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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/instagram-header.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content, according to a recent post from Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Specifically, Mosseri was showing off new ways that users might access Your Algorithm, a feature that allows them to specify which topics they want to see more of, and less of.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GettyImages-1160112941.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Listen onApple PodcastsListen onSpotify Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.  Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of Softbank, argued at a recent shareholder meeting that building data centers in space won’t do much to cut costs and will take too long when “in the battle for AI,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Vision-Pro-IMG-3.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Meade also reportedly led the development of the AI-powered smart glasses that Apple plans to launch next year. The costly Vision Pro was not a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-26-at-10.22.24-AM-e1782596077369.png?w=1103″] Conno Christou doesn’t leave things to chance. He tracks his sleep with a Whoop band, cross-references it with an Oura ring, and gets nearly 100 biomarkers checked every year. He had been doing the annual bloodwork for four consecutive years, following the protocols of longevity researchers like Peter Attia and Rhonda Patrick.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2278736523.jpeg?resize=1200,798″] On Wednesday, Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 reportedly unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI tool it says can go head-to-head with Anthropic’s Mythos. That’s the cybersecurity-focused AI model that is reportedly so powerful, the Trump Administration has currently banned it and its more restricted version, Fable 5, from the hands of non-Americans. Earlier the same…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2279025960.jpg?w=1024″] Two weeks into the ban that caused Anthropic to pull its powerful cybersecurity-oriented models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, from the market, the Trump administration is softening its stance. It is now allowing Anthropic to make Mythos 5 available to more than 100 specific U.S. government agencies and companies, including allowing the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/elon-nasdaq-spacex-ipo.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Elon Musk is eyeing an acquisition of Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers last year developing hardware for fast data center communications. The potential acquisition, which was revealed in a Federal Trade Commission filing and first reported by Bloomberg, confirmed the agency expedited its antitrust review. Mesh…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Corgi-founder-CEO-Nico-Laqua.jpg?resize=1200,815″] Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup Corgi became embroiled in yet another controversy earlier this week when Papermark, maker of open source data room software, accused Corgi of stealing its software and passing it off as its own. Corgi denies this, telling TechCrunch, “No code was used from Papermark.” But there were reasons…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2282709667.jpg?w=1024″] General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor, where, according to a press release, he “will work closely with the firm’s leadership, portfolio companies, and investors, bringing perspectives on leadership, resilience, and innovation that reflect General Atlantic’s commitment to excellence.” The news comes just days…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2273245180.jpg?resize=1200,800″] OpenAI is limiting the release of its newest AI models to a “small group of trusted partners” at the behest of the U.S. government, the company said Friday. The next generation GPT-5.6 lineup includes Sol, its flagship model; Terra, a more balanced model for everyday use; and Luna, a faster, lower-cost option.…