AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team
Relay, which offered businesses workflow automation, will stop operating next month. Its CEO and some of its staff plan to get to work on Google Chrome next.
AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
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If You Are Always Hiring, It Means Something Is Broken. Here’s the Part You’re Overlooking.
You don’t have a hiring problem. You have a labor allocation problem.
Why Authors Unite Says Entrepreneurs Need to Build More Than a Great Product
A strong product rarely succeeds on its own. Authors Unite founder Tyler Wagner on why personal platforms, from books to podcasts, shape how audiences find and trust a business.
‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators
Cybersecurity experts who investigate spyware attacks say the number of people who received a recent threat notification from Apple is unusually high.
Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21
If 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!
What Flock’s defenders are missing
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Flock, the police-tech giant known for its network of some 120,000 automatic license plate readers around the US, announced some changes to its platform last Thursday. The updates are meant to prevent…
Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks
Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories and reasoning behind their favorite music. Editors will be using the feature, too, on top playlists like RapCaviar and others.
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B
Higgsfield, founded by former Snap exec Alex Mashrabov, lets users create AI images and videos.
How to Create Marketing That Every Generation Responds To
The key to winning more customers is knowing what each generation values and market to them accordingly.
How the ‘Reaper Mentality’ Keeps NFL Stars Kyle Van Noy and Tony Jefferson Hungry for Success
He went undrafted, walked away from football entirely, and still found his way back to the team he grew up dreaming about — watch Tony Jefferson tell Kyle Van Noy how he did it, over a plate of some of Manhattan Beach’s best Mexican food.