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Flex acquires a16z-backed Maza for $40M as fintech M&A heats up Flex, a startup that offers personal finance software for business owners, has acquired Maza, a finance app aimed at…

Within six years, building the leading AI data center may cost $200B Data centers to train and run AI may soon contain millions of chips, cost hundreds of billions of…

Mark Zuckerberg really wants to make Facebook cool again In an ongoing antitrust case, the Federal Trade Commission says that Meta has a monopoly on “personal social networking services” and…

Netflix now offers dialogue-only subtitles Netflix just introduced a new way to experience subtitles that eliminates the need to read audio cues like “door slams” or “phone rings.” Announced on…

Chess.com reaches 200 million members Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in…

Facebook cracks down on spammy content by cutting reach and monetization Facebook will begin lowering the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and making them ineligible for monetization, Meta announced…

TikTok adds support for ALT text for photos TikTok is rolling out support for ALT text for photo posts to make content more accessible for users with visual and cognitive…

Anthropic is launching a new program to study AI ‘model welfare’ Could future AIs be “conscious,” and experience the world similarly to the way humans do? There’s no strong evidence…

Spotify’s AI playlist rolls out to Asia and more markets Spotify announced on Thursday that it expanded the availability of its AI Playlist feature to over 40 additional markets, including…

Speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Applications now open TechCrunch Disrupt returns October 27-29 to Moscone West in San Francisco — and we’re inviting thought leaders, founders, VCs, and tech experts…