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Enterprise-grade AI image generation in 2 seconds is here: Krea 2 Raw and Turbo available as open weights under custom license
While many enterprises have already begun integrating AI-generated images, visuals, graphics and videos into their production workflows — there is also a growing pool of data and subjective commentary indicating AI imagery ultimately looks non-distinct, monotonous,...
Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
Anthropic is introducing Claude Tag in research preview, an “always-on Claude” that lives in Slack and acts as an AI teammate. The new feature — which allows users to tag @Claude to provide insights in chats and assign tasks — will begin in research preview, available...
Anthropic launches Claude Tag, replacing its Slack app with a persistent AI teammate that learns, monitors and works autonomously
Anthropic on Tuesday launched Claude Tag, a new product that embeds its most advanced AI model directly inside Slack as a persistent, shared teammate that anyone on a team can delegate work to by simply typing @Claude.The product, available today in beta for Claude...
Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach
Password manager maker LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information and customer support case records were stolen during a recent hack at one of its technology partners, marking the company’s latest data breach in recent years. In an email shared...
HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment
Box. Boho. Knotless. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: braided hairstyles. The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and many Black women and girls even today sit in salon chairs, up to 12 hours at a stretch, as a...
Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand
Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching a new line of smart glasses, dubbed Meta Glasses, starting at $299. These glasses are being made in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, but unlike the tech giant’s other smart glasses, they don’t carry Ray-Ban or Oakley branding. The...
4 days left to save up to $190 on TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Founders don’t grow alone. The best founders learn from peers facing similar challenges, gain insights from operators who have already scaled, and build relationships with investors who can help fuel the next stage of growth. You have just four days left to save up to...
Ribbie turns real-time baseball stats into arcade-like, pixel art broadcasts
Whether you’re a baseball fan or not, there’s a lot to love about Ribbie, a vibe-coded website that turns real-time Major League Baseball (MLB) data into 8-bit broadcasts with arcade-style, animated pixel art. “I love how much data is available to baseball fans […]...
Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
The hiring process has long been criticized for its inefficiency and opacity. Candidates spend hours writing applications and submitting cover letters, only to disappear into what often feels like a black box. Generative AI has only made things messier, with employers...
Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas
Over the last few months, Figma has struck partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic to bake in support for AI CLI tools like Claude Code and Codex to allow users to use these coding environments alongside its design software. The company is now baking in its own take on...
Corti’s new Symphony for Speech-to-Text model beats OpenAI at medical terminology accuracy, highlighting the value of specialized AI
Today, Copenhagen-based healthcare AI Corti is launching Symphony for Speech-to-Text, a new generation of clinical-grade speech recognition models engineered specifically for real-time dictation, conversational transcription, and batch audio processing — and their...
‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts
Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn’t stop at YouTube. Like the rest of Google, YouTube’s search bar is getting infused with AI tools like “Ask YouTube,” a feature that is supposed to give users a more sophisticated search experience....
AWS nabs white hot gen AI media creation startup fal, becoming its preferred cloud provider
Generative AI’s rapid transition from text-based chatbots to high-fidelity media—spanning images, video, spatial 3D, and audio—has exposed a glaring bottleneck in the modern tech stack: infrastructure. Rendering pixels in real-time requires a staggering amount of...
Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026
Google announced at its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday that it’s launching Pics, a new AI-powered design and image-generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners....
You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026
Google isn’t finished infusing AI into your inbox. On Tuesday at their IO 2026 developer conference, the tech giant announced an expansion of its “AI Inbox” functionality for Gmail, which is adding conversational AI features. That means you can ask Gmail about things...
How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches
At the Google I/O 2026 keynote, the tech giant revealed new agentic capabilities in Search, where users can create, customize, and manage multiple AI agents to stay updated on topics of interest. The announcement is part of Google’s larger push toward agentic AI...
Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user
Messaging platform giant Discord has switched on end-to-end encrypted voice and video messaging for every user. The end-to-end encryption feature means that Discord users can now communicate privately without anyone else being able to listen in to their calls, not...
Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem
Three-year-old Mach Industries has acquired solid rocket motor startup Exquadrum in a $50 million cash-and-equity deal, the Huntington Beach-based defense startup tells TechCrunch. Exquadrum — now rebranded as Mach Energetics — has been fully folded into Mach’s...
From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing
Shay Shwartz knows a lot about email phishing attacks. As a teenager, he made money as a hacker, but after getting caught at age 16, he realized he could use his cyber talents to prevent attacks rather than launch them. He went on to spend about a decade in top-tier...
Claude agents can finally connect to enterprise APIs without leaking credentials
The reason enterprises have been slow to connect AI agents to internal APIs and databases isn't the models — it's the credentials. In most production deployments, the agent carries authentication tokens with it as it executes tool calls, which means a compromised or...
Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think.
For a quarter century, the Google search box has been one of the most recognizable interfaces in computing: a thin white rectangle, a blinking cursor, a few typed words, and a list of blue links. On Tuesday, Google will formally retire that paradigm.At its annual I/O...
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Four Impressive Security Features for Mobile Devices
Your smartphone probably has a great deal of private, personal and sensitive information on it that you do not want falling into the wrong hands. From bank account info and credit card numbers to automatically saved passwords, confidential work data and much more,...
10 KPIs For Your Social Media Campaigns
Source: Stockvault.net Today, social media make for a big part of the digital marketing efforts – and just like any other business department, it needs campaigns, goals, and metrics to measure the evolution of performance over time. However, social medias can be a...
Channel IQ Authorized Retailer Badges
Authorized Retailer Badges are the only trusted claim to a relationship between a manufacturer and retailer that build consumer confidence, signal a quality online shopping experience and guarantee an authentic product. Channel IQ Authorized Retailer Badging for...
Channel Management Event by Channel IQ
This year saw the return of another successful training event for online channel managers hosted by Channel IQ. The annual event was held from Wednesday, September 19th - Thursday, September 20th in Chicago, IL and feature an expanded list of presenters including a...