Apple broadens App Store's age rating system

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View this email online in your browser  July 25, 2025 TechCrunch Top 3 Apple broadens App Store's age rating system: Apple has expanded its age rating system to include 13+, 16+, and 18+ ratings, in addition to the existing ratings for younger users. Read More Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal: Google is testing a new vibe-coding tool called Opal, available in the U.S. through Google Labs, that lets users quickly spin up web apps with just a few prompts. Read More Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October: In response to the European Union's incoming regulation of political advertising, Meta said on Friday that it would stop selling and showing political ads in the EU from October 2025. Read More A message from NVIDIA Join NVIDIA's startup program and network of 25,000+ startups. The NVIDIA Inception program helps startups accelerate innovation and growth. Program members get access to the latest developer resources and training, preferred pricing on NVIDIA hardware and software, and exposure to the venture capital community. The program is free and available to tech startups of all stages. Now Accepting Applications Morning Must-Reads Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Francisco startup — he's also serving his 11th year in prison: A senior software engineer for Turso, Thorpe is part of an experimental program in the Maine state prison system that allows incarcerated people to work remote jobs from custody. Read More Amazon introduces a more affordable color screen Kindle: Amazon launches a more affordable, $250 Colorsoft Kindle and a version for kids. Read More Apple iOS 26 public beta arrives: Apple released iOS 26 in public beta. Here's everything you can expect, from the Liquid Glass design to features powered by Apple Intelligence. Read More Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year: Tesla is behind on its goal to produce at least 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots by the end of 2025. Read More How a Y Combinator food-delivery app used TikTok to soar in the App Store: BiteSight is a food-delivery app that lets users watch videos of food before ordering. It also lets customers see what their friends have ordered and bookmark places to try out. Read More A message from TechCrunch Events Join 10,000 tech & VC leaders at Disrupt 2025 in Oct 250+ top tech voices. 200 sessions. 10,000+ attendees. 3 days straight — October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Don't miss valuable takeaways across 6 industry stages, breakouts, roundtables, and unmatched networking. All at the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch Disrupt. Register now to save up to $675 on your ticket. Register Now Last but Not Least X to test using Community Notes to find the posts everyone likes: X is piloting a new feature that will help to identify the platform's best posts. The system is similar to how Community Notes fact-checking works. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107