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Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup | TechCrunch
Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the same factory — that manufacturers use in high-end goods.
Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist | TechCrunch
Google teamed up with the Pokémon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI | TechCrunch
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
ATF declares 'major incident' as ransomware gang claims hack | TechCrunch
The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its cybersecurity.
Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google | TechCrunch
Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.
YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases | TechCrunch
The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts its massive online marketplace inside one of the most popular video platforms.
Buried in Meta's $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids' data | TechCrunch
Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy trade-off built into the deal.
Bluesky adds an 'algorithmic opt-out' feature for those who don't want to go viral | TechCrunch
Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.