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OpenAI will begin rolling out its cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.

OpenAI is launching additional opt-in protections for ChatGPT accounts. The new security initiative includes a new partnership with security key provider Yubico.

Google Cloud topped $20B in quarterly revenue for the first time, fueled by surging demand for AI. But capacity constraints mean it could have grown even faster.

Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.

Despite promising to help determine what happened with the hacks targeting journalists and activists in Italy, Israeli American spyware maker Paragon has reportedly not responded to authorities’ requests for information.

Potential buyers of Letterboxd include Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, and Hollywood media company The Ankler, according to Semafor.

Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.

As growth slows, Truecaller is leaning on subscriptions, business services, and new features to sustain momentum beyond India.

Amazon's podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing.

Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco.

This $129 device uses MagSafe to stick on the back of an iPhone to power transcription across apps

In a recent experiment, Anthropic created a classified marketplace where AI agents represented both buyers and sellers, striking real deals for real goods and real money.

L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.

X's new app promises private chats, disappearing messages, audio and video calls, and more.

OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.

The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens.

Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.

Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse. 

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of these countries except Japan.

You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.

This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it's almost a guarantee.

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI's latest acquisitions and whether they address "two big existential problems" for the company.

A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.

The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.

It's a major milestone for the company's new mega-rocket system, putting it in position to challenge SpaceX's dominance of the global launch market.

Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi is now rolling out in Dallas & Houston 🤠” and includes a 14-second video showing Tesla vehicles driving without human monitors or drivers in the front seat. The company now […]

In recent months, the company announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services to use Cerebras chips in Amazon data centers, as well as a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth more than $10 billion.

Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.

A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit them. Now, hackers are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in real-life attacks, according to a cybersecurity firm.

OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.

Krieger's departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to dominate software businesses, a thesis that has rocked public markets at times this year.

When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can’t just write a check in biotech. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy doesn’t move science through clinical trials or get you a license on university IP. Now, he’s bootstrapping a cancer drug platform targeting pancreatic cancer, a disease that […]

Spotify users in the US and UK can officially purchase physical books through the Android app. iOS users will get the feature next week.

One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI's recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic's current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain.

Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner.

Cybercriminals allegedly used the W3LL phishing kit to target more than 17,000 victims worldwide, stealing their passwords and multi-factor authentication codes.

Users aged five to nine will be assigned to a "Roblox Kids" account, and users aged nine to 15 to will be put in a "Roblox Select" account.

Kepler Communications is flying 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. And its latest customer is Sophia Space.

The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality devices.

Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details.

Flipkart's ongoing expansion beyond major cities and heavy discounting is raising risks for India's quick commerce startups, analysts say.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that it has won a temporary restraining order preventing Arizona from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi.

Is this a smart way to build buzz, or just an odd attempt to recreate Quibi?

The Integrity craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego just after 5:07 p.m. Pacific Time.

NASA's Artemis II mission has traveled farther from Earth than any mission before. Here's how to watch the crew's return landing in the Pacific Ocean.

This ban took place after Claude's pricing changed for OpenClaw users last week.

Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a canceled government grant and a challenging market for lithium-ion batteries.

The two tech giants are looking to co-develop custom chips, at a time when demand for CPUs is high due to a growing global shortage.

Two Alphabet-owned businesses are teaming up to find potholes and share that information with cities.

Pronto's autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals's Utah copper mine -- the first such deal since Pronto got acquired by Travis Kalanick's Atoms Inc.

Amazon told Kindle owners this week that it's ending support for all e-readers released in 2012 or earlier, making them virtually unable to load any new content.

Tubi becomes the first streaming service to offer an app integration within ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that millions of users turn to for answers.

Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups.

A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have 'escalated' their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months.

Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks.

There are a growing number of reasons why used EVs have gained in popularity.

Netflix says the app gives children access to an "ever-growing" library of games for kids.

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra gives you a ton of options to play around with images, including preset filters and hardware add-ons.

A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the U.S. would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran.

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we debated Elon Musk's vision for data centers in space.

Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?

The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator.

A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.

Flipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

The record quarterly fundraise largely fueled four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. But it also indicates a generally hot market.

Meta's upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.