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Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

May 8, 2026 at 14:41 · TechCrunch

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

May 8, 2026 at 12:49 · TechCrunch

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.

May 8, 2026 at 14:41

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.

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May 8, 2026 at 14:41 TechCrunch

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.
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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.
May 7, 2026 at 23:11 TechCrunch

Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B

The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in Nov...
May 7, 2026 at 22:24 TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API

The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other ...
May 7, 2026 at 21:49 TechCrunch

Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%

The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a c...

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Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that two Americans were sentenced to years in prison for helping the North Korean government place fake IT workers in U.S. companies.

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InsightFinder raises $15M to help companies figure out where AI agents go wrong

According to CEO Helen Gu, the biggest problem facing the industry today is not just monitoring and diagnosing where AI models go wrong — it's also diagnosing how the entire tec...

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AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too

Adobe says AI traffic to U.S. retail sites also jumped 269% in March, with visitors converting better and generating more revenue than non-AI shoppers.

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Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence

That means its AI images can be created using Gemini's understanding of your likes and interests, without those having to be explicitly noted in the prompt.

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Banana Powered Gemini Google Image Generation
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You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.

Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industry.

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Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster

Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making odds.

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Betting Volume Blockbuster Runway CEO Films
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Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage

Starting April 19, the price of the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will go up by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99, respectively. The price of the Meta Quest 3 is goin...

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Meta Meta Quest Meta Raises Price
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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 12:39 Startups
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Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet

Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans...

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TechCrunch Apr 15, 2026 at 21:38 Startups
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Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation?

A federal jury found that Live Nation has acted illegally as a monopoly -- but the company just came to a tentative settlement with the DOJ last month.

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DOJ Federal Jury Illegally Live Nation
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