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From first users to billions: Google’s Robby Stein joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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From first users to billions: Google’s Robby Stein joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Lean in on this Builders Stage session. Save up to $200 before Sept 25.

Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini

SARAH PEREZ

Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets and other parts of the desktop experience.

Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Save up to $200 before September 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.

Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

It's a bit uneven in execution but still delivers as fast-paced, entertaining escapist fare.

Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead

ALEX ROGERS AND STEPHEN MORRIS, FINANCIAL TIMES

The president offered few details on what his proposed new AI Force would do.

California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates

JON BRODKIN

State AGs had "very strong" case that merger is illegal, Lina Khan says.

With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete

RUSSELL BRANDOM

Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.

Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders

RAM IYER

Forerunner Ventures plans to sell its entire stake in Oura for as much as $1.26 billion, according to Oura's latest IPO filing.

Dyson Won't Say What's Wrong With Its CameraJet Toothbrush

JEREMY WHITE

Despite admitting to a “component issue,” the company refuses to say what went wrong, how many units are affected in how many countries, and why it won't recall its $500 AI toothbrush.

X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts

SARAH PEREZ

X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government demands, including which country made the request.

Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026

RYAN WHITWAM

A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.

Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants

JOHN TIMMER

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com

RUSSELL BRANDOM

Muse isn't welcome as a shopper anymore.

Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google

TIM DE CHANT

Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50 megawatt nuclear power plant.

AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping

JAVIER CARBAJAL

Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.