WhatsApp is testing imposing per-month limits on how many messages individual users and businesses can send to unknown people without getting a response (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/what
WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants of OpenAI, Perplexity, others (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/whatssapp-…
Atlassian acquires developer productivity platform DX for $1B in cash and restricted stock; DX has 350 enterprise customers and raised less than $5M (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/atlassian-acquires-dx-a-devel…
Filing: Insight Partners says a ransomware attack on its systems between October 2024 and January 2025 affected 12,600 people, including limited partners (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/vc-giant…
Automaker Stellantis and Pony.ai sign a non-binding agreement to develop robotaxis for deployment in Europe, with plans to start testing in the coming months (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/stellantis-teams-up-w…
Google updates its Search app's Discover page to let users follow specific publishers and creators; it plans to add YouTube Shorts and X and Instagram posts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/google-revamps-discover-pag…
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created "disrespectful depictions" (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/openai-pause…
Meta rolls out Hyperscape Capture in early access, letting developers and creators use Quest 3 devices to scan a room and turn it into a VR space in minutes (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/meta-launches-hyper…
Meta announces the Oakley Meta Vanguard, with a 12MP wide-angle camera, Garmin and Strava integrations, and immersive audio, launching on October 21 for $499 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/meta-unveils-its-ne…
Numeral, which provides AI-powered sales tax compliance software, raised a $35M Series B led by Mayfield at a $350M valuation, six months after an $18M Series A (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/numeral-raises-35m-to-automate-sal…