His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven…
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U.S. and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools
The U.S. and European law enforcement have seized the database from LeakBase, which prosecutors have touted as “one of the…
MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple announced this week
From a budget-friendly MacBook to a new iPhone, Apple announced a series of new products this week. The tech giant…
Google’s Gemini rolls out Canvas in AI mode to all US users
Google has expanded access to Canvas in AI Mode to all users in the U.S. in English, after first launching…
Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation
Decagon, an AI-powered customer support startup, is set to announce the completion of its first tender offer, allowing its more…
The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing
The aftermath of Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense has left the company in an awkward place — both…
X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money
X Chat’s standalone app isn’t the only new service X is testing this week. The company has also begun offering…
Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston
Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder…
TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says
TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs) on its platform, according to a new report from the…
Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion
Jonathan Gavalas, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping help, writing support, and trip planning….
