I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
Gemini Spark is Google’s new 24/7 agentic assistant, designed to help you help you “navigate your digital life,” which essentially…
Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them
In 2026, you cannot snatch AI coding tools out of developers’ vice-grip hands, researchers have discovered. But while AI is…
Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans
Cognition CEO Scott Wu made headlines again this week when his two-year-old AI coding agent startup raised $1 billion at…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 returns October 13–15 to Moscone West in San Francisco — and applications to speak are open for…
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Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind
Waymo has nearly 600 autonomous vehicles registered in Texas, a figure that far outpaces emerging competitors Avride, Nuro, Tesla, and…
Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new ‘dynamic workflow’ tool
On Thursday, Anthropic released Opus 4.8, the newest version of its most advanced publicly available model. The model is available…
How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
Earlier this month, xAI signed a major compute deal with Anthropic, pledging billions of dollars a month for exclusive use…
Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline extended to June 8 after overwhelming demand
Founders, the battlefield is still open, but not for much longer. After overwhelming demand from founders around the world, TechCrunch…
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