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X’s decline in engagement and its ability to drive traffic is the topic du jour, with several days of unfavorable PR for the Elon Musk-owned social network. Over the weekend, X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, and data analyst Nate Silver, previously of FiveThirtyEight, feuded over whether or not X was still capable of sending […]

OpenAI published on Thursday something that power users have been asking for forever: a $100/month plan. Until now, plans were priced at: free (which now includes ads), an $8/month Go plan (that also includes ads), a $20/month Plus plan (ad free), and then all the way up to a $200 Pro plan (also ad free). […]

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proclaimed on Thursday his office will investigate OpenAI for its alleged harm to minors, potential to threaten national security, and its possible link to a shooting that took place at Florida State University last year. “ChatGPT may likely have been used to assist the murderer in the recent mass school […]

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea set aside by NASA and turning it into high-powered propulsion for the next generation of spacecraft. Portal, founded in 2021, declared a […]

Rare-earth elements might represent modest slivers of the global metals marketplace, but they’re significant sticks on the geopolitical stage, where China wields its considerable heft as a bargaining chip during trade disputes. Countries like the U.S. have started taking steps to reverse China’s dominance. Fresh mines have opened, and manufacturers are popping up to build […]

Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, declared Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II. The firm, founded in 2021, backs early-stage companies in fintech, supply chain, and the future of work.  It has backed 75 companies to date after closing its inaugural $66 million Fund I in 2022. Hollins noted […]

Instagram revealed that it plans to restrict content for teen accounts based on 13+ movie ratings last October in countries including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The social network giant commented Thursday that it is now applying these guidelines internationally for teen accounts. The development comes after Meta was held accountable […]

Ticket discounts of up to $500 will end tomorrow, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 go up again. Miss this, and you’ll be paying more for the same access to one of the most anticipated tech events of the year. Register now to lock in these savings. If you want to raise capital, hire top […]

Spotify is introducing fresh controls that allow users to disable all videos in the app, the organization declared on Thursday. The controls can be used to choose an audio-first experience on the app or a video-enhanced one, Spotify says. Furthermore, experts in iOS note the continued relevance. Starting today, Family Plan managers around the earth […]

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter reads something like a Kendrick Lamar diss track, if the rapper was a corporate-speak-talking CEO and not a poetic Pulitzer-prize winning musician. Meaning, you have to know the history to understand all of the competitors Jassy takes aim at, alongside cute personal stories about his unrealized dream of […]