What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at T...

2 new item(s): What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026; Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models. 30% of content changed. New text: What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models | Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option. The update was spotted on TechCrunch on 11 August 2026.

What we know

According to TechCrunch, here's what we've got so far.

What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team Now Rippling is counter-suing tiny startup Runlayer Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing...

Why it matters

AI is moving fast enough that announcements from major players tend to ripple across the whole industry within weeks. If TechCrunch is shifting direction here, developers, businesses, and anyone building on top of these tools will want to pay attention.

What to watch

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