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Flock cuts staff
Daily Crunch roundup focused on privacy backlash and staffing cuts at surveillance firm Flock, plus other tech business headlines.
10 Oct 2026 · 7m · 3 chaptersGoogle brings agentic AI to Gemini
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers Google’s Gemini moving into “agentic AI,” plus related AI policy and business news.
9 Oct 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersSpotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covering Spotify’s audiobook expansion, Apple/LG smart home plans, and an Amazon privacy backlash; plus brief startup AI news.
8 Oct 2026 · 8m · 3 chaptersParamount closes historic Warner Bros. merger to form Skydance
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers Paramount’s completion of its $110B acquisition of Warner Bros.
7 Oct 2026 · 6m · 2 chaptersTikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
Daily Crunch episode covering three tech stories: (1) Hot Girl Hotline, an AI-guided relationship advice startup for young women; (2) OpenAI adding visual display ads to ChatGPT, plus expanded ad…
6 Oct 2026 · 8m · 3 chaptersShopify debuts Canvas
TechCrunch “Weekend Crunch” covers Paramount/Warner merger rebrand to Skydance, Rivian’s EV sales surge from the R2 SUV, and Shopify’s new AI site builder “Canvas.” Guests: No podcast guests are…
3 Oct 2026 · 7m · 2 chaptersGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers Google’s Gemini 4 Argon security model, plus Amazon Kindle and Audible updates.
2 Oct 2026 · 8m · 5 chaptersAirbnb adds AI search and more social features
TechCrunch “Thursday Daily Crunch” covers three tech headlines: Tinder’s new group-dating feature, OpenAI’s reported pre-IPO fundraising talks, and Airbnb’s AI search plus more social/travel-planning…
1 Oct 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersMeta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses
The episode covers Meta expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses, plus other AI industry updates.
30 Sep 2026 · 7m · 3 chaptersThe iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman
TechCrunch Tuesday Daily Crunch covers Meta’s new Meta Enterprise Platform for business AI, ElevenLabs’ V4 speech models, and an iPhone Duo “virtual Walkman” app plus a startup funding update…
29 Sep 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersMeta is putting its muscle behind Muse
The episode covers three TechCrunch stories. First, Tesla delivered the first all-electric Semi trucks to customers after nearly a decade of delays; executives in Reno said the truck should lower…
26 Sep 2026 · 7m · 3 chaptersEverything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse
The episode is about new updates to Meta’s consumer AI agent Muse, plus a separate Google AI calling feature.
25 Sep 2026 · 7m · 2 chaptersBig Announcements from Made on YouTube 2026
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers major announcements from YouTube’s Made on YouTube 2026 event, focusing heavily on AI features and creator tools.
24 Sep 2026 · 7m · 4 chaptersMeta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
TechCrunch “Daily Crunch” covers: (1) Anthropic’s Opus 5.5 release, claiming better encoding/knowledge-work performance than the larger Fable model, lower prices ($20 per million output tokens vs…
23 Sep 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersGoogle’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini
The episode covers three tech headlines. First, California’s AB 1130 strengthens political influencer disclosure: regulators can fine influencers up to $5,000 per violation and refer cases for…
22 Sep 2026 · 7m · 1 chapterThe fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI
As AI agents take on longer, higher-volume tasks, companies struggle to oversee them; the proposed “fix” is adding more AI monitors, with debate over spoofing risk and alternatives like traditional…
19 Sep 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersSnap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses
TechCrunch Friday Daily Crunch covers Snap’s $2,200 Specs smart glasses relaunch pitch, plus other big tech news.
18 Sep 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersThe AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry
Amazon raises U.S. worker pay; Meta adds podcast promotion tools to Threads; Americans debate AI data-center expansion amid environmental/energy concerns; a nuclear-fuel pricing issue and a startup’s…
17 Sep 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersMeta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers Meta’s new AI-focused subscription plans (MetaOne) plus related AI-camera and agent-safety developments. Guests: No podcast guests are interviewed; host is Imran Shaikh.
16 Sep 2026 · 7m · 2 chaptersObama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers AI policy and safety, plus quick business headlines.
15 Sep 2026 · 7m · 5 chaptersScammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider
Crypto phishing after Trezor’s email-provider breach; plus OpenAI pausing subscriptions for its $200 Astra Pro plan and Anthropic alleging China-linked “distillation attacks” against Claude.
12 Sep 2026 · 5m · 3 chaptersApple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers Apple’s iPhone price hikes, Google’s new Android password-manager migration tool, and Apple Watch’s new on-device AI audio transcription that fuels concerns about…
11 Sep 2026 · 8m · 4 chaptersMeta debuts its Muse AI agent
TechCrunch Daily Crunch covers Meta’s launch of Muse, a consumer AI agent that performs tasks by connecting to users’ apps and services, plus two other tech headlines: a White House-posted…
10 Sep 2026 · 7m · 3 chaptersWhat to expect from the upcoming Apple launch
Preview of Apple’s upcoming September 9 launch, focusing on a first foldable iPhone plus updates to AirPods, HomePods, and the iPhone 18 lineup.
9 Sep 2026 · 7m · 3 chapters