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  • If you want to cut your screen time, just get a Brick

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_8271.jpg?resize=1200,900″] I’ve had screen-time limits on my iPhone for years, allowing me 30 minutes on social media each day. How many times have I dismissed the limit notification and continued watching mindless Reels? I’d be horrified to find out. It turns out that all along, what I needed was a $59 hunk of…

  • 3 days left to save up to $190 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 pass

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TC-All-Stage-2025-Charles-Hudson-Breakout-Session-Audience.jpg?resize=1200,800″] You have just 3 days left to save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 before Early Bird rates end on June 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Founders don’t scale alone. The fastest-growing startups learn from peers facing similar challenges, gain insights from operators who have done it before, and build relationships with investors who can help…

  • Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII, per Bloomberg

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-1973276988.jpg?w=1024″] New details have emerged about Valor Equity Partners’ Fund VII, which last year filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to begin raising capital. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that the fund is targeting at least $2.5 billion in capital, a portion of which has already been set aside for further investments in…

  • Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/meta-glasses.png?resize=1200,624″] Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching a new line of smart glasses, dubbed Meta Glasses, starting at $299. These glasses are being made in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, but unlike the tech giant’s other smart glasses, they don’t carry Ray-Ban or Oakley branding. The Meta Glasses are available in several countries starting today…

  • 10 useful gadgets for your first apartment

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gettyimages-520692866.jpg?resize=1200,779″] Moving into your first studio apartment can be exciting, but it can also feel a bit overwhelming. You quickly realize how much your old roommates helped out with stuff you took for granted, like light bulbs, smoke detectors, and even a vacuum.  To make your new place feel more like home, here…

  • The Instax Wide 400 builds on instant photography’s simplicity and stretches it, literally

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/instax-wide-400.jpg?resize=1200,900″] In an increasingly AI-driven and digital world, analog instant film and retro-style cameras remain popular, fueled by a combination of both nostalgia and charm. Instant cameras, in particular, stand out for their simplicity and an experience that has remained largely unchanged over time. Fujifilm’s $175 Instax Wide 400, available as a Prime…

  • The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Robot-hand.png?resize=1200,800″] Oracle disclosed Monday that it has reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees over the past 12 months, a decline of 13%, which means more cuts than was previously known, including because of AI. “The adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions…

  • OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GettyImages-2214107176.jpg?resize=1200,800″] OpenAI announced a new initiative on Monday designed to help the open source community improve its cybersecurity game and ward off bugs. “Patch the Planet” (which is a not-so-subtle allusion to “Hack the Planet,” the iconic catchphrase from the 1995 movie “Hackers”) will see OpenAI team up with the security company Trail…

  • SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2259661359.jpg?w=1024″] First came Anthropic, then Google. Now, open source AI startup Reflection is tapping SpaceX for its abundant source of AI chips. Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia’s latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX’s Colossus 2 data…

  • Klue hack results in data breach at several cybersecurity firms

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/data-breach-2024-roundup.jpg?resize=1200,675″] A hacking group has taken credit for a breach at market intelligence provider Klue that allowed hackers to steal reams of data from the company’s corporate customers, which include some of the biggest names in cybersecurity. Vancouver-based Klue, which lets companies conduct market research by connecting their data to its systems, said…