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Kevin Rose’s simple test for AI hardware — would you want to punch someone in the face who’s wearing it?

Kevin Rose has a visceral rule for evaluating AI hardware investments: “If you feel like you should punch someone in the face for wearing it,

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Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. While both men were founders at OpenAI,

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What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about AOL’s acquirer

Bending Spoons’ four cofounders this week joined the billionaire ranks. CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based tech conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion,

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Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Thanks to everyone who made this year’s San Francisco event what it was — and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made

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IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India’s intercity travel market

IntrCity SmartBus, a tech-enabled intercity bus platform in India, has raised $30 million in funding to expand its network across smaller cities and towns in

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Flipkart’s Super.money teams up with Kotak Bank to make India’s free UPI payments pay

India’s free digital payments revolution has upended how money moves — but not how fintechs make it. Now, Flipkart’s fintech arm Super.money is partnering with

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OpenAI offers free ChatGPT Go for one year to all users in India

OpenAI is offering its ChatGPT Go plan available free of charge for one year to users in India who sign up during a limited promotional

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Accel and Prosus team up to back early-stage Indian startups

Storied investors Accel and Prosus have launched a new investment partnership to back Indian startups from day zero, targeting founders building large-scale solutions with the

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OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool

OpenAI is working on a new tool that would generate music based on text and audio prompts, according to a report in The Information. Such

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Musk’s ad chief at X departs after just 10 months

John Nitti has left his position as X’s advertising chief after just ten months, reports the Financial Times. Nitti, who joined as global head of