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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lury is coming to Disrupt 2025

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💥 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: TC,Startups,Venture,Government & Policy,TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: San Francisco is getting a symbolic jolt very soon when newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie steps into the city Deactivation stage in TechCrunch disabled 2025which will take place October 27-29 at Moscone West, is a return of sorts for both technology and the city that helped define it. Disrupt has long been a launching pad for founders and investors chasing the next wave. Lowry's visit signals a renewed effort to integrate innovation back into San Francisco's future. Register now To…

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Big Tech companies pay for Trump’s White House room

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💥 Read this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Government & Policy,Trump ✅ Main takeaway: While the US government remains in limbo during the shutdown, the White House grounds were crowded this week. Construction workers have begun demolishing the East Wing of the White House, which will be replaced by a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that is expected to accommodate up to 1,000 guests. Taxpayers are not funding President Donald Trump's $250 million project. Instead, he is using private donations to build his lavish addition to the White House. The White House released a list of the project's financiers on Thursday,…

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Instagram users can now use Meta AI editing tools directly in IG Stories

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: AI,Social,Instagram,Meta,Generative AI,meta ai 📌 Key idea: Meta is bringing AI-powered photo and video editing tools directly to Instagram Stories, allowing users to enter text prompts to add or remove things in photos and videos or even change them entirely. Although Meta already offered photo editing capabilities on Instagram, these tools were limited to interactions with the Meta AI chatbot. The addition of text prompts in Stories now makes these editing features more accessible. The new features can be found in the “Restyle” menu at the top of Instagram Stories when…

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Ford won’t be making any more F-150 Lightnings for a while

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💥 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Transportation 📌 Key idea: Ford Motor Company has placed its F-150 and F-Series Super Duty gas and hybrid trucks on top of production as it tries to recover from losses related to a fire at a critical aluminum supplier's plant. The all-electric F-150 Lightning was not included on the list. Assembly of the F-150 Lightning truck at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, will remain temporarily halted, Ford said Thursday. The reason, according to Ford: F-Series gas and hybrid trucks are more profitable for Ford and use less…

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With Intel’s recovery underway, all eyes are on its foundry business

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💥 Explore this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: AI,Enterprise,artificial intelligence,earnings,Intel,nvidia,Softbank 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Intel's third-quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday, results buoyed by a surge in revenue combined with deeper cuts and multiple, large investments over the past two months as CEO Lip Bo Tan looks to turn around the struggling semiconductor giant. Intel's revenue results and net income of $4.1 billion provide a much more upbeat view than its string of quarterly losses. But the company's recovery story deserves several chapters devoted to cost-cutting through layoffs and other cuts as well as a…

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20-year-old leaker built Turbo AI-powered note-taking software for 5 million users

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: AI,AI notetaker,turbo ai 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Five million users. Eight-figure annual recurring revenue. Twenty thousand new users join daily. These are some strong numbers for a startup called Turbo AI that was launched in early 2024 by Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts. Most of that growth has come in the past six months, the founders told TechCrunch, as the AI-powered note-taking and study tool has grown from one million to five million users, while remaining profitable. They say the idea for Turbo stems from…

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OpenAI is buying Sky, an AI interface for Mac

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✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: AI,mac apps,OpenAI,Sky 📌 Key idea: OpenAI announced Thursday that it has acquired Software Applications, Inc., maker of an AI-powered natural language interface for Mac computers called Sky. The software product, which is not released to the public, is designed to work with you throughout your day, as you use applications on your computer, write, plan, program and more. Similar to AI browsers, Sky can see what's on your screen and take actions in your apps for you. This is an important step towards integrating OpenAI technology into the daily lives…

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Trump credits Benioff and Hwang with their decision not to “surge” Fed forces in San Francisco

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✨ Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Government & Policy,TC,San Francisco,Trump Administration,daniel lurie,national guard ✅ Key idea: President Trump had planned an operation to “raid” San Francisco by pushing National Guard troops into the city, but was convinced to change course, Trump said in a post on his social network Truth Social on Thursday. Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff were among the prominent figures in the tech industry who contacted him and convinced him to change his mind, the post said. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed in a statement that the military operation…

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Rivian’s CEO is taking a big marketing role in the shake-up ahead of the R2 launch

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✨ Discover this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Transportation,electric vehicles,EVs,Rivian,RJ Scaringe ✅ Key idea: Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe is taking on a new role at his company as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of the R2 SUV next year, which includes laying off more than 600 employees. Scaringe told employees in an email Thursday that he will serve as Rivian's chief marketing officer on an interim basis as the company searches for someone to fill the position for the first time. The head of Rivian's Marketing Experiences team and the company's creative studio…

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YouTube paid $8 billion to the music industry in 12 months

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🚀 Explore this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Media & Entertainment,YouTube 💡 Main takeaway: YouTube announced Thursday that it paid more than $8 billion to the music industry in the 12 months between July 2024 and July 2025. “Today’s $8 billion payment is a testament to the fact that the dual engine of advertising and subscriptions is operating at full capacity,” Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music, said in a statement. "This number is not an end point; it represents meaningful and sustainable progress on our journey to build a long-term home for every artist, songwriter and…

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