Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal·29 Aug 2026
Hollywood’s finest — the people accustomed to massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets — are now betting on something much smaller: microdramas.
The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik·29 Aug 2026
As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains.
Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Russell Brandom·29 Aug 2026
Before this week, the dominant story about Nvidia went something like this: For the first few years of the AI boom, Nvidia was the only source for state-of-the-art GPUs, which became immensely...
Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·28 Aug 2026
The hype around humanoid robots isn’t particularly new. Thank Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Optimus robot, as well as the myriad videos of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot, for that.
Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek·28 Aug 2026
I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for a new format in which to experience them.
An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Russell Brandom·28 Aug 2026
Training AI models with other AI models has become a very popular goal for neolabs — and now, a researcher in Anthropic’s fellows program has given us an early look at what it might look like in...
Brave's browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·28 Aug 2026
Chrome alternative Brave just added a good reason to make the switch to its browser: email aliases.
Open-weight AI companies are the Valley's hottest acquisition targets | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz·28 Aug 2026
Everyone’s waiting for Nvidia to confirm this week’s most interesting tech deal: A reported $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open weight AI models and benchmarks.
How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·28 Aug 2026
Sweden is perhaps one of the world’s hottest tech hubs right now. It has long been home to Spotify and Klarna, but this latest wave of companies — from legal AI startup Legora to vibe-coding tool...
Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·28 Aug 2026
A federal judge in California ruled on Thursday evening that the Trump administration’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was illegal. U.S.
Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh·28 Aug 2026
Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant to join OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker told TechCrunch.
As electric two-wheelers gain a foothold, Belgian startup Any bets on cargo space | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anna Heim·28 Aug 2026
A trip to Europe often means adjusting to a lot of walking, but don’t let it fool you: cars are still the default for urban mobility.
AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·28 Aug 2026
Mark your calendars: on Thursday night, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New York’s West Village (the real one — brownstones, cobblestones, and all —...
Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·27 Aug 2026
AI hasn’t just changed how startups build; it’s broken how they sell, secure their data and customers, and scale it more rapidly than ever before.
Buried in Meta's $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids' data | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·27 Aug 2026
In addition to paying out up to $18 billion and adding child safety measures, Meta’s settlement agreement with attorneys general from 29 states includes an interesting provision: the states have...
YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik·27 Aug 2026
YouTube announced on Thursday that eligible creators in the U.S. can now tag Amazon products in their content and receive a cut of sales.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek·27 Aug 2026
Over a hundred tech companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — have signed an open letter urging both the private and public sectors to work together to defend themselves from...
Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal·27 Aug 2026
Google is giving Pokémon fans a new reason to wear a Fitbit. The company announced Thursday a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with Pokémon Sleep, combining Fitbit’s health and fitness...
Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·27 Aug 2026
Fashion startup Atorie announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round with investors including a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, and Lightspeed Ventures’ Jeremy Liew.
Hoomanely's building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ram Iyer·27 Aug 2026
Dogs are amazing. But as many pet parents will tell you, they can be remarkably good at hiding when something is wrong.
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