This thin under-pillow speaker helped me fall asleep without earbuds | TechCrunch — I’ve struggled with insomnia since I was very young. Like many chronic overthinkers, I tend to fall asleep best when my mind is occupied by something
How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked | TechCrunch — A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.
Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise | TechCrunch — Watch as Equity catches up with Chris Taylor and Eddie Siegel, co-founders of Fractional AI, the applied AI services startup that Ode with Anthropic acquired earlier this…
Writer Ian Bogost says 'The Small Stuff' can help us reclaim our lives from dematerialization | TechCrunch — Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things?
Apple is tweaking its controversial Liquid Glass design | TechCrunch — While some users liked the sleek, transparent designs that look "glassy," others found Apple's design overhaul from last year to be hard to read.
Writing a bindless GPU abstraction layer — Back in December 2025, Sebastian Aaltonen published a blog titled “No Graphics API” - it presented a great history of the evolution of GPU hardware, and gave an opinionated perspective on how we could simplify the modern graphics APIs…
SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish | TechCrunch — SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.
Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content | TechCrunch — Snapchat has adjusted it recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.
Is building a new stadium a way around spending rules? — Spurs only just avoided Premier League relegation last season, but off the pitch they are thriving. So is building a new stadium a good way around spending rules?
Who am I? Guess Premier League star No 26 — Work out the identity of today's player in as few attempts as possible.
Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations | TechCrunch — Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s…
Snapchat now lets you share what you're listening to in real time | TechCrunch — Starting with Spotify, Snapchat users will be able to link their accounts, choose who can see their listening activity, and see what their friends are listening to in real time.
Constance Crozier: Forecasting s-curves is hard — There was a famous Covid era chart (https://x.com/clcrozier/status/1251148890595708938) that I always struggle to find, showing how hard it is to estimate an S curve while living through it. in the early days it seems that everyt
Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries | TechCrunch — Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the startup ramp production of its home batteries.
Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates | TechCrunch — Apple is introducing a feature to let Vision Pro control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes
Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music | TechCrunch — For years, UMG has pushed platforms, streaming services, and AI companies to implement stricter content moderation policies
Made by Google 2026: Everything announced — Catch every major Pixel, Pixel Buds, Pixel Watch and Pixel Tag reveal in under 12 minutes.
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk | TechCrunch — These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits? | TechCrunch — On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they're the most resilient | TechCrunch — While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire data.
Soybean Oil Drops Most in Month After US Halts Strikes on Iran — Chicago soybean oil futures fell the most in a month on Monday as the US pause in strikes against Iran eased fears of further escalation, sending crude prices tumbling and pulling grain and oilseed markets lower.
Gemini Nano in Chrome 137: notes for AI Engineers — at long last, Gemini Nano is almost here for all Chrome users (i was originally misinformed that it was in Chrome 138 - but i checked my own facts and since Chrome 137+ it is starting to be shipped unflagged (https://www.lifewi
MCP just got its biggest update ever — here’s what changes for AI agents — <p>The <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro">Model Context Protocol</a>, the open standard that has quietly become the connective tissue between AI agents and the…
Some Bonds Are Getting 'Twitchy,' Steven Major Says — Steven Major, global macro advisor at Tradition Dubai, says some bonds may be getting "twitchy" further out on the curve. He says the US Treasury is not doing any favors for the taxpayer "by issuing long bonds north north of…
The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here's how he used AI to fight back. | TechCrunch — When confronted with cancer, Connor Christou fed everything tied tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.
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.
Model Training as Code — Aleph Alpha — Model training has grown complex enough to require many specialised stages and teams, and manual coordination between them doesn’t scale. At Aleph Alpha, we’ve built Savanna, a model factory that implements the entire training pipeline in…
Coinbase debuts AI agent that can trade and pay for premium research | TechCrunch — Coinbase's agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 is here with 3X cheaper fast mode and near-Mythos level alignment — <p>Anthropic today <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">released Claude Opus 4.8</a>, an upgrade to its flagship model that ships at the same price as its predecess
All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year | TechCrunch — Th Honda Prologue will no longer be sold in the U.S., joining a growing list of EV models to exit the market this year.
What to watch for after Jensen Huang's Japan visit | TechCrunch — Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.
Watch Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley discuss the future of surveillance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch — Flock Safety sits right at the center of the debate over where the line should be drawn between privacy and public safety. That’s why we’re bringing Flock’s…
Your PC has a hidden USB limit — I pushed my USB ports to the limit just to see how many devices my PC could handle.
Hackers steal over $130 million by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets | TechCrunch — A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million,…
Anthropic's new "J-lens" reveals a silent workspace inside Claude that mirrors a leading theory of consciousness — <p><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/">Anthropic</a>, the artificial intelligence company, published a sweeping <a…
In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search | TechCrunch — So ... what's your In the Weights score?
A native graphical shell for SSH — Marcus Lewis
Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era — In a way, these two books are responsible for my entire professional career. With early computers, you didn’t boot up to a fancy schmancy desktop, or a screen full of apps you could easily poke and prod with your finge
GitHub - Cpp2Rust/cpp2rust: Cpp2Rust: Automatic Translation of C++ to Safe Rust — Cpp2Rust: Automatic Translation of C++ to Safe Rust - Cpp2Rust/cpp2rust
Scoop: Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup — Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino's second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.
MirrorCode: What's the largest software project AI can complete on its own? | Epoch AI — MirrorCode is Epoch AI's benchmark for long-horizon coding: AI can reimplement entire programs end-to-end, with no access to the original source code.
Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B | TechCrunch — Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1 billion as the startup moves toward its first commercial fusion power plant.
Writer's AI harness cuts token spend nearly 40% — without sacrificing accuracy — <p>Enterprise AI is facing an ROI paradox. While throwing more compute at the strongest foundation model works well in product experiments, the costs become unbearable when the product is deployed…
Reframing tech debt – Increment: Planning — If we bake addressing tech debt into our plans, could it become an opportunity to build abundance into our systems?
Does Code Cleanliness Affect Coding Agents? A Controlled Minimal-Pair Study — As autonomous coding agents see rapid adoption, their evaluation has primarily focused on task completion rates holding the target codebase fixed. This leaves a critical question unanswered: does the…
TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum | TechCrunch — Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare | TechCrunch — Stainless, a New York-based startup, will wind down all hosted products as part of the acquisition.
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again — Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
Zuckerberg ‘Admits’ Meta’s Layoffs Were Ineffective — Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive: In retrospect, he said, the “trajectory of the agentic development over at least the last four months hasn’t really accelerated in the way that we expected,” and that the company’s…
Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling | TechCrunch — Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.
What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization, and More | CSS-Tricks — Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices, replacing image sources using the content property, and
2025 - The 29th IOCCC — IOCCC Year 2025
Justin Herbert, Madison Beer announce engagement — The Los Angeles Chargers quarterback recently starred in his now-fiancee's music video for her song "lovergirl."
Yemeni army warns Houthis after attacks heighten escalation risk — Yemeni army warns Houthis after attacks heighten escalation risk
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.
NYT Strands hints, answers for August 9, 2026 — Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.
With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing | TechCrunch — The race to produce more chips is on, and Europe is in. ASML, the Dutch company that has a near-monopoly on manufacturing the machines used for
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals | TechCrunch — On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of…
Powerful Typhoon Dolphin hits China, prompting flood and landslide warnings — Typhoon Dolphin struck eastern China, affecting millions with strong winds, heavy rain, and massive waves.
Navier-Stokes fluid simulation explained with Godot game engine · — When I first stumbled upon fluid simulations in game dev I was amazed on how good the effect could be. I really wan...