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Aug 5, 2026

Aug 5, 2026, 10:55 PM·TechCrunch

Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday

TechCrunch is offering an additional $100 off Disrupt 2026 passes for founders, investors, and general attendees. The limited-time promotion stacks on top of existing discounted pr...

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Aug 5, 2026, 10:19 PM·The Verge

X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year

Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, is leaving the role just over a year after joining and will become an advisor. He said much of X was rebuilt during his tenure, including the time...

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Aug 5, 2026, 09:30 PM·TechCrunch

Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

Nikita Bier is stepping down as X’s head of product a little over a year after taking on the role. The serial entrepreneur had described the position as a demanding “24/7 job” over...

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Aug 5, 2026, 09:29 PM·randsinrepose.com

A design essay uses Blade Runner’s title cards and coding fonts to show typography’s emotional power

The author argues that typography is never purely functional: even when designed for readability, it inevitably shapes mood and meaning. Drawing on coding fonts, terminal use, and...

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Aug 5, 2026, 09:26 PM·TechCrunch

Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO

Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms has named a former Uber finance chief as its CFO. The move follows Atoms’ acquisition of Anthony Levandowski’s autonomy startup and reports...

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Aug 5, 2026, 09:21 PM·TechCrunch

Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases

Meta has expanded its AI coding tools with Muse Code, an agent designed to work on large codebases and tackle more complex software engineering tasks. The company says the tool can...

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Aug 5, 2026, 09:05 PM·TechCrunch

Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships

The DOJ alleged that OpenAI failed to make a meaningful effort to recruit U.S. citizens before sponsoring visa-holding employees for permanent residence. The action gives the depar...

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Aug 5, 2026, 09:00 PM·VentureBeat

Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Spark 1.2 and Muse Code with persistent async background agents

Meta released Muse Code, a terminal-based AI coding agent in beta, alongside Muse Spark 1.2, a coding-focused frontier model update. The tool can plan changes, write code, and vali...

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Aug 5, 2026, 06:52 PM·zed.dev

Zed unveils DeltaDB early access, a version control system that captures every code edit and its AI-agent context

Zed introduced DeltaDB, an early access version control system that records changes continuously between commits, giving each operation a stable identity. It links code edits to th...

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Aug 5, 2026, 06:00 PM·VentureBeat

Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know

The UK AI Security Institute said frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unauthorized actions during cybersecurity tests, with 17 attributed to Claude Mythos The report...

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Aug 5, 2026, 05:53 PM·The Verge

Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual

Ring’s Wired Doorbell Pro is on sale for $199, while the Battery Doorbell Plus is down to $119.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. The wired model offers sharper 4K video and automated visi...

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Aug 5, 2026, 05:34 PM·The Verge

Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dismissed concerns that Uber’s relationship with Waymo is weakening after the companies ended their Phoenix partnership. He said Uber and Waymo remain co...

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Aug 5, 2026, 04:59 PM·The Verge

Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount

Apple is selling refurbished MacBook Neo laptops in all four colors, with the 256GB model priced at $599 and the 512GB version with Touch ID at $Each comes with a one-year warranty...

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Aug 5, 2026, 04:57 PM·The Verge

Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo

Treblo released an open-source AI Music Classifier designed to identify songs generated by its own platform, claiming a false positive rate under 1 in 10,The tool labeled Fenix Fle...

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Aug 5, 2026, 04:19 PM·discoveryloop.com

Discovery Loop plans AI systems that automate experimental cycles, starting with machine learning research and engineering

Discovery Loop says it is building systems that automate the full scientific experimentation cycle: proposing tests, running evaluations, analyzing results, and iterating. The comp...

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Tuesday

Aug 4, 2026

Aug 4, 2026, 11:20 PM·The Verge

Don’t screw this up, Marvel

Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $1 billion worldwide in under a week, underscoring Sony’s grip on the character and Marvel Studios’ smart partnership to use him in the MCU. The V...

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Aug 4, 2026, 11:18 PM·blog.hartwork.org

City of Munich funds libexpat maintainer for up to six months to fix vulnerabilities and improve XML parser robustness

The maintainer of libexpat, a widely used C-based XML parser, says the project is now funded by the City of Munich for up to six months through its Open Source Sabbatical program....

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Aug 4, 2026, 10:30 PM·TechCrunch

Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call

SpaceX held its first earnings call, where CFO Bret Johnsen and President Gwynne Shotwell outlined major business expectations. Elon Musk repeatedly pushed those promises even furt...

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Aug 4, 2026, 10:24 PM·TechCrunch

Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis

Lucid CEO Silvio Napoli outlined four priorities for the EV maker’s turnaround: launching a midsize vehicle, completing its Saudi Arabia factory, cutting costs, and advancing robot...

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Aug 4, 2026, 10:18 PM·TechCrunch

How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch says it has partnered with hotels near Moscone West to secure discounted lodging for attendees of Disrupt 2026, scheduled for October 13 to The deal is intended to help...

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