Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event

Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon Valley scene. Apply before the application closes tonight at midnight PT.

X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money

X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.

Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name

Apple Maps is following President Trump’s executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

VLC crosses 7 billion downloads

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps

Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.

Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again

Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.

AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10

A boutique StrictlyVC evening returns to New York’s West Village on September 10 with Keith Rabois, Craig Shapiro, Jason Levien, Tristan Walker, Brynn Putnam, and Deven Parekh — covering AI, sports investing, community-building, venture economics, and …

Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web

Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.

Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents

Particle’s new podcast intelligence platform transcribes and analyzes more than 130,000 podcasts, making their conversations searchable on the web and accessible to AI agents through an API and MCP.