AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots | TechCrunch — People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block access to its docket system.
ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet | TechCrunch — ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.
Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways | TechCrunch — Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber | TechCrunch — The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.
DeepSWE blows up the AI coding leaderboard, crowns GPT-5.5, and finds Claude Opus exploiting a benchmark loophole — <p>For months, the leading AI coding benchmarks have told enterprise buyers a comforting but misleading story: the top models are all roughly the same. OpenAI'
Introducing: The Zenith G.F.J. Calibre 135 Double Signed with Naoya Hida & Co — Zenith announces a new collaborative program for its G.F.J. line and showcases Japanese dial-making in its first entry.
Best Prime Day gaming laptop deals 2026: Shop Acer, ASUS, and more — Avoid inflated retail prices and third-party inventory traps with our top picks.
Who or what is 'taking a step back from visibility'? The quiz knows — Plus, if you know what "TMZ" stands for, you'll get at least on question right this week!
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe | TechCrunch — The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
Travis Kalanick's robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z | TechCrunch — Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.
India's move against Jack Dorsey's Bitchat sparks legal debate | TechCrunch — The offline messaging app surged in popularity in India amid protests in New Delhi.
NTT DATA AIVista and Snowflake: Identity alone won’t secure enterprise AI agents — <p><i>Presented by NTT DATA AIVista</i></p><hr/><p>VentureBeat’s June research found that 69% of enterprises are still running AI agents that share credentials, a practice associated with higher…
Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite | TechCrunch — Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.
PSA: App Store, iTunes Store and other Apple services are currently down for some users - 9to5Mac — For the second time in a week, Apple is facing a widespread outage affecting services for end users and developers. Here are the details.
Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia | TechCrunch — A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for hacking the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, and is attempting to extort the company.
The European Parliament may be ditching Google as its default search engine — The EU's moves towards digital sovereignty might include its Parliament ditching Google.
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation | TechCrunch — With this acquisition, DeepL is opening an office in San Francisco to expand its U.S. business.
Someone mapped every brutalist building in the world and made it searchable — turns out your town probably has at least one concrete monstrosity worth a second look.
Commerce AI has a measurement problem no one is talking about — <p><i>Presented by Rezolve Ai</i></p><hr/><p>Most brands know something is shifting in how consumers find and choose products. What most don't know is how much of that shift has already taken place, where…
Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard | TechCrunch — Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural…
iOS 27 features we didn't see onstage | TechCrunch — While iOS 27 isn't bringing major changes, it's still got many small features that could improve everyday usage for iPhone users.
Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI | TechCrunch — Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
Claude Code turned every engineer into three. Now companies need more product thinkers — <p>Anthropic recently told its growth team to hire more product managers, not fewer. The reason, as reported in industry coverage, was that Claude Code had quietly turned its engineering…
OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case | TechCrunch — Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager…
SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T | TechCrunch — SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.
Huge fire breaks out at Libya’s Zawiya refinery after drone attack — National oil company warns it may halt operations at the country's largest operating refinery if drone attacks continue.
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI | TechCrunch — Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo.
Aura's impressive e-ink photo frame doesn't even look digital | TechCrunch — What's the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has
Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI | TechCrunch — Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.
Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down as company focuses on AI | TechCrunch — TV Time, the popular TV-tracking app, is shutting down on July 15 as parent company Whip Media pivots toward enterprise AI products.
Eala wins 'for all the girls with ruffled socks and chubby cheeks' — Alexandra Eala shocks defending champion Iga Swiatek to become the first player from the Philippines to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam in the Open era.
Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line | TechCrunch — DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software…
Sarvam becomes India's newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech | TechCrunch — Indian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.
WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses | TechCrunch — WhatsApp will automatically move messages from large businesses to a new folder a few hours after you receive them
It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore | TechCrunch — AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.
Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups | TechCrunch — Station F, a Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is gearing up for a new edition of its F/ai accelerator program in a bid to strengthen its positioning as a stepping…
Even Realities' G2 smart glasses will keep an eye on your AI agent — It's designed to keep you appraised of what your coding agent is doing, even when you're not at your desk.
A goalie kept a journal for an entire season about what he noticed right before scoring chances. The patterns had nothing to do with what coaches were yelling about.
NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead | TechCrunch — NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the founders tell TechCrunch.
Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months | TechCrunch — Supabase, an example of an open source project becoming a fast-growing company, has greatly benefited from AI tools like Claude, Codex, and other vibe-coding platforms.
Why everyone’s an energy company now | TechCrunch — Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone — including automakers like GM and Ford — into the energy storage business.
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’ | TechCrunch — The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
eBay continues to bet on live shopping after record quarter | TechCrunch — eBay touted an increase in eBay Live's gross merchandise volume as it plans to expand it to more international markets in the coming weeks and months.
Jetstar, Qatar Air Near Miss at Sydney Triggers Safety Probe — An air safety investigation is underway after a Jetstar plane and a Qatar Airways jet almost collided on the tarmac at Sydney airport on Sunday — the second near miss in two weeks.
All Hands 2026 retrospective | Inside Rust Blog — Want to follow along with Rust development? Curious how you might get involved? Take a look!
South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions | TechCrunch — South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.
Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion | TechCrunch — Salesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks.
Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026 — <p>When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/ai/proprietary-problems">15 flagship models</a>, attackers…
US judge sets 2027 trial date for Venezuela’s Maduro — Former President Maduro pleads not guilty to drug charges; lawyer plans to challenge legality of US military operation.
Vertu wants CEOs to run companies from an AI foldable starting at $6,880 | TechCrunch — Built on top of the open-source Hermes project, Vertu's new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.
Google is pitching an AI agent ecosystem to consumers who may not buy it | TechCrunch — The AI agents are coming. A lot of them.
Apple adds another iPhone, MacBook Pro to the obsolete list — Sorry, iPhone X.
Samsung Galaxy Glasses revealed at Unpacked — The highly anticipated glasses are expected to arrive later this year.
Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6 | TechCrunch — What if one pitch changed everything? The next company nobody has heard of yet is building something that will matter. It could be yours.
Surrendering to Subjectivity: In Praise of Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts — As a writer and thinker, my life is divided into a B.N. and A.N.: a before-Nelson and after-Nelson. Before cracking open Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, I’d been all phobic about the first-per…
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch — At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust — Three approaches to the issue of quantum results that can't be verified classically.
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.
Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research | TechCrunch — After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia as it prepares to scale to its next phase.
Barclays Readies $875 Million Debt Sale for Buyout of Senior Plc — Barclays Plc is preparing to sell about $875 million of debt financing used to fund a takeover of UK aerospace supplier Senior Plc.