'Survivor' stars Kyle Fraser and Kamilla Karthigesu introduce a goal-tracking app, Paprclip | TechCrunch — A new app from Survivor 48 winner Kyle Fraser and castmate Kamilla Karthigesu aims to turn goal tracking into a social experience, pairing users for accountability, daily ch
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
OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX's Starbase site | TechCrunch — The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites.
Apple Just Expanded iPhone Driver's License Feature to 14th U.S. State — In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, and then use it to display proof of identity or age at select airports and b
Russia also plans military exercises as Putin prepares for Beijing visit — Port infrastructure hit in southern Ukraine as drones intercepted over Russian capital.
Digital resilience compounds when AI and human expertise scale together — <p><i>Presented by Splunk </i></p><hr/><p>Agentic AI is making IT and security teams dramatically more efficient. But it’s also removing the apprenticeship that has long produced experienced operators.…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close before May 27 | TechCrunch — The deadline to apply or nominate for Startup Battlefield 200 is May 27. Get VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000. Apply now.
California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1 | TechCrunch — Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.
Arsenal win the Premier League - how the Gunners celebrated title win — Arsenal have had to wait 22 years to celebrate a title win, and both the club's players and fans made sure to savour every second of it on Tuesday night.
The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught | TechCrunch — An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never gotten caught. What do we know about Phineas Fisher?
Flipper unveils a Linux-powered networking gadget built for hackers and tinkerers | TechCrunch — Flipper Devices said that the new gadget is in development and the base model will cost under $350
OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday: Source — OpenAI is working with banks including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Rochester woman hoping to keep monkeys amid primate licence changes — The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says primates need zoo-level standards.
Google unveils Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops | TechCrunch — The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.
Three years of the West Bank’s ‘third Nakba’ — Displacement and violence haunt Palestinian Bedouins, forced from their homes repeatedly since the Nakba of 1948.
Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (1) — Corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies, and other “artificial entities” have the right to vote in Delaware elections under some circumstances, a judge said in a novel ruling Tuesday.
Morning news brief — U.S. and Iran exchange strikes over the weekend, the search for survivors continues after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, Trump's immigration agenda gets boost from SCOTUS.
D&B's database of 642 million businesses was built for humans, not AI agents. So they rebuilt it. — <p>Dun & Bradstreet has spent over 180 years building a comprehensive commercial database. Its Commercial Graph, covering 642 million businesses and their relationships, corpor
Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA-deferred founders | TechCrunch — Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those
Instagram looks to take on streaming services with longer-form, episodic and live formats for its TV app | TechCrunch — Instagram is coming for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video as it sets its ambitions for living room viewing.
Arithmetic Without Numbers — What happens inside an LLM when it tries to calculate with nothing but matrices.
Tencent's Apache-licensed Hy3 takes on GLM-5.2 at half the size — and wins everywhere except coding — <p>For the past year, the awkward secret of the open-weight model boom has been that many of the strongest Chinese releases were off-limits to a large slice of the enterprises…
Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data | TechCrunch — For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp.
PJ Harvey Shares Song From Perspective Of NASA's Voyager 2 — With her new single, Polly Jean Harvey is going all Cosmos on us. It’s been three years since Harvey, one of our all-time great alt-rockers, released her most recent album I Inside The Old Year Dying. Since then,…
1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug — My blog, mostly about programming
Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard | TechCrunch — A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.
Even GoPro is pivoting to defense | TechCrunch — The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale.
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots | TechCrunch — Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and
Who could challenge Keir Starmer as prime minister? — Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are all potential candidates for the top job.
NBA Playoff semis: Cavaliers rally late, beat Pistons for 3-2 lead — Cleveland Cavaliers beat Detroit Pistons 117-113 in overtime on the back of Harden's 30 points in Game 5 of the series.
Best Sony deal: Save $401.99 on the Sony 85-Inch BRAVIA 3 LED 4K TV — Treat yourself to a TV upgrade this summer with this 85-inch screen.
Lucy Dacus' 'Subway Takes' episode has me staring at birds — "Are you trying to convince us that you're like, one of the people? That you're humble? Get up there."
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker | TechCrunch — Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational…
Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets | TechCrunch — Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real.
Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support | TechCrunch — Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app
Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week - AVC — NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours. There are over 100 VC investors signed up to part
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