- X is testing a pay-per-use pricing model for its APITwo years after revamping its developer programs and pricing, X is expanding the closed beta of a pay-per-use plan for its API to more developers.
- Airbnb is becoming more social by allowing users to connect with fellow travelersAirbnb is adding social features like connections and messaging to create a social network of fellow travellers.
- Yelp’s AI assistant can now scan restaurant menus to show you what dishes look likeYelp will now let you scan a physical menu show redirect bubbles to Yelp app where you can see how those dishes look.
- Spiro raises $100M, the largest-ever investment in Africa’s e-mobilityDubai-headquartered Spiro is growing quickly with e-motorbikes and a battery swapping network designed for Africa's needs.
- Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normalThe outage affected websites like Coinbase and Fortnite, and disrupted services like Signal, Zoom, and Amazon's own products, including Ring.
- European AI rising star Nexos.ai raises €30M to unlock enterprise AI adoptionNord Security co-founders have closed a €30 million Series A for their new startup, Nexos.ai, an orchestration platform aimed at helping companies adopt AI securely.
- YC alum Cercli, an AI-powered Rippling for MENA, raises oversubscribed $12M Series AIn a region long defined by fragmented enterprise systems, outdated compliance tools, and HR software that rarely talks to finance, Cercli is building a unified alternative for MENA businesses with AI at its core. The Dubai-based startup, founded by ex-Careem operators Akeed Azmi and David Reche, has announced an oversubscribed $12 million Series A round led by […]
- Apple will let users roll back the Liquid Glass look with new ‘tinted’ optionApple is responding to user feedback on its new Liquid Glass design with a setting that lets users choose between Clear and Tinted appearances. Introduced in iOS 26.1 beta 4, the option gives users more control over interface opacity after complaints that Liquid Glass made some elements harder to read.
- Top OpenAI, Google Brain researchers set off a $300M VC frenzy for their startup Periodic LabsWhen Liam Fedus announced he was quitting OpenAI, VCs swarmed. One even wrote a love letter. Here's how Felicis' Peter Deng won the deal.
- US and Australia sign $3B critical minerals dealLeaders of the country's governments announced they would work together to secure critical minerals supplies outside of Chinese control. The deal includes a new gallium refinery in Western Australia.
- Meta AI’s app downloads and daily users spiked after launch of ‘Vibes’ AI video feedNew data from Similarweb shows Meta AI’s mobile app is surging in popularity, jumping from 775,000 to 2.7 million daily active users in just four weeks. The app is now seeing roughly 300,000 new installs per day — up from under 200,000 previously.
- Trump DOE confirms it’s canceling over $700M in manufacturing grantsThe Department of Energy said it was canceling grants to build new factories in places like Alabama and Kentucky. Three startups are affected.
- Anthropic brings Claude Code to the webAnthropic now lets developers spin up Claude Code agents, and manage them, from their web browser on desktop and mobile.
- Cards Against Humanity settles trespass lawsuit against SpaceXThe dispute centered on a plot of land along the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, that Cards Against Humanity purchased in 2017.
- FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open sourceOne post, authored by Khan’s staff, was published on January 3, 2025, with the title “AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm.” It noted that the FTC was “taking note of AI’s potential for real-world instances of harm — from incentivizing commercial surveillance to enabling fraud and impersonation to perpetuating illegal discrimination.”
- Shin Starr’s robotic food truck kitchen will serve up Korean BBQ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025Shin Starr's OLHSO food truck is an autonomous kitchen on wheels, serving Korean BBQ cooked by a robot.
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- Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his ‘biggest failure’ so farAt WordCamp Canada 2025, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg called Tumblr his “biggest failure,” noting the challenge of maintaining the platform’s half-billion blogs while it remains unprofitable. Though plans to migrate Tumblr to WordPress infrastructure are on hold, Mullenweg said he hasn’t given up.
- Final countdown: Only 7 days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 and ticket prices increaseSeven days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 officially kicks off at San Francisco’s Moscone West and ticket prices increase. Save up to $444 now, and get 60% off a second ticket.
- Regulators probe Waymo after its robotaxi drove around a stopped school busThe incident happened in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month. Waymo says it has already updated the software on its robotaxis.
- X to launch marketplace for buying inactive handlesRare handles could be priced at anywhere from $2,500 to over seven figures, X says. Examples of "Rare" handles include usernames like @Pizza, @Tom, and @One.
- San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025Newly elected mayor Daniel Lurie steps onto the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27-29 at Moscone West, in a homecoming of sorts for both tech and the city that helped define it. Register now to save and catch this live discussion.
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