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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-1849294862.jpg?w=1024″] 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. Now best known as the target for a team of reward-hacking OpenAI agents, Hugging Face is at the center of the ecosystem of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2178323206.jpg?resize=1200,800″] 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 company Lovable — has left everyone wondering what’s going on in one of the world’s happiest…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/flock-camera-sf-surveillance-2157492329.jpg?resize=1200,794″] The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has found that more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support them. According to a new YouGov survey of 20,000 people across the U.S. that was shared exclusively with The Washington Post, 46% of respondents…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-1849294862.jpg?w=1024″] Loading the player… Earlier this week, Meta agreed to pay $18 billion and make sweeping changes to how minors access its social networks to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 states. But the eye-popping settlement figure wasn’t what caught the attention of the Equity podcast team. Instead, it was what Meta did…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Retro-Header.png?resize=1200,792″] Retro, the friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram product engineers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, has raised north of $21 million in Series A funding, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise is a testament to the enduring need for social apps that connect people with one another more directly, instead of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SVOD_AppleTV_Severance-S2_Blog-Post-1-1024×576-1.jpg?w=1024″] For the fourth time in four years, Apple TV is hiking its subscription prices. Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from the previous $12.99 per month. The annual subscription cost will also jump from $99 to $119. Apple One, the bundle that includes subscriptions to services like iCloud+,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/andreessen-horowitz-office.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the new fund is to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI.” The fund will focus on hardware, bucking the firm’s typical focus on the scaling power of software. In a post…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2278736523.jpeg?resize=1200,798″] 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. District Judge Rita Lin said in her ruling that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s labeling of Anthropic as a risk to national security signified “unlawful retaliation” in violation of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Meta-image.jpg?w=1024″] Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant to join OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker told TechCrunch. Devanathan will be based in Singapore and report to OpenAI’s Asia-Pacific managing director, Kiran Mani. She will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, regulatory engagement, and operations across…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Any-team.jpg?resize=1200,948″] 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. However, entrepreneurs are seeking to challenge this status quo — and the first step is understanding why it is so ingrained. For Belgian startup Any, the…