KFC’s New ‘Open House’ Location Is Now Serving Breakfast, Boba Tea and Fried Chicken Socks
A Dallas suburb is getting a finger-lickin’ taste of KFC’s future. If it works here, the whole chain could look and taste different.
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…
Forget Scaling to Millions—This CEO Says the Real Growth Hack Is Understanding One Customer
Aurora CEO Jonah Lowenstein shares how a random café conversation sparked the launch of his luxury lifestyle management company and why he thinks most founders are chasing the wrong kind of growth.
Airbnb’s CEO Was Drowning in Meetings. Then He Built an AI ‘Brain’ That Cut Them in Half.
Here’s how Brian Chesky turned to technology for help with a common CEO struggle.
Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off
Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agents’s promotion across its own apps and beyond.
Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid ‘imminent’ threat of cyberattack
The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a “credible threat” from law enforcement about an imminent attack.
For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts
The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.
Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.
Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays
Tesla’s Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development Save up to $200 on your pass before today ends.