4 AI Prompts to Build a Profitable One-Person Business in 2026 (The Part Every AI Influencer Skips)
Spot the one move every AI influencer skips — and turn it into your next multimillion-dollar business.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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The 5-Question Org Chart Audit I Run Before Scaling AI Across a Business
AI success depends less on the technology and more on the organization behind it. These five questions help leaders identify the structural barriers that prevent AI from delivering real business impact.
The Security Blind Spot Most Founders Don’t Realize They Have — Until It’s Too Late
False confidence in surface-level privacy tools creates a dangerous blind spot, where founders assume data is protected while failing to understand how exposure actually accumulates across modern systems.
Most Companies Are Already Failing at AI. They Just Don’t Know It Yet.
The metrics leaders are using to judge their AI progress are the wrong ones, and the window to course-correct is shorter than anyone wants to admit.
Writer Ian Bogost says ‘The Small Stuff’ can help us reclaim our lives from dematerialization
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TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they’ve found a winner with Micron.
Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury
For some people, the ice in a beverage is almost as important as the drink itself. That’s the audience Govee had in mind when designing its latest ice maker, the GoveeLife Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro. This $500 premium smart home gadget is aimed at those who crave what’s called “the good ice,” the soft, chewable […]
Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth
Dilip Asbe said that newer UPI apps could be more competitive with a viable commercial model
Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’
Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content.