…with Arsenal, Paris St-Germain and LiverpoolByCiaran KellyFootball reporterPublished19 June 2026Olivier Giroud knows a prodigious talent when he sees one."I played with Kylian Mbappe when he was 18," the BBC Sport pundit said. "He was so mature for his age and I have the same feeling with Ayyoub."It is a bold statement…
…machine by some broadcastersByDaniel AustinBBC Sport senior journalistPublished19 June 2026Four minutes and 20 seconds per match. Or seven hours, 30 minutes and 40 seconds across the tournament.That's how much extra TV advertising some football fans around the world are watching during mandatory hydration breaks at the…
…starts against Ghana on TuesdayByPhil McNultyChief football writer in DallasPublished19 June 2026England's attacking style in their opening World Cup win against Croatia in Dallas created a stir of excitement but still left head coach Thomas Tuchel with questions to ponder.Tuchel's side looked vulnerable in defence aft…
…matches on the ATP TourByJonathan JurejkoBBC Sport tennis news reporterPublished19 June 2026France's Corentin Moutet has lost almost his entire Queen's prize money after being fined $40,000 (£30,325) for swearing seven times in a live BBC television interview.The 27-year-old has been given the maximum punishment for un…
…City won the Championship last seasonByPaul BattisonBBC Sport journalistPublished19 June 2026Newly promoted Coventry City will travel to champions Arsenal in the first match of the 2026-27 Premier League season.The season's curtain raiser on Friday, 21 August sees the Sky Blues play their first top-flight match in 25 y…
…Ayyoub Bouaddi could be vitalByTom EnglishBBC Scotland's chief sports writerPublished19 June 2026Last weekend in Boston, Scotland played their most important game of international football in 28 years, a walk on the wildside against Haiti, a game that put the heart sideways in every Scot but, ultimately, sparked the pa…
General Intuition, the New York-based startup building a foundation model that trains AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise around $300 million, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The raise comes eight months after General Intuition spun out of Medal, a platform for uploading…
…its fifth anniversary, we have to be honest with ourselves: Are we still having fun, thousands of Wordles later? Sometimes, we are - but other times, the daily word game has felt like a means to keep a streak alive. Instead, my friends and I have gotten hooked on a new game, MapTap, which is available both as an app an…
Apple announced on Thursday that developers in Brazil are now allowed to distribute their iOS apps through alternative app stores and process payments for digital goods and services outside the App Store. The changes, which are part of Apple's agreement with Brazil's competition regulator Conselho Administrativo de Def…
…targeting various emotions, helping users manage stress and anxiety. There's also a community section for users to engage in supportive groups focused on shared experiences, such as sobriety or wellness discussions. But what really sets Kē apart is its "AI Karamo" feature that lets users talk with a digital version of…
…on the Texas Parks & Wildlife website, the department said the state's cybersecurity unit recently detected a security incident - the nature of which, or when, was not specified - that allowed hackers to access the department's license system vendor, which handles the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. The departmen…
…did somebody not change the ad?'" Fadell, known as the father of the iPod, told TechCrunch. "For somebody like me who knows that thing intimately, it's like seeing your kid's picture." As Fadell stood in the train station, he was surrounded by people wearing wireless Bluetooth headphones to stream music on their phones…
…fast-track interconnection requests from data centers and other large electricity users. Under the orders, six major grid operators have to show that data centers are "able to connect to the transmission system in a timely and orderly manner." Data centers will be responsible for paying the costs of the interconnection…
…a new mindful screen time app called Mivo Scrolling is trying to shake things up. Launched last month, Mivo doesn't look much different from other screen time apps. It tracks screen time and usage patterns, and provides insights into daily habits. However, Mivo believes what sets its app apart is its no-shaming approac…
…chips. Such talk about selling chips is in the early stages, the company tells TechCrunch. They stem from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter in early April, in which he said the company's homegrown AI chips were so coveted that he was thinking about selling them: If our chips business was a standalone bu…
…that it's slowed its hiring process. Meanwhile, Hinge's CEO stepped down last year to launch a more AI-focused dating app altogether. But according to Match's survey of 1,000 people aged 18 to 39, 47% of singles have a negative view of AI's use in romantic contexts. This perspective varies depending on what the AI is b…
…Among the appearances cited in the suit: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022, where he reportedly made representations about the company's autonomous driving ambitions. "No software update - no matter how sophisticated - will enable its Gen 1 Vehicles to perform as advertised," the complaint…
With each new season comes another YC Demo Day. On Tuesday, the Spring 2026 cohort was unveiled, filled with defense tech, robotics, AI infrastructure and developer tools, and of course, AI agents. TechCrunch spoke to eight investors to determine which ones were the hottest companies in this batch - both the ones they…
…Trump White House AI policy official Dean Ball. Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founder of AI role-playing startup Character AI, announced his departure from Google on Wednesday. He had been at the company since 2000, leaving only for a three-year period when he left to co-found Character AI. Two years ago, Google…
…on developing AI models that can create interactive gaming experiences, Snap told TechCrunch. Snap cited the high costs of conducting such work internally as one of the reasons for the spinoff. While technically a separate company, Dotmo will retain its close ties to the Snapchat creator. For one thing, Snap will provi…
AI inference company Baseten is close to finalizing a stunning $1.5 billion funding round at a $13 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Just five months ago, the startup announced that it had raised a $300 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation. And that round was just nine months after raising a $15…
…to $85 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Deductive, which was founded in 2023, came out stealth last November when it announced a $7.5 million seed round led by CRV with participation from Databricks Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, and PrimeSet. The investment valued the startup at $33 million, ac…
…fraud, users turned to virtual private networks (VPNs) and alternative messaging apps in unusually large numbers. App intelligence firm Appfigures told TechCrunch that Tuesday, the day India announced the Telegram restriction, marked the biggest day for VPN app downloads in the country since at least the start of 2025.…
…that define the most advanced chips. Every cutting-edge processor made by TSMC, the foundry behind Nvidia's and Apple's chips, depends on ASML tools that took the company roughly two decades and untold billions to develop. There is, at present, no second supplier. That monopoly has made ASML Europe's most valuable publ…
…team for the AI business, and we're going to be getting an office," Carlsten told TechCrunch from Amsterdam. "The shoe business has officially closed as of yesterday, so that's all done ... The first task that I'm tackling right now is rounding up the leadership team, looking for somebody to lead infrastructure operati…