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Prediction: The Next Massive Google Update Is Around The Corner

Is another major Google update coming? The documentation changes, spam update pace, and Google's own statements all point the same way.

AI Search Is Changing Your Website’s Job, Here’s How To Adapt

Sachin Puri explains why AI discovery makes accurate business information, customer trust, and measurement beyond clicks more important for small businesses.

The Business Case For SEO Is Changing; Budget Justifications Should Too

Learn how to justify SEO budgets in the AI era by aligning investments with revenue generation, risk reduction, infrastructure, and business value.

WordPress Releases Canonical MCP Adapter Plugin

WordPress released a canonical MCP Adapter that connects AI with sites while maintaining compatibility across MCP versions.

Google’s Search Antitrust Ruling: What Advertisers Should Check Next

Federal rulings in 2024 and 2025 examined how Google runs its advertising business.

Social & Advertising

AI favors brands with an active social media presence

Social platform links appeared in a majority of Google’s artificial intelligence search results, according to a new study.

LinkedIn shares checklist for B2B marketing campaigns

The latest guide provides notes on how marketers can better align their campaigns with changing discovery behaviors.

Edits app gets carousel editing tools

Users can apply some of the app’s video editing features to enhance carousel layouts, change fonts and add overlays.

Edits gets carousel editing tools

Users can apply some of the app’s video editing features to enhance carousel layouts, change fonts and add overlays.

Pinterest expands creator content promotions

Brands will be able to sponsor creator Pins, boosting exposure and providing more promotional opportunities.

Meta discusses protocols for agentic commerce

The company is trying to ease concerns from e-commerce businesses about how Muse artificial intelligence agents access websites and communicate online.

Meta outlines political ad restrictions

The company once again plans to limit campaign and candidate-related promotions in the week leading up to the U.S. midterm elections.

DigidayOct 07, 2026

‘Defensible to the CFO’: Prime Day catalyzes Amazon video and DSP spend growth

With fuel prices rising and consumer confidence damp , marketers might not be enthusiastic about another round of discounting this fall. Despite that, they’re cranking…

TechCrunch AIOct 08, 2026

AI & Automation

Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut

Meta’s AI agent Muse is now available on iPad, just a month after its mobile debut, as the company rapidly expands the assistant’s reach and integrations.

ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises

ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially…

ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface

OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.

Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material

Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.

Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look

The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.

Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next

The “father of the iPod” says the first generation of AI gadgets failed to solve real problems — and the next wave will need to earn consumers’ trust.

Google experiments with an AI-powered gaming platform

Google Labs is working on a new AI-powered game-creation platform called Playground for users to build browser-based games using simple text prompts.

OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — days after the launch of Dots

OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, just days after the launch of Dots. Join this conversation by registering for your…

Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

From Nvidia and Chime to Obvious Ventures and Anthropic, explore the entire roundtable agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $100 on your pass…

Google’s new SynthID website can identify AI-generated media

Google on Tuesday launched a new site that lets anyone verify whether a piece of media, be it an image, a video, or an audio clip, is generated using AI.

6 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Save on your pass before doors open

In 6 days, 10,000+ people from across the global startup and tech ecosystem will come together at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. If you’re…