September 02, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people: Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions. Read More

Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable 'pervert glasses': The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks. Read More

AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B: AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo: This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023 Read More

Larry Page's flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO: The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors." Karklin will be replaced on an interim basis by Mike Ross, an aviation executive who joined Pivotal's board of directors in November 2025. Read More

OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting: Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed. Read More

Anthropic's new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive: Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards. Read More

John Ternus hypes 'huge launch next week' in first memo as Apple CEO: Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone. Read More

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Last but Not Least

PSA: Amazon's shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam: Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer. Read More

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