Mistral is rumored to be raising €3B at €20B valuation | TechCrunch — The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion.
Marina Herlop Readies New Album Dja Dja — The Catalan composer and experimental musician will self-release her follow-up to 2023’s Nekkuja
Fine-tuning forgets. RAG leaks context. Hypernetworks build the model your agent needs on demand. — <p>Enterprise teams keep watching the same thing happen. An AI agent demos beautifully, goes to production, and stalls: it runs for a short stretch, then needs a human to top up…
Formal methods and the future of programming — I’ve been telling people for the last 25 years that Jane Street as an organization was just not interested in formal methods.
Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks | TechCrunch — Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law
GitLab cuts 14% of staff as it scales its platform to serve AI workloads | TechCrunch — The company is reducing its workforce as it exits 22 countries, reduces management layers, and invests in its infrastructure to scale its platform.
Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog — Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. This is the first open-weight model offered as a selectable option in the Copilot model picker, giving…
GitHub - yukiyokotani/office-open-xml-viewer — Contribute to yukiyokotani/office-open-xml-viewer development by creating an account on GitHub.
Anthropic's Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT | TechCrunch — Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.
Pakistan Inflation Cools, Keeping Central Bank on Guard — Pakistan’s inflation eased last month, though it remained in double digits, keeping policymakers on guard against persistent price pressures.
Indigo brings the open social web to one app | TechCrunch — Indigo's new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline.
A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver's licenses open for anyone to see | TechCrunch — The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap's stock takes a dive | TechCrunch — Snap's long awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
Grid Garden — A game for learning CSS grid layout
Apple just taught your iPhone to finish your sentences, your photos, and your workflows | TechCrunch — Apple is adding new AI-powered features to Safari, Shortcuts, and Password apps.
Ardent — Database branching for coding agents — Create copies of any Postgres database in under 6 seconds. Let coding agents test, clean, and migrate data on isolated branches with zero risk to production.
Serena Williams had to talk self into playing singles at Wimbledon — Serena Williams said Sunday she had to talk herself into accepting Wimbledon's offer to play singles.
OpenAI unveils first custom AI inference chip, Jalapeño, with Broadcom — and its development was sped-up with OpenAI's own models — <p><a href="https://openai.com/index/openai-broadcom-jalapeno-inference-chip/">OpenAI</a> and <a…
Mintlify made docs feel like a product surface again. https://mintlify.com
Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators | TechCrunch — Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.
Don’t Buy a Laptop Before Considering These Important Features — Shopping for a laptop can be infuriating. Here’s how to sift through the acronyms, storage options, and extra features to find the best one for you.
'I spent $6,000 on a World Cup trip but was left stranded at the gate' — Hundreds of fans who bought World Cup tickets on resale site StubHub say they have had them cancelled at the last minute.
Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues | TechCrunch — Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing.
Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google's Israel, ICE ties | TechCrunch — AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.
Xprize founder says 'humans behave better when they’re being watched' | TechCrunch — Peter Diamandis is the latest tech executive to argue that global surveillance will make the world a better place, following Larry Ellison's comments in 2024.
AI search startups are blowing up | TechCrunch — AI search has quietly become one of the most attractive targets in consumer AI.
GitHub - philipl/pifs: πfs - the data-free filesystem! — πfs - the data-free filesystem! Contribute to philipl/pifs development by creating an account on GitHub.
Gordon was 'already celebrating' before Kane had scored the winner — Anthony Gordon praises England's "togetherness" in their 2-1 victory over DR Congo in their round of 32 match in Atlanta.
Release TorchCodec 0.14: HDR Video Decoding for CPU & CUDA, and Fast Wav Decoder · meta-pytorch/torchcodec — TorchCodec 0.14 is out! It is compatible with torch >= 2.11. It comes with two major additions: a fast audio WavDecoder, and support for HDR video decoding! Fast wav decod
startup founders list their actual hourly wage from year one — most made less than minimum wage? 💀 the math is... rough
Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game | TechCrunch — Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.
NASA, SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy - NASA — NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative on Monday to increase investment in American manufacturers
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride? | TechCrunch — Startups are trying to "ride that SpaceX IPO wave."
Still facing copyright lawsuits, AI music generator Suno raises another $400M | TechCrunch — The prominent AI music generation startup is now valued at over $5.4 billion -- about seven months ago, it raised at a $2.45 billion valuation.
Why Netherlands v Morocco is more than just a match — Morocco’s World Cup meeting with the Netherlands tells a story about migration, identity and the battle for Dutch-born talent.
I finally tried the open-source Google Maps rival nobody talks about—here are 4 things it does better than Google — This app uses OpenStreetMap data for a more detailed and privacy-respecting experience.
CodeSandbox: Instant Cloud Development Environments — CodeSandbox is a cloud development platform that empowers developers to code, collaborate and ship projects of any size from any device in record time.
Vibe coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility | TechCrunch — Wix-owned vibe coding platform Base44 has started rolling out its own AI model — with hopes that it will eventually outperform frontier models.
Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say | TechCrunch — Peec, which helps brands track their presence in AI searches, offers proof of a key trend among European startups.
OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm | TechCrunch — “We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers,…
South Korea's LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses | TechCrunch — A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.
Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites | TechCrunch — The debut episode, moderated by Founders Fund chief marketing officer Mike Solana, included a star-studded cast of current tech luminaries.
Eventbrite and Vimeo owner Bending Spoons files to go public | TechCrunch — Bending Spoons say its app caters to a user base of over 500 million monthly active users.
KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations | TechCrunch — Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.
How Do You Light Your Soul on Fire? | Bo Parfet | TEDxPurdueU — At 3am, in the pitch dark, in the bitter cold, on the side of Mount Cho Oyu, Bo Parfet found a stranger dying in the snow while many climbers stepped past him. He stopped. That choice nearly cost him the summit,…
Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches — Linux 7.2 has finally eliminated the strncpy API from the Linux kernel
Decart's new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats | TechCrunch — Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to
Technical Interview Guide for Busy Engineers | Tech Interview Handbook — Free curated interview preparation materials for busy people
Jensen Huang says he's found a 'brand new' $200B market for Nvidia | TechCrunch — The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts.
Omen AI's plan to optimize data centers is all wet | TechCrunch — Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.
The only scalable delete in Postgres is DROP TABLE — PlanetScale — Large DELETEs add work instead of reclaiming it. Structure your database so deletion becomes DROP TABLE or TRUNCATE.
Bootimus — Modern PXE/HTTP boot server — Self-contained PXE and HTTP boot server. Single binary. Zero config. 50+ distros out of the box.
Ribbie turns real-time baseball stats into arcade-like, pixel art broadcasts | TechCrunch — Ribbie lets you follow along live with MLB games with a delightful, arcade-inspired interface.
Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience | TechCrunch — After launching to invest in fire tech, Convective is broadening its mandate to disaster resilience.
GitHub - sauravrao637/oproxy: Open-source MITM proxy to intercept, inspect, and mock network traffic. — Open-source MITM proxy to intercept, inspect, and mock network traffic. - sauravrao637/oproxy
What happens when AI starts building itself? | TechCrunch — Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.
QuickRef.ME - Quick Reference Cheat Sheet — Share quick reference and cheat sheet for developers
Zoox upgrades its robotaxi as it prepares for commercial service | TechCrunch — The new Zoox robotaxi has more cushioning, lighter colors, and a better microphone and speaker for communicating with Zoox Support.
As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026 | TechCrunch — We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday: Source — OpenAI is working with banks including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.