The spectacle of Bryan Johnson and his livestreamed shrooms trip
Bryan Johnson livestreamed his shrooms trip — which included both Grimes and Marc Benioff — as part of his controversial longevity research.
MKBHD’s wallpaper app Panels is shutting down
From the time Brownlee launched Panels in September 2024, the app struggled to find an audience of its own. “We knew it was niche … and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the vision I had,” Marques Brownlee said.
OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan
In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam’s suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its own, arguing that it sho…
Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat
The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features.
OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it
Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.
OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’
OpenAI might have to rename the “cameo” feature in the Sora app.
Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani
According to Grok, Elon Musk can out-slug the MLB’s greatest power hitters… except Ohtani.
Amazon’s Prime Video is getting AI-generated Video Recaps for some TV shows
According to Amazon, the feature “utilizes generative AI to create theatrical-quality season recaps with synchronized narration, dialogue, and music.”
With upcoming ban, Meta begins to notify Australian teens that their accounts will be shut down
When the ban goes into effect on December 10, Meta will revoke account access for users under the age of 16 in Australia.
Meta wins antitrust trial as judge denies that it’s a monopoly
A federal judge ruled that Meta is not a monopoly in a lawsuit with the FTC.
Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers
The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.
In defense of Apple’s $230 iPhone sock
From the same label that made the iconic Steve Jobs mockneck, the iPhone Pocket could be the next Labubu… if you have the disposable income.
YouTube TV’s Disney blackout is ruining my life (I can’t watch ‘Jeopardy!’)
For 12 days and counting, Disney-owned channels like ESPN and ABC have been blacked out on YouTube TV.
Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in suicides, delusions
In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.
Kim Kardashian says ChatGPT is her ‘frenemy’
Kim Kardashian admitted that she has failed legal exams after blindly relying on ChatGPT’s advice.
Grand Theft Auto VI is delayed — again
Perhaps one of the most anticipated video games of all time, GTA VI is now slated for a November 19, 2026 release.
Meta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams, report says
These fraudulent ads purport to offer a product or service that isn’t actually real, and may be intended to solicit payments from less savvy users.
Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team
Khan’s appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
University of Pennsylvania confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack
Penn experienced a data breach on Friday as hackers sent messages boasting of the hack to the university community.
Wait, people actually use Facebook Dating?
Meta said that Facebook Dating has 1.77 million daily active users in the US between ages 18-29.
Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work
OpenAI’s approach to working with copyrighted content is to ask forgiveness, not permission.
Apple’s App Store gets a new web interface
Before this update, users could see individual pages for apps on the web, but there was no way to browse within the App Store.
Tattd gave four TechCrunch writers tattoos at Startup Battlefield
Tattd, a marketplace for tattoo-seekers and artists, set up a mini tattoo parlor in the Expo Hall at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
Hackers threaten to leak data after breaching University of Pennsylvania to send mass emails
The hackers sent out mass-emails using official University of Pennsylvania email accounts, and threatened to leak university data.
Unlisted connects homeowners with prospective buyers before they even put their homes up for sale and is part of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Unlisted is like Zillow but for homes that are not yet on the market.