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  1. Phil Schiller’s App Store exit reportedly driven by wariness over future plansSchiller reportedly had reservations about new CEO John Ternus' goal of bringing in more recurring revenue from the App Store.
  2. Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlementAuthors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.
  3. Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi businessThe Uber founder has said that Atoms will allow him to complete "unfinished business."
  4. TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla Cybercab hits the road — and a snagWelcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
  5. Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and MicrosoftTwo more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.
  6. Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planningThe sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."
  7. OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosureOpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.
  8. Clucky’s new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing roosterClucky's new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off.
  9. Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crownWhile Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.
  10. XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuationThe round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
  11. OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate themOpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
  12. AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financingNscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
  13. Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for nowA federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app.
  14. What will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s next iPhone event on his desk before he’s even settled in. Cook isn’t going far, t
  15. No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla’s CybercabThe company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis.
  16. Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledgeIt's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.
  17. CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boomU.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last year’s decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow.
  18. Krafton doubles down on India with another $250M bet beyond gamingKrafton's planned investment in India is set to surpass $500 million with its latest commitment.
  19. Google’s Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos libraryGemini Spark can edit and curate photo albums, create shared collections, turn photos into calendar events, and handle other Google Photos tasks for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
  20. Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side EventLess than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon Valley scene. Apply before the application closes tonight at midnight PT.
  21. US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacksA senator's letter confirms the U.S. military moved to prevent the tracking after foreign adversaries used location data to target troops.
  22. Feds launch investigation into Tesla’s Cybercab deploymentThe investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.
  23. The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menusWhile restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong with the food.
  24. Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuationThe round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.
  25. Oura files to go publicThe ring maker says that its business has shown significant revenue growth over the past year.
  26. Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleetsThe company published a form on its website Thursday soliciting info from people who are interested in "Cybercab fleet vehicle purchasing."
  27. Startup ARR is less secure than ever, new research showsThe AI era has completely broken enterprise buying patterns, and startups haven't yet figured out how to navigate.
  28. The Cybercab is Tesla’s ‘fork in the road’ momentThe company is about to formally launch the gold two-seater, with no steering wheel or pedals -- a move that could change Tesla forever.
  29. Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuationThe high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.
  30. Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefitThe grid has been straining under the weight of new AI data centers, and that has utilities courting fusion startups.
  31. Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrailsAbliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could ultimately improve cybersecurity.
  32. Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI modelFor its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta is offering an explicit discount averaging out to about 95% for users who "contribute" to the development of future models by sharing their prompts and model outputs.
  33. OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new modelOpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and that it handles tasks with unmatched "speed, accuracy, and safety."
  34. Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings into computersUltrahuman is targeting a $200 million annual revenue run rate by January 2027 as it builds a new Qualcomm-powered smart ring.
  35. Circular unveils Ring 3 series with contactless payments and on-finger vibration alertsThe Circular Ring 3 series announcement comes amid a year of heightened competition in the smart ring market, following the launches of the Oura Ring 5 and RingConn Gen 3.
  36. Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant raceThe family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with others.
  37. Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and KeepUsers can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature.
  38. Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrellaWeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques. Google says it will start feeding into weather information users see in search, Google Maps, and Gemini.
  39. The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale.
  40. Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources sayThe acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.

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