Meta AIβs new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 20 August 2026 at 14:11 The company said that the dictation feature works across all apps, just like other tools such as Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue.
Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 19 August 2026 at 16:09 Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.
Appleβs new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 18 August 2026 at 15:28 A video in a macOS Tahoe release candidate version shows a user wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and talking to Siri.
Fairphone is launching its latest repairable phone in the US too TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 18 August 2026 at 13:00 The Fairphone 6+ is a midrange Android offering, but given the increasing prices of consumer gadgets amid the ongoing component shortages, a repairable device that can be made to last for years may prove a good proposition.
Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 17 August 2026 at 15:10 The funds will allow Wispr to increase its footprint as it ventures into new areas, such as meetings, with its newly released note-taker tool.
Read-it-later app Pocket shut down β here are the best alternatives TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta Β· Sarah Perez 14 August 2026 at 20:58 Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 14 August 2026 at 18:13 Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file.
Googleβs Pixel 11 lineup offers fewer hardware changes, but much more Gemini TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 12 August 2026 at 16:00 The Google Pixel 11 series starts $100 costlier than the last year, but offers 256GB base storage.
Googleβs new Pixel 11 Pro Fold offers a stronger build and brighter screens TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 12 August 2026 at 16:00 The Pixel 11 Pro Fold will cost $1,899.
Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 11 August 2026 at 14:13 Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well.
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.