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Will the HomeView be Apple's first smart home success?

Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker gets feisty in BBC quick-fire interview.

The president of the Signal Foundation refused to say whether she thinks AI doomerism is “hype or real” and passed on a bunch of other questions we never get to hear. But she did concede that AI has a “bro culture” problem and that she’d probably choose a bear in the woods over an AI with all her passwords. (Though both are bad.)

Less than 48 hours until Disrupt 2026 starts

Less than 48 hours until TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts in San Francisco’s Moscone West. Save up to $100 on your pass before prices increase at the door.

'SNL' takes aim at Kevin O’Leary and his Utah data center: 'I'm going to make the future go away’

James Austin Johnson played Kevin O'Leary on "Saturday Night Live" this week, addressing the dispute around the investor's Utah data center project.

Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI

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Can the AI industry persuade data center opponents by getting rid of NDAs?

On Equity, we debate the impact of data center moratoriums and whether the AI industry has a communication problem.

Alexandr Wang wanted to make Meta 'cool again'

Alexandr Wang said his chaotic X posting, though spur-of-the-moment, is not without rhyme or reason.

These execs think voice AI hasn't reached its ChatGPT moment yet

Voice AI's often misses important points for its context layer, and causes the whole pipeline to break

‘All I want is to buy up 40,000 acres of God’s untouched splendor and replace it with a very loud computer that steals your job.‘

Kevin O’Leary — AKA Mr. Wonderful — found himself in the crosshairs of SNL over his plans to build a massive data center in Utah called Stratos. Weekend Update has been on a tear so far this season, including this send-up of Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Of course, these Silicon Valley supervillains make SNL’s job pretty easy.

America's Only Internet Sea Cable Maker, Supplying Google and Microsoft

Inside America's only internet sea cable maker, supplying Google and Microsoft.

This Should Blow Your Mind

Watch now (7 mins) | Three things about AI that everyone should know October 2026 and what AI governance professionals should do about it | Edition #333

Silicon Valley's Horror Shows

Hollywood's portrayal of Silicon Valley and its leaders is getting darker.