Adam Bain, Dick Costolo, and David Fischer — the operators behind Twitter and Meta’s growth — reunite at Disrupt 2025.
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbot companions from Meta, OpenAI, and others
The federal consumer regulator seeks to learn about how AI companies evaluate the safety of their chatbots.
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Gmail makes it easier to track upcoming package deliveries
Google also announced on that it's updating the Promotion category in Gmail to allow users to sort by "most relevant" promotion emails.
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Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival
Google Tables, a work-tracking tool and competitor to the popular spreadsheet-database hybrid Airtable, is shutting down. The app will not be supported after December 16, 2025.
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France says Apple notified victims of new spyware attacks
The French government says Apple sent out threat notifications to customers alerting them to spyware attacks earlier in September.
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Kids in the UK are hacking their own schools for dares and notoriety
Kids are making a mark in the U.K.'s cybersecurity arena, and not in the way their parents want them to.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law
If SB 243 is enacted, California would become the first state to require operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions and hold companies legally accountable if their chatbots fail to meet those standards.
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Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation
The AI-powered search startup's valuation jumped from $18 billion two months earlier.
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Bluesky will comply with age-verification laws in South Dakota and Wyoming after exiting Mississippi
Bluesky says the age-verification laws strike "the right balance," so it won't have to exit the states as it did in Mississippi.
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Perfect your pitch: Investors share what really makes founders stand out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
What makes a startup pitch stand out? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco, hear candid insights from Defy.vc’s Medha Agarwal, Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal, and January Ventures’ Jennifer Neundorfer.
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Reddit launches tools for publisher to track and share stories
Reddit is introducing new Publisher tools under Reddit Pro.
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Exploring the future of voice AI with Mati Staniszewski at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
From audiobooks and dubbing to gaming and avatars, AI-generated voice is breaking into the mainstream — and Mati Staniszewski, CEO and co-founder of ElevenLabs, is helping lead the charge. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, he’ll take the stage to talk about what it takes to make voice AI truly human.
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Dutch battery startup LeydenJar’s silicon anode tech could pose a challenge to China
LeydenJar raised €13 million along with €10 million from a U.S. consumer electronics company to scale production of its silicon anode material.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Robinhood embraces copy trading after warning competitors about regulatory risks
Roughly nine months after suggesting that a young copy trading platform could only operate because it flew "under the radar" of regulators, Robinhood has announced its own entry into the space with "Robinhood Social," a new feature that will allow users to follow and manually replicate the trades of prominent investors.
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Sources: AI training startup Mercor eyes $10B+ valuation on $450 million run rate
The two-year-old startup has been in discussions with investors for a Series C round.
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