US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom | TechCrunch — SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multi-billion dollar US IPO, expected to take place on Friday.
Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior | TechCrunch — The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.
The US says ASML's top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn't | TechCrunch — There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.
GitHub - searxng/searxng: SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. — SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search…
The 'first' AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human | TechCrunch — An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied…
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year | TechCrunch — In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a maj
Klue hack results in data breach at several cybersecurity firms | TechCrunch — Huntress, HackerOne, Jamf, Recorded Future, and Tanium are among the cybersecurity companies that had data stolen following an earlier breach at market research firm Klue.
OpenAI's new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning | TechCrunch — A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.
How memory tools can make AI models worse | TechCrunch — New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.
America’s Critical Minerals Push Accelerates — Nth Cycle CEO Megan O’Connor joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why China’s control of more than 85% of critical-mineral refining poses a major US supply-chain risk. She breaks down Washington’s push to keep battery materials…
Poolside drops Laguna S 2.1, an open-weight coding model that beats rivals 10x its size — <p><a href="http://poolside.ai/">Poolside</a>, the San Francisco AI lab that has spent most of its three-year existence quietly selling coding models to governments and defense agencies,…
Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections | TechCrunch — After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.
YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos | TechCrunch — YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.
Exclusive: Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts | TechCrunch — Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better compo
With a new $100M raise, Princeton's Thea Energy is now a top-funded fusion startup | TechCrunch — Thea Energy's pixel-inspired magnets could give its power plant plans a boost. The fusion startup hopes to get a commercial reactor working by 2034.
US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web | TechCrunch — The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.
Autonomous security agents need complete data. Here's how to check if yours is ready. — <p>An endpoint agent cannot report its own absence. The <a href="https://www.axonius.com/resources/analyst-report/the-actionability-report-axonius-ponemon-institute">2026 Axonius…
This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC's heat wave | TechCrunch — Last weekend's brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven
How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos | TechCrunch — Meta's new AI image generator is using your public Instagram photos unless you opt out. Here's how to do that.
What's New in Postgres 19: Beta Release Deep Dive — Discover the top PostgreSQL 19 features, including built-in REPACK CONCURRENTLY, SQL property graph queries (SQL/PGQ), and logical replication updates.
Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option | TechCrunch — The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.
Crystal Palace in talks to re-sign Guessand on loan — Crystal Palace are in talks to re-sign Ivory Coast forward Evann Guessand on a season-long loan from Aston Villa.
GitHub - welcome-to-the-sunny-side/misa77: Ridiculously fast decompression at good ratios. misa77 is 1.5-3x faster than LZ4 for decompression on x86 and ARM (with better ratios!). — Ridiculously fast decompression at good ratios. misa77 is 1.5-3x faster than LZ4 for…
Racket v9.3 — _posted by Stephen De Gabrielle and John Clements_ We are pleased to announce Racket v9.3 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org/. As of this release:: The `raco setup` command can generate markdown documentation, using the `--doc-mark...
OCaml Onboarding: Introduction to the Dune build system — Welcome to all Camleers We are back with another practical walkthrough for the newcomers of the OCaml ecosystem. We understand from the feedback we have gathered over the years that getting started with the OCaml Distribut
ArcBrush - The Node-Based Image Editor — Build non-destructive image pipelines with 79 composable nodes. One graph produces every color variant, every format, every export, automatically. Free native desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
GitHub - garethgeorge/backrest: Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. — Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. - garethgeorge/backrest
The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far) | TechCrunch — From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026.
Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer | TechCrunch — Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage payroll or other operating expenses, predicting that engineers…
GitHub - grzegorz-raczek-unit8/claude-quota: Menu bar gauges for Claude Code quota (SwiftBar plugin) — Menu bar gauges for Claude Code quota (SwiftBar plugin) - grzegorz-raczek-unit8/claude-quota
GitHub - ctxrs/ctx: Search the coding agent history already on your machine — Search the coding agent history already on your machine - ctxrs/ctx
Unicorn – The Ultimate CPU emulator — The Ultimate CPU emulator
Three Observations — Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of humanity. Systems that start to point to AGI* are coming into view, and so we think it’s important to...
GitHub - coder/boo: A GNU screen style terminal multiplexer built on libghostty. — A GNU screen style terminal multiplexer built on libghostty. - coder/boo
A ‘Scallywag’ Schoolboy Swiped an Abbot's Kneecap 70 Years Ago. His Widow Just Returned It to Glastonbury Abbey — George Box kept the knee bone, along with a piece of tile from the same site, throughout his entire life. He confessed the origins of their acquisition to his wife…
How to pack ternary numbers in 8-bit bytes — Packing ternary numbers with efficient SIMD-friendly unpacking on binary computers
Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia) | TechCrunch — Watch as Equity explains into what the custom chip trend means for the industry, AI 'loops,' and a few deals of the week worth watching, including one humanoid…
General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India's travel payments market | TechCrunch — Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal doubles its valuation.
Why agentic enterprises need to become learning systems — <p><i>Presented by Splunk</i></p><hr/><p>Every day, organizations learn things their AI systems never get to use.</p><p>A security analyst corrects an AI-generated investigation. A network engineer identifies the root…
The Quiet Threshold | Naveli Deshmukh | TEDxDJSCE — The Quiet Threshold represents the silent moments before transformation the space between who we are and who we are about to become. It is where uncertainty, reflection, and possibility coexist, reminding us that the most…
How We Made Cloud Browsers 3x Cheaper and Faster — We cut browser sessions from $0.06 to $0.02 per hour while making browsers start and scale faster.
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips | TechCrunch — AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.
RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12 billion across three startups and investors still want more | TechCrunch — Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has a knack for raising money. So far, his three startups have raised more than $12.3 billion.
2025 - The 29th IOCCC — IOCCC Year 2025
Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat? | TechCrunch — As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer privacy concerns.
Apple's App Store rolls out personalized recommendations | TechCrunch — Apple will now recommend apps based on your downloads and behavior.
Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein — A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019.
Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic's Fable | TechCrunch — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned the U.S. government could sanction Chinese AI companies after White House officials accused Moonshot of distilling Anthropic's Fable…
Telegram's shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension | TechCrunch — Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that short-links to the messaging app had "stopped working."
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea | TechCrunch — Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC — Anthropic has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs | TechCrunch — The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be composed of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.
YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube — It’s getting harder to stay a YouTube partner, too.
GitHub - yc-software/qm: Multiplayer agent harness for work — Multiplayer agent harness for work. Contribute to yc-software/qm development by creating an account on GitHub.
India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them | TechCrunch — India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
GitHub - activeing123/mcptoon: Token-efficient MCP CLI client. 97% less tokens on tool discovery, 40-60% on results. Zero deps. Cross-platform. Works with every AI agent. — Token-efficient MCP CLI client. 97% less tokens on tool discovery, 40-60% on results. Zero deps.…
Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features | TechCrunch — Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a…
Kimi: Threat or menace? | TechCrunch — Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."
GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs | TechCrunch — The leading U.S. automakers are mentioning EVs on their investor calls at pre-pandemic rates, according to new data from TechCrunch and Hudson Labs.
PGSimCity · How PostgreSQL Works, in 3D — An explorable 3D city that shows how PostgreSQL actually works — backends, shared buffers, WAL, checkpoints, autovacuum and replication, all running live in your browser.