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Some reportedly contained health records, private company documents, and the names and phone numbers of children. The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create…
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Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M
Apple is being sued for alleged negligence regarding its App Store security measures. District Court of Northern…
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Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX
Amazon filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for a license to operate a new network of 5,105…
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Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the U.S. military
Nuclear power startup Antares Nuclear said Monday that it has raised $470 million to build small reactors for U.S.…
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OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control
Last week, an unreleased model built by OpenAI breached Hugging Face’s systems during internal testing, and a lot of…
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Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs
Although Threads users in select markets could already interact with Meta AI in public posts, like people can with…
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Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows
AI search is rapidly becoming the default, whether users like it or not. In just a year’s time, Google’s AI-generated…
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Power up your AI infrastructure! A first look at the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
AI doesn’t run on code alone — it requires massive amounts of power, and that demand is increasingly becoming a…
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This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps
Screen-time apps aren’t effective for many people because, in the end, they depend on your willpower. They remind you…
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Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research
After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence, the AI lab founded by former OpenAI co-founder and alignment lead…
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Snapchat now lets you share what you’re listening to in real time
Snapchat is now letting users share the music they’re listening to in real time via a new feature in Snap Map,…
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Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume
Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI’s hardest problems: building foundation models capable of executing…
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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
Meta’s newest advertisement begins with a black-and-white shot of an eye, showing us what someone sees as they read…
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Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?
Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave…
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Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?
As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer…
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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI
The launch of the latest AI model from a Chinese company — Moonshot AI’s Kimi — reignited debates around American…
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Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules
Six twentysomethings in East London have built what they say is the anti-San Francisco hacker house. The goal is a…
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Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack
It deserves an unprecedented response!” Despite the autonomous nature of the attack, cybersecurity experts suggested…
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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO
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Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others
Monday.com, the Tel Aviv-based work management software company known for its colorful, customizable project-tracking…
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Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives
In Brief Posted: 1:55 PM PDT · July 25, 2026 Image Credits:Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg / Getty Images Anthony Ha Warner…
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The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
Over the last few decades, several mysterious hackers have captured the public’s imagination, but none quite like…
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation
The deal hasn’t closed and the terms could change, the WSJ says. At $20 billion, the valuation would be a significant…
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Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary
Prediction market Kalshi sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter on Friday demanding that the streaming service take…
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Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech
“Everybody’s on their phone at my program!” joked Charlie Bailey, a librarian in South Philadelphia. He’s just asked…
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One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.
A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to…
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I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else
OpenAI launched its first piece of hardware last week — a fancy little keypad built to pair with ChatGPT. Micro, which…
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SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure
SpaceX successfully deployed the first third-generation Starlink satellites on Friday using an upgraded version of its…
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Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M
Prentis, a new AI research lab focused on computer use models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das, and…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature a new Smart Money Stage focused on fintech, payments, and AI developments. The…
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Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here’s a look at growing number of other countries doing the same
Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans that are sweeping the globe. Instead…
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Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber
Waymo already told Uber that it intends to offer robotaxis on its own app in those markets starting in January 2028…
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Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading tied to Rivian joint venture
Department of Justice has charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud for an alleged insider-trading scheme…
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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, is making its next big move. The company behind the assistant, The…
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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that…
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Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year’s mark
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Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or…
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Anthropic launches Opus 5
On Friday, Anthropic launched its Opus 5 model, the newest version of its long-standing heavyweight model. While…
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India’s move against Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat sparks legal debate
An apparent Indian government effort to remove GitHub repositories for Jack Dorsey’s offline Bluetooth-powered…
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OpenAI’s own model went rogue before Kimi had Wall Street sweating
Meanwhile, an unreleased OpenAI model wandered outside its test environment and ended up connected to a real security…
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Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI
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Sam Altman’s biometric startup World raises $52.5 million via crypto sale
World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto…
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As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions
Several AI firms, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia, signed an open letter urging U.S.…
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Rivian sues the US government for ‘full refund’ of Trump tariffs
Rivian has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an attempt to claw back a “full refund” on tariffs it paid…
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Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool
Attie, Bluesky’s AI assistant that lets you build custom social feeds without programming, is evolving into an…
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Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star
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OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app
The new feature taps OpenAI’s new family of voice models called ChatGPT-Live, which it launched earlier this month.…
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Facebook launches a dedicated Marketplace app for sellers, adds a free verification system
Facebook is rolling out new updates today in a bid to increase engagement and make the platform more organized for its…
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How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their models by…
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