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TikTok’s US arm joins Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative

Eight months after establishing a U.S. based joint venture, TikTok is getting on board fellow platforms to support industry-wide child safety work.

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Singapore’s Nexstrom wants to bring 2D semiconductors to chip fabs

Singapore-based Nexstrom has raised new funding to develop equipment that could help chipmakers manufacture 2D semiconductor materials at scale.

Everyone can find a reason to dislike data center construction

Inside two years of fraught AI data center debates in Pennsylvania.

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy bets these 21 startups will shape energy’s future

To the investors at Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy, the coming wave of electrification will make data center energy demands look quaint by comparison. Here's how they're preparing.

Nscale’s IPO will test Wall Street’s appetite for concentrated AI bets once again

The British AI data center developer depends on tech giants Microsoft and Anthropic for most of its revenue.

Meta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory

Meta is giving plastic recycling a boost in a new deal with startup MacroCycle, which is building its first commercial plant.

Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers

Deeptech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL.

The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping

Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.

OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems

The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.

Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket

5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass + 50% off a second one. Join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators at San Francisco’s Moscone West, October 13-15. Grab your ti…

Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch

Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfig…

Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google

Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50 megawatt nuclear power plant.

Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com

Muse isn't welcome as a shopper anymore.

X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts

X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government demands, including which country made the request.

Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders

Forerunner Ventures plans to sell its entire stake in Oura for as much as $1.26 billion, according to Oura's latest IPO filing.

With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete

Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.

Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Save up to $200 before September 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.

Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini

Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets and other parts of the desktop experience.