Automattic’s board is out, days after its members voted to put chief executive Matt Mullenweg on leave, sources tell TechCrunch.

Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."

In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

Amazon is expanding shopping integrations across Prime Video, letting viewers discover products tied to thousands of shows, movies, and live sports through X-Ray, its shopping app, and a new Lens-powered “Shop the Scene” feature.

Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper.

The investigation also comes as the DOJ has faced criticism over how it handles major mergers, including questions about political influence.

As it grapples with a bevy of lawsuits, Suno said its new model, Suno v6, is not trained using music it used to train previous versions of the AI model.

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary, "You Can See Everything," stunned Telluride audiences Sunday night with its generous access to the Theranos founder.

Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last year’s decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow.

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X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.

Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.