech, text and images, runs inside Google Cloud’s Vertex AI environment.

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