Instagram updates its Map feature to make it easier to tell if you’re sharing your location
Instagram is adding a more prominent indicator at the top of the Map to remind users whether or not they’re sharing their location.
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Inside Microsoft’s AI bet with CTO Kevin Scott at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to share how one of the world’s largest technology companies is navigating the AI revolution and what it means for startups and the future of innovation. Register now to join.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 exhibit tables are selling out fast and time is running out
Exhibit tables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 are almost gone. We expanded the floor two weeks ago due to hot demand — and those extra tables are nearly sold out. Secure your table before competitors do.
Waffles eat Bluesky
A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.
Suspect arrested after threats against TikTok’s Culver City headquarters
Police say they have arrested a suspect allegedly connected to multiple online threats that led TikTok to evacuate its headquarters near Los Angeles on Friday.
Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls
OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora.
Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos
The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users’ profile photos.
Snapchat is going to charge for storage — here’s how to save your Memories for free
If your Memories exceed the new limit, you will need to either export them or sign up for one of Snapchat’s new Memories Storage plans in order to preserve them.
A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes
Lore raises $1.1 million to build a personalized search engine for fandom culture.