May 25, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

What ClickUp's mass layoff tells us about the future of work: The nine-year-old startup is replacing hundreds of employees with thousands of AI agents. Read More

The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI: Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage. Read More

The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI: Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. And he shared several secrets on how he did it. Read More

A message from NVIDIA and Microsoft

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Afternoon Must-Reads

I tried Amazon's Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out: Like other AI wearables, Amazon's Bee offers an odd combination of convenience and privacy anxiety. Read More

5 days left: Save up to $410 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes before prices increase: Early Bird savings for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco end May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now to save up to $410 before prices increase. Read More

6 kitchen gadgets that make adulting feel easier: From a robot stirring your soup to a bread machine that kneads your dough, here are 6 gadgets that may make you feel like you’ve won adulthood. Read More

Xreal, Google's smartglasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry: Chi Xu, the founder and CEO of XREAL, thinks the smart glasses business has finally reached a turning point. Read More

The Dreamie alarm clock got me to stop using my phone in bed: What sets Dreamie apart from all of the other fancy alarm clocks is laughably simple: It can play podcasts. Read More

A message from Fidelity

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Last but Not Least

Everyone is navigating AI security in real time -- even Google: We're in the transition period -- all of us. Read More

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