Google releases three new Gemini models — but no 3.5 Pro | TechCrunch — Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.
We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there | TechCrunch — Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view.
You can no longer Google the word 'disregard' | TechCrunch — After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.
TV Time co-founder launches Bingers to revive the beloved TV tracking app | TechCrunch — After TV Time’s shutdown left millions of users searching for an alternative, one of the app’s original founders is back with Bingers, a new TV and movie tracker that revives the social…
Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding — <p><a href="http://z.ai">Z.ai</a>, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence lab formerly known as Zhipu AI, on Wednesday officially launched <a href="https://zcode.z.ai/">ZCode</a>, a free…
Can Barca do a ‘three-peat’ or will Real bounce back? La Liga returns — Predictions, news and transfer latest ahead of the new La Liga season, as Barcelona and Real Madrid renew title rivalry.
Here's why you shouldn't throw away your old iPhone — If you've got an older iPhone hanging out in the junk drawer, grab it out and bring it back to life with these tips.
The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine | TechCrunch — Forterra has deployed more than 100
HBO Max embraces vertical video with a new 'Shorts' feed | TechCrunch — HBO Max, like other streaming platforms, is rethinking content discovery as large libraries are making it hard for viewers to find something to watch and as audiences become accustomed to short-form content…
NASA still maintains some of the Voyager spacecraft code in a 1970s-era programming language that almost nobody on Earth fully understands anymore, and the handful of engineers who do are now in their 80s
Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius | TechCrunch — Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius's compute. Reflection was founded in 2024 and is developing open source AI technology.
UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group | TechCrunch — Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years and six months in jail for…
Anthropic is bringing back Claude Fable 5 globally after US lifts export control order — where can enterprises access it? — <p>Anthropic is <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/redeploying-fable-5">restoring global access </a>to its most powerful generally released AI model…
Amazon's new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX | TechCrunch — Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones.
Thinking Machines open sources first multimodal language model, Inkling, focused on low cost and 'resistance to censorship' — <p>Enterprises looking to move more of their agentic AI workloads to open weights models they can customize, control and run on-premises or in virtual…
The glossy, golden frosting you probably haven't made yet — With a smooth, custardy texture, French buttercream is elevated but still approachable. Here’s why it demands your attention.
Waymo bought Apple's self-driving car proving ground for $220M | TechCrunch — Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa Co
Xiaomi's HarnessX rewrites its own AI scaffolding mid-task — and smaller models gain the most — <p>As enterprise AI agents take on increasingly complex, long-horizon tasks, their performance is often restricted by their harness, the software scaffolding that connects the…
Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps | TechCrunch — These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.
Meta's AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally | TechCrunch — WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage
The Strength of Being Misunderstood — A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and after reflecting on it more, I think it's the wrong question. Almost everyone cares what...
Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching | TechCrunch — Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive enterprise training platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that provide feedback, scoring, and…
Trump’s former personal lawyer narrowly confirmed as US attorney general — US Senate confirms Todd Blanche in narrow vote despite concerns over independence of office.
Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation | TechCrunch — Rapido has driven its growth by enabling ride-hailing for lower-cost and more flexible modes of transport such as motorbikes and autorickshaws.
Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms | TechCrunch — The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.
‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI | TechCrunch — The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.
Your Steam Controller might scream if you drop it - Engadget — A Wilhelm one, no less.
Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026 | TechCrunch — While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into ever
UEFA confirm legal letter served to FIFA after Infantino World Cup plan — UEFA confirm to Al Jazeera a preservation letter is with FIFA following failed Gianni Infantino-led World Cup sell-off.
Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’ | TechCrunch — Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ballroom work to continue — Forcing the US president to go "hat-in-hand to Congress" for permission would be "dangerous", the administration says.
Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC chief amid US agency turmoil — US public health agency faces toughest test as Schwartz takes charge amid political pressure and public health crises.
It's not FAANG anymore. It's MANGOS. | TechCrunch — With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
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…
Novak Djokovic has a new job — advisor to private equity firm General Atlantic | TechCrunch — General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor.
AI agents aren't confidently wrong because of bad context — they're wrong because of bad data engineering — <p>You spend weeks tuning an AI chatbot. Answers are accurate. Stakeholders sign off, and you ship it. Three months later, the system is confidently wrong about a third…
Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption | TechCrunch — Notion's head of product said he was "astonished" at “the amount of people RT-ing this."
Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’ | TechCrunch — President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's lang
T-Mobile breaks silence over nationwide outage — The company's mobile network went down for hours on Monday.
SoundCloud Acquires What’s Left of Nina Protocol — The streaming service will preserve Nina Protocol’s editorial archive and allow artists to opt into its creator ecosystem
Lovable just backed a company that's looking to bring vibe coding to hardware | TechCrunch — Hardware company Atech raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding, including from a16z’s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers.
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it | TechCrunch — Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI image detection model in research preview.
Sam Altman's space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe | TechCrunch — "homeboy you're the one sellling public market investors on short-term space datacenters."
Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics | TechCrunch — Shashua has been invited to take the chairman of the board seat.
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.
r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC's proposal to weaken quarterly reporting | TechCrunch — The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letting companies report twice per year.
Starship's path to reusability looks murky after SpaceX's S-1 | TechCrunch — SpaceX's recent IPO and Starship rocket test flight delivered two big data points that offer a realistic vision for the coming years — and one that may disappoint both the company's boosters and its crit
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Dear Pepper: How to Have Some of It All? — Liana Finck writes a humorous advice column about the choices a couple faces after having their first born.
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy | TechCrunch — On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.
Apple's foldable iPhone could be just around the corner | TechCrunch — The iOS 27 developer beta includes code that references the fold state and screen angle of a device.
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.
X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards | TechCrunch — X is winding down its existing Revenue Sharing program.
Anthropic’s browser agent got hijacked 31.5% of the time before safeguards engaged — <p>Across the frontier labs, the highest prompt injection figures published this spring are Anthropic’s. Point a red-teamer at <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">its newest
Apple brings back card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after a four-year hiatus | TechCrunch — Apple has started a phased rollout of card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after adapting to the country's payments framework.
Elon Musk's X Money app is rolling out in the U.S. | TechCrunch — The app is currently available to X Premium and Premium+ subscribers in the U.S.
Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide | TechCrunch — Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences based on users’ age ranges.
'Big Short' Michael Burry says SpaceX, Anthropic not worth $1 trillion — Michael Burry said there's "nothing" in SpaceX's IPO filing to warrant a trillion-dollar valuation, and Anthropic might never be worth that much.
Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation | TechCrunch — Hadrian is building automated factories to mass-produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a long list of well-known investors.
LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop' | TechCrunch — LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool.