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It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site | TechCrunch
On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data with…
Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor | TechCrunch
Carbon-removal startup Terradot is acquiring competitor Eonthe two companies announced today. The sale was driven largely…
Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all | TechCrunch
Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks like…
Reddit says its looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere | TechCrunch
Reddit is gearing up for more M&A, the company told analysts on its fourth-quarter earnings call…
Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over CIA activities | TechCrunch
A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the U.S. government’s most secretive operations has…
How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power | TechCrunch
Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With…
Chinas Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies | TechCrunch
The Norwegian government has accused the Chinese-backed hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking into…
EU says TikTok must disable addictive features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch
The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling…
OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch
On Monday, OpenAI launched Codexan agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched…