Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 10 August 2026 at 14:00 The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.
Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 7 August 2026 at 16:22 Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 7 August 2026 at 13:40 Meta's total fine has racked up to $942 million in this case.
ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 6 August 2026 at 19:34 OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 6 August 2026 at 15:31 Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.
Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 6 August 2026 at 14:00 The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 5 August 2026 at 17:46 Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.
MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 5 August 2026 at 14:28 MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.
Wispr Flow launches a Granola-styled meeting notetaker TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 5 August 2026 at 09:15 Wispr Flow's new terms of service indicate it will introduce a notetaker that generates meeting summaries and action items.