October 14, 2025

YouTube makes it easier for teens to find informative mental health content: YouTube makes it easier for teenagers to find informative videos on mental health topics like depression and anxiety. Read More

Sheryl Sandberg-backed Flint wants to use AI to autonomously build and update websites: Flint raised a $5 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Sheryl Sandberg's fund, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, and prior investor Neo. Read More

Smart ring maker Oura raises $900M from Fidelity: Oura is raising new funding of $900 million as its valuation reaches nearly $11 billion Read More

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Spotify expands parent-managed accounts for kids to more countries, including the US: Managed Accounts are available to Spotify Premium Family plan members, and allows account holders to manage a separate music-only listening experience for their kids under the age of 13. Read More

UK is delaying Revolut's banking license over risk management concerns: Revolut's full banking license is on hold because U.K.'s central bank is concerned whether the startup can maintain its risk controls in the face of its rapid international expansion. Read More

Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms: Researchers spent the past year alerting affected organizations, including T-Mobile and AT&T, but warn that large amounts of satellite data will remain unencrypted and exposed for some years to come. Read More

FleetWorks raises $17M to match truckers with cargo faster: Co-founded by a former Uber Freight product manager, and backed by Uber's lead seed investor, FleetWorks is quickly scooping up customers in the trucking world. Read More

Instagram to show PG-13 content by default to teens, adds more parental controls: Instagram users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 ratings applied to movies, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use. Read More

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Less than 4 days left: Visibility, traction, and growth start at your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 exhibit table: Only 4 days left to amplify your brand to 10,000+ tech leaders with an exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Grow your startup on October 27-29 in San Francisco. Book here. Read More

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Aquawise will show off its AI-driven water quality tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Aquawise uses satellite images and a physics-based AI model to monitor and predict water quality at aquaculture farms. Read More

Claude Agent has become the first third-party AI agent to be built natively into JetBrains IDEs. Powered by Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK, it delivers advanced agentic coding inside familiar workflows. With the addition of Claude Agent, JetBrains introduces a multi-agent IDE experience, empowering developers to do even more with the tools they already know and love.

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SpaceX wraps action-packed Starship V2 era as program moves to V3: Farewell, V2: SpaceX on Monday night sent Starship's current configuration on one last test flight, in a mission that the company says hit all its key goals, moving the program into its next phase. Read More

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