When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites and ignoring crawling restrictions this week, it seemed like a clear-cut case of AI misbehavior. Cloudflare, which provides security and performance services to millions of websites, has unique visibility…
The U.S. government has added Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic to a list of approved vendors that can offer artificial intelligence services to civilian federal agencies. The companies will see their AI tools offered through a new federal contracting platform called…
Enterprise security company SonicWall is advising customers to disable a core feature of its latest line of firewall devices following reports of increased ransomware attacks targeting its users. In a recent statement, SonicWall noted a significant rise in security incidents…
Spotify is expanding access to its audiobooks to more U.S. subscribers. The company announced the launch of its $11.99 per month Audiobooks+ plan, allowing subscribers or their household members on a Family or Duo plan to add 15 hours of…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of driving the startup world forward, and you have just two days left to join the movement and save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27 to 29, Moscone West in San…
Google DeepMind has unveiled Genie 3, its latest foundation world model, which the AI lab describes as a crucial step toward achieving artificial general intelligence, or human-like intelligence. Shlomi Fruchter, a research director at DeepMind, explained during a press briefing…
Roku is launching an ad-free, subscription streaming service called Howdy. The service costs $2.99 per month and features a library of nearly 10,000 hours of content from its partners, including Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FilmRise, alongside select Roku Original…
Finding product-market fit isn’t a milestone—it’s a messy, make-or-break journey. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, a founder who has navigated the challenges and two investors who have helped startups reach escape velocity will break down how to do it right. On…
A California jury has found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a class-action lawsuit brought by users of the period tracking app Flo. The plaintiffs alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’…
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out…
