August 25, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link, an LTE health and safety band: Luffu Link combines all day health sensing, voice logging, location awareness, and the ability to get help from trusted contacts into a single device, all without needing a phone nearby. Read More

Apple debuts its 'most powerful chip ever' in M5 Ultra and M6: Apple unveils these new processors alongside an updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio. Read More

India's Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones: Airbound's ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Apple's latest Mac Mini runs on a new M6 chip, and starts at $899: The base model of the Mac Mini comes with 256GB of storage, 16GB of RAM, and costs $899. Read More

OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale, benchmarks show: Tested on SemiAnalysis’ InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available state-of-the art. Read More

Apple rescues Hide My Email feature from the privacy scrap heap: Apple says it will no longer ditch using its icloud.com domain for hiding people's email addresses. Read More

Accel-backed Keenable is indexing the web for AI agents: Now exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round, Keenable has been building a vast web search index for AI agents. Read More

Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B: We all knew it was coming. The expected valuation may surprise, though. Read More

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Last but Not Least

'The world seems to be ready': An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux: TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI's head of product. Read More

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