July 2025

Google announced a handful of new features that will allow users to get more creative with their photo memories, including an option to turn photos into videos, and “remix” photos into different styles, like anime, comics, sketches or 3D animations.

The image to video feature lets creators turn a picture from their camera roll into a a six-second video.

The move is designed to create a more open, competitive environment for the app economy and user choice.

French authorities say they wiretapped a server used by the administrator to access their private messages, which revealed activities relating to cybercrime and ransomware attacks.

Google DeepMind has unveiled new artificial-intelligence software that could help historians recover the meaning and context behind ancient Latin engravings.  Aeneas can analyze words written in long-weathered stone to say when and where they were originally inscribed. It follows Google’s previous archaeological tool Ithaca, which also used deep learning to reconstruct and contextualize ancient text,…

A smile costs nothing. But it changes everything. And it just might be your greatest asset.

Seattle-based Avalanche recently operated its desktop fusion machine for hours on end while maintaining 300,000 volts.

“Boring” businesses often deliver better returns than VC-funded disruption plays, with less competition and clearer paths to profitability.

TRIC Robotics just raised a $5.5 million seed round for its tractor-sized robots that help eliminate bacteria and pests on strawberry plants.

We recently unveiled the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — a new destination for founders navigating the complexities of company building, from early traction to IPO and beyond. Today, we’re excited to announce additions to the agenda that bring even more insight and firepower to the stage. Joining the speaker lineup are Eric […]