As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue

June 26, 2025

Offerwall lets publishers give their sites’ readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.

Suno snaps up WavTool for its AI music editing tools amid ongoing dispute with music labels

June 26, 2025

AI music company Suno acquired WavTool, a browser-based AI DAW. This aims to improve editing capabilities for musicians.

AT&T Customers Are Eligible for Up to $5,000 in a New Settlement. Here’s What to Know.

June 26, 2025

In July 2024, AT&T revealed that the call and text logs of “nearly all” of its cellular customers had been exposed in a breach that spring and put on the “dark web.”

Jeff Bezos is reportedly courting Trump after public spat with Musk

June 26, 2025

Bezos allegedly sees an opening for his space company, Blue Origin, now that Musk has been diminished in the eyes of the President.

People use AI for companionship much less than we’re led to think

June 26, 2025

A report by Anthropic reveals that people rarely seek companionship from AI, and turn to AI for emotional support or advice only 2.9% of the time.

YouTube adds an AI Overviews-like search results carousel

June 26, 2025

YouTube is rolling out new AI-powered features to help users find content and information more easily, the company announced on Thursday.

Jon McNeill brings the operator’s playbook to TechCrunch All Stage

June 26, 2025

Founders are often told to chase product-market fit before anything else, but what if scaling too soon, too fast, is what’s really holding them back? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 in Boston, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures (and former president of Tesla and COO of Lyft), will take the […]

Stay Focused With These Distraction-Cutting Tools Every Entrepreneur Needs

June 26, 2025

This AdGuard suite can keep your workflow distraction-free and your data secure.

How a Good Mentor Can Change the Trajectory of Your Business — and Make You Happier at Work

June 26, 2025

Here’s how strategic guidance has become a career game-changer.

The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid

June 26, 2025

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. Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But…

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