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A third-party website used in the U.K. visa process exposed thousands of applicants’ sensitive documents, including passport images and selfies. The report says the company has not...
TechCrunch says Startup Battlefield 2026 is seeking promising startups with category-defining ideas, not necessarily the most polished or traction-heavy companies. The competition,...
Volvo says it has received permission from the Trump administration to keep selling connected cars in the US despite its majority ownership by China’s Geely Holdings. The decision...
The U.S. government has dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium and wants nuclear startups to explore using it as reactor fuel. The push aims to turn a costly disposal problem in...
Google’s I/O 2026 Search overhaul replaces familiar blue links with AI agents, triggering immediate user backlash. DuckDuckGo says app installs rose 30% as some users look for a mo...
Datacurve released DeepSWE, a 113-task AI coding benchmark across 91 open-source repositories and five languages, showing a much wider performance gap among frontier models than SW...
NASA announced upcoming lunar south pole missions meant to prepare for the crewed Artemis landing planned for The first, Moon Base I, is slated no earlier than fall 2026 using Blue...
CrowdStrike says Mutant Spider was the most active threat actor targeting financial services, using voice phishing over Microsoft Teams to trick IT support into resetting MFA and e...
Google has officially replaced the Fitbit app with Google Health alongside the launch of the Fitbit Air. Early user reactions are largely negative, with complaints about the redesi...
Woot is selling a refurbished GE Profile Opal 2.0 Ultra Nugget Ice Maker for $264.99 through June 3, with a 90-day warranty. The countertop machine makes up to 38 pounds of nugget...
The article argues that Sony’s Spider-Man projects remain inconsistent, with the acclaimed Spider-Verse films showing what the studio can do when it embraces inventive storytelling...
American Airlines will install SpaceX’s Starlink Wi-Fi on more than 500 aircraft beginning in Q1 2027, including Airbus A321XLR and A321neo planes. Starlink will join existing conn...
At his 30th college reunion, the author found conversations repeatedly returning to concerns about how LLMs are reshaping knowledge work and young adults’ futures. The essay contra...
The article says the once-prominent bookstore wall of programming manuals has largely disappeared, with Circana BookScan showing U.S. computer book sales down 16.9% year over year...
Sennheiser announced the Momentum 5 Wireless headphones, keeping the Momentum 4’s modern design while upgrading the internals. The new model adds improved ANC and, for the first ti...
Security researchers say Microsoft Copilot Cowork can be manipulated via indirect prompt injection in a poisoned skill to exfiltrate files from a Microsoft 365 tenant. The attack a...
Ferrari has revealed the Luce, its first EV, after months of teasers. The €550,000 car is also Ferrari’s second four-door model and its first five-seater, with LoveFrom shaping the...
The article highlights several modern pixel-inspired typefaces, including Analog Mono, Coral Pixels, Two Slice, and Geist Pixel. These fonts recreate or reinterpret retro display q...
Norway’s National Library is building a sovereign LLM trained on Norwegian-language books, newspapers, web pages, broadcasts, and other cultural records. The project uses 2PB of Hu...
The article argues that AI systems are creating new forms of technical debt across prompts, models, data pipelines, and infrastructure, making failures less visible and harder to r...
The FTC says Cox Media, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works will pay $930,000 to settle allegations that they falsely marketed ad tools as capable of secretly listening to consumers t...
ClickUp CEO Zeb Evans says the company’s 22% layoff was driven by a shift toward AI agents, not cost cutting. He claims internal automation is boosting productivity and says saving...
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical is less a technical critique of AI than a broader warning about concentrated power. It argues that AI highlights older problems, including democrati...
Pope Leo XIV’s first major papal document, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that rapid AI adoption risks undermining human dignity without stronger protections. The encyclical focuses on...
Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins says his company raised $20M at a time when many venture capitalists were prioritizing AI deals. He shared the pitching approach and less...
Applications and nominations for Startup Battlefield 200 close on May Selected startups can gain investor access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and a chance to win $100,0...
Early-bird registration for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco ends May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Attendees can save up to $410 on passes before prices increase.
REI’s biggest annual sale runs through May 25, offering deals on outdoor gear including tents, sleeping pads, stoves, water filters, and fitness wearables. The roundup highlights l...
Google Cloud COO Francis de Souza said companies adopting AI must treat security, governance, and auditability as core platform requirements rather than add-ons. He warned that sha...
Xreal CEO Chi Xu says the smart glasses market has burned through large investments because the devices have been bulky, awkward, and lacking compelling software. At Google I/O, Xr...
A Nature journal study of 15 Australian companies testing the 100:80:100 four-day work week model found that 14 continued after the trial, with none reporting lower productivity. S...
The post argues that writing clean, well-scoped commits during large feature development is difficult because fixes, refactors, and UI changes often overlap. It presents a Jujutsu...
The article argues that production AI agents are creating a new class of incidents: actions that are technically valid but based on incomplete context, causing infrastructure casca...
The article highlights six kitchen gadgets designed to reduce everyday cooking effort, including a robot soup stirrer and a bread machine that kneads dough. These tools aim to make...
TechCrunch Mobility introduces its latest newsletter edition as a central source for news and analysis on the future of transportation. The headline signals a focus on a robotaxi r...
The article rounds up Memorial Day weekend discounts across popular tech and outdoor categories, including noise-canceling earbuds, portable speakers, OLED TVs, laptops, solar ligh...
The article describes Robert Moor’s On Trails: An Exploration as more than a straightforward account of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. What begins as a personal hiking narrativ...
Amazon’s Bee wearable records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations, giving users automated notes and reminders when paired with its mobile app and calendar. The reviewer foun...
Amazon is selling the 13-inch MacBook Air with an M5 chip, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage for $899.99, while the 15-inch model is down to $1,099.99 in select colors. The article...
The post points to DeepSeek Reasonix, described as a native coding agent designed around high caching and lower costs. It also references an ongoing Hacker News discussion about De...
The article says early chatbot jailbreaks were often simple prompts that tricked AI systems into ignoring safety rules. Attackers are now learning to exploit chatbot personalities,...
Nuro, founded by veterans of Google’s self-driving project, believes it can become a major robotaxi player despite Waymo’s lead. After shifting from delivery robots to robotaxis in...
Record Club is aiming to give music fans a cleaner, more social alternative to sites like Rate Your Music. The platform lets users rate, review, and mark records as listened to, wh...
Susam Pal argues that web developers should treat many browser behaviors like scrolling and interface controls the way security teams treat cryptography: avoid private, unvetted re...
SolarSquare is in advanced talks to raise $55 million to $60 million in a Series C round co-led by B Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, potentially valuing the company at $45...
The author repurposed a six-year-old System76 Galago Pro into a dedicated writing machine with a matte screen, strong keyboard, and no modern desktop distractions. Instead of using...
The article explains how Apple, Meta, and Google provide special security settings designed to reduce exposure to targeted spyware. It outlines what these modes do, how they work,...
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP are working together to use AI to reshape how Ferrari connects with Formula 1 fans. The effort focuses on creating more personalized and engaging digita...
The Verge profiles Roger Linn, the influential instrument designer behind the LM-1, LinnDrum, and MPC, whose tools shaped decades of popular music. The piece frames Linn’s legacy a...
Deep Fission is again pursuing a public listing that could raise up to $157 million. The nuclear startup’s pitch may face scrutiny from investors, given lingering questions about i...
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