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Today’s highlights
- Robotaxi operators will face fines for blocking first responders — 2026-10-02
- A new California law places new rules on autonomous vehicles operators
- The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know — 2026-10-02
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that.
- Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video — 2026-10-01
- Apple’s rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footage. Mark Gurman said in the first episode of the Power On podcast t
- Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers — 2026-10-01
- Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
- Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation — 2026-10-01
- Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
- Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for? — 2026-10-01
- The Steam Deck is four and a half years old, and handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 - but Valve has consistently said it needs a new chip with a “generational leap” in performance and efficiency before b
- Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff — 2026-10-01
- Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Centra
- Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president — 2026-10-01
- President Trump reportedly asked for Grok’s opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.