TECHNOLOGYU.S. ‘Economic D-Day’ Targets More Than Just Iranian OilThe United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.NY Times·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYBrazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violationsOwner ByteDance ordered to erase illegally obtained child data in Brazil as crackdown on tech giants intensifies.Al Jazeera·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYTrump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visaIn the span of a few hours on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be implementing a fee of over $103,000 on H-1B visas, and news broke that the State Department plans on revoking the visas of up to 200,000 asylum seekers - which, according to The Associated Press, wouThe Verge·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYInstagram’s ‘First Draft’ feature aims to make editing Reels less tediousInstagram says the process can produce a first pass in under 10 seconds, potentially saving creators significant editing time while making video creation more approachable for people who don't have much experience with editing software.TechCrunch·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYStability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh fundingThe company's new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.TechCrunch·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYTaiwan charges nine people for smuggling ‘high-end’ AI servers to China<p>Among those charged are two Super Micro employees and one from Nvidia, marking another flashpoint in US-China AI rivalry</p><p>Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting “high-end AI servers” to mainland China, addThe Guardian·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYTonight marks your last chance to save up to $300 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passIf you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!TechCrunch·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYClaude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chatAnthropic is giving Claude a shared memory across chat and Cowork, so users no longer have to repeatedly brief the AI on projects, preferences, and other context.TechCrunch·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYInstagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for youInstagram is launching a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims your video clips to focus on the highlights. The feature, called First Draft, is rolling out to Instagram's iPhone app and provides a "starting point" that you can build upon with other edits, according to an announcement onThe Verge·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYNothing OS 5.0 brings a new Glyph Interface app and a more customizable homescreenWith the new design of Nothing OS 5.0, app icons and widgets can use adaptive color to get color tints pulled from your wallpaper, which update whenever your wallpaper changes. Alongside Android's built-in Dynamic Colors, the company says it allows you to have specific elements change to match your The Verge·2d ago
TECHNOLOGYPacific Fusion’s next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial powerFusion startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on a demonstration facility in New Mexico that it says will generate enough energy to power itself.TechCrunch·3d ago
TECHNOLOGYGamma acquires Accel-backed design startup LicaLica co-founders are going to work on Gamma's new research team.TechCrunch·3d ago