September 25, 2025

TechCrunch Top 3

Apple blames EU's Digital Markets Act for feature delays: Apple is blaming the EU's enforcement of the DMA for delaying the launch of some features in the EU, saying the rules are "leading to a worse experience" for Apple customers in the bloc by exposing them to new risks and reducing choices. Read More

Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption: Databricks is on the hook to pay at least $100 million to OpenAI in this deal, even if customer usage falls short. It's a bet, but one that Databricks has already hedged. Read More

Spotify to label AI music, filter spam and more in AI policy change: Spotify is launching a music spam filter, labeling AI tracks, and clarifying its rules around AI voice clones. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms: A new call recording app is gaining traction for offering to pay users for voice data from calls, which is sold to AI companies. Read More

It isn't your imagination: Google Cloud is flooding the zone: While the industry's biggest players cement ever-tighter partnerships, Google is hellbent on capturing the next generation of AI companies before they become too big to court. Read More

Smartphone maker Nothing to spin off its affordable CMF brand: Nothing is making its affordable devices brand CMF into a separate entity with headquarters in India. Read More

Clarifai's new reasoning engine makes AI models faster and less expensive: The AI platform Clarifai has launched a new reasoning engine that it claims will make running AI models twice as fast and 40% less expensive. Read More

Meta rolls out Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger globally: Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram a year ago after Meta and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens on their services. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Y Combinator launches 'Early Decision' for students who want to graduate first, build later: The program allows students to apply while still in school, get accepted and funded immediately, and defer their participation in YC until after they graduate. Read More