April 29, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public: Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos. Read More

At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship: It's a story Musk has told before -- in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk -- but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath. Read More

Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court: Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Colby Adcock's Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp: We visited Scout AI's training ground where it's working on AI agents that can help individual soldiers control fleets of autonomous vehicles. Read More

Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field: A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines. Read More

Google expands Pentagon's access to its AI after Anthropic's refusal: After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department. Read More

Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats: Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans. Read More

Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS: A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service. Read More

Last but Not Least

Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals: When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands. Read More

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