Ivan Mehta

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Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations - TechCrunch

Technology August 15, 2026

Google announced on Friday that it will now allow users to remove a visible watermark from its AI generations, including images, videos, and songs. The company specified that this won’t affect the i...

Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function - TechCrunch

Business August 8, 2026

Airbnb might be taking slow steps to roll out AI features to its consumer-facing interface, but the company is rapidly adopting the tech to build product. Earlier this year, the company said AI is wrοΏ½...

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case - TechCrunch

Business August 8, 2026

A New Mexico Court judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay a fine of $567 million, on top of the $375 million levied in March, in a case regarding social media harms and addiction. This brings the totaοΏ½...

ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users - TechCrunch

Technology August 7, 2026

OpenAI is removing limits on text-based chats for all users on ChatGPT, which recently crossed the 1 billion weekly user mark, the company announced today. The new GPT-5.6 Luna model will power thisοΏ½...

Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B - TechCrunch

Business August 5, 2026

In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Founded in 2013οΏ½...

OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users - TechCrunch

Technology July 25, 2026

OpenAI said today it is making ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans. The announcement comes a day after aοΏ½...

reMarkable’s new Paper Pure is good. That’s why I wrote this review on it. - TechCrunch

Technology July 18, 2026

For years, the central ethos of reMarkable has been to get you away from screens and create an experience that emulates the feeling of writing with pen and paper. With its new device, the reMarkable οΏ½...

Google continues its renaming streak by turning NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook - TechCrunch

Technology July 17, 2026

Google might launch an AI product with one name during its experimental phase, but it will eventually tie it all to Gemini. In the latest example of this trend, the company is renaming its AI-poweredοΏ½...

Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations - TechCrunch

Technology July 16, 2026

Amid rising consumer electronics prices and slow demand for new purchases, Android phone maker OnePlus plans to wind down its U.S. and Europe operations this week, according to a report from BloomberοΏ½...

OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations - TechCrunch

Technology July 9, 2026

OpenAI today released new conversational models, called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, claiming that they sound more natural and can handle turn-taking better. These are full-duplex models, meaning οΏ½...