Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people: Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions. Read More
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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable 'pervert glasses': The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks. Read More
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AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B: AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April. Read More
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AI has made it faster than ever to bring an idea from concept to launch.
But it hasn't made it easier to build something durable.
Disrupt 2026's programming is built around that challenge, delivering practical sessions on what actually holds up and how to build it with leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, Amazon, and more.
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Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo: This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023 Read More
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PSA: Amazon's shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam: Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer. Read More
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Reliance's JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports: JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore. Read More
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Larry Page's flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO: The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors." Karklin will be replaced on an interim basis by Mike Ross, an aviation executive who joined Pivotal's board of directors in November 2025. Read More
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OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting: Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed. Read More
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Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at Disrupt 2026. Sometimes the best way to meet investors, customers, and partners is by exhibiting directly in the Expo Hall.
And by exhibiting, you get 10 passes to Disrupt to share with your team!
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Adobe is making its tools available in Slack: Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack Read More
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