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Google isn’t kidding around about cost cutting, even slashing its FT subscription

These cuts may save Google mere thousands; they also come as Google faces increasingly strained relationships with news publishers.

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Trump hits H-1B visas with $100,000 fee, targeting the program that launched Elon Musk and Instagram

President Trump signed a proclamation Friday requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications—an enormous jump from the current $215 lottery registration fee—targeting the very program that helped create some of Silicon Valley’s biggest success … Continue reading

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Why California’s SB 53 might provide a meaningful check on big AI companies

Equity debates California’s new AI safety bill and why it has a better shot at becoming law.

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Nvidia eyes $500M investment into self-driving tech startup Wayve

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took his first ride in a Wayve-equipped self-driving car through Central London.

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Cracking Product-Market Fit: Lessons from Founders and Investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Rajat Bhageria (Chef Robotics), Ann Bordetsky (NEA), and Murali Joshi (ICONIQ) share actionable strategies for finding product-market fit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 (Oct 27–29, SF).

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TechCrunch’s Equity podcast is on video, starting today

We get it, it seems like every single podcast you love is now on video. And guess what…so is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast Equity.

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Meta’s AR ambitions meet reality, and California gets serious about AI safety…again

This week on Equity, Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff unpack the biggest moves in AI, robotics, and regulation. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every … Continue reading

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Trump and ByteDance tout TikTok deal approval, but no official details yet

The two countries have been working on a way to save TikTok’s U.S. business, after the TikTok ban in January over national security concerns.

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Meta CTO explains why the smart glasses demos failed at Meta Connect — and it wasn’t the Wi-Fi

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered a postmortem on Meta’s demo fails this week at its developer conference, where it showed off new smart glasses.

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Final hours to apply: Be the life of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 by hosting your own Side Event

Today is your last chance to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. By tonight, applications close. No extensions. No late entries. Apply now.

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