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Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet

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WordPress has been a crucial technology and content management system for websites like TechCrunch. Now, WordPress.com owner Automattic is responding to the changing state of the web by debuting a new service called Spacefast, which will allow users to deploy vibe-coded websites and apps. Spacefast is designed to provide infrastructure for the vibe-coded apps, including databases, authentication, file uploads, emails, and analytics, to make them functional websites, apps, or services. The product competes with the likes of Lovable and Emergent, which offer both interface and rails for vibe-coded apps, but in a more open way.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/automattic-debuts-a-platform-to-deploy-vibe-coding-apps-amid-a-changing-internet/

Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends

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There’s a new music discovery app borrowing the endless vertical-scrolling format of TikTok. But instead of watching videos, users swipe through short clips of songs, hoping to stumble upon their next favorite artist. Launched Monday by Harman, a Samsung subsidiary, Drops aims to make discovering new music feel social again.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/meet-drops-the-new-music-app-bringing-back-the-fun-of-sharing-songs-with-friends/

Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch

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Meta has quietly launched Style Sketch, an AI fashion app that helps users put together outfit ideas using clothes they already own. The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve posted, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your camera roll. Style Sketch then suggests outfit combinations built from your wardrobe matched to your style. Users can then try on the outfits on a “realistic model matched to your body shape and skin tone,” the app description reads.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/meta-quietly-launches-an-ai-fashion-app-called-style-sketch/

Apple launches its new touchscreen MacBook Pro

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After years of resisting, Apple today launched a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen starting at $2,899. The release comes nearly 10 years after the company first tried integrating touchscreens on its laptops, with its Touch Bar on a MacBook Pro, which it later went on to remove. To make the new MacBook easy to use, Apple designed a hinge that stabilizes the screen when users touch it. This also helps to stabilize the camera when you are on a video call and trying to access content on the display.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/apple-launches-its-new-touchscreen-macbook-pro

PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet

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The U.S. National Security Agency’s sent out an alarming warning on Wednesday that two critical holes had been found in PHP, with patches already issued by the PHP Foundation. PHP is a server-side programming language so widely used for web applications that it powers roughly 70% of the websites on the internet; by some accounts, that’s more than 33 million sites. It is also used by popular content management systems like WordPress.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/php-armageddon-openai-googles-wiz-find-ancient-holes-panicking-the-internet/

Pinterest’s AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans

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“Beauty Guides,” which are powered by the company’s visual intelligence and generative AI technology, Pinterest Intelligence, will translate Pins into terms and phrases used by stylists and nail artists that everyday users may not know, like “balayage,” “root melt,” or “almond nails.” The feature is a small but practical way to introduce AI into users’ everyday lives, as it slots into something that people are already doing: bringing a photo of their inspiration to the salon. That’s useful to a large extent, but having the right terminology at hand while you discuss what parts of the look you want to edit or change can be useful as well.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/pinterests-ai-now-turns-beauty-pins-into-action-plans

Laytr’s new app lets you save anything you find online, not just articles to read

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After Mozilla’s read-it-later app Pocket shut down in August, a number of alternatives popped up to take its place. But one newcomer, Laytr, is taking things further than offering a way to save things to read. The app lets you save anything on the web for later consumption, whether that’s an article, recipe, screenshot, video, PDF, bookmark, or tab.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/laytrs-new-app-lets-you-save-anything-you-find-online-not-just-articles-to-read