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Joby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition

Joby Aviation reached an agreement to acquire Resonant Sciences, which will kick off its new defense business....

3 days ago

Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight

The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft's legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson....

3 days ago

2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going ad-free on Apple Arcade

Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game of 2025, is coming to Apple Arcade in September where it will be ad-free....

3 days ago

FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets

FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker's permission....

3 days ago

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power pants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system....

3 days ago

Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move

Bumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first....

3 days ago

North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI

The investigation shows that North Koreans are able to infiltrate government agencies, as well as private organizations and crypto exchanges....

3 days ago

Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations

Spotify is introducing “AI Persona” labels for artist profiles that represent AI-generated identities and will exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations by defa...

3 days ago

What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

At Disrupt 2026, Amazon's Panos Panay will provide an exclusive vision for what's in store for us beyond the smartphone....

3 days ago

Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models

Anthropic will extend support for watermarking AI generations for older models as well....

3 days ago

OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer

San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again....

4 days ago

As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model

OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it....

4 days ago

Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team

Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the U.K.'s famed Liverpool Football Club....

4 days ago

Now Rippling is counter suing tiny startup Runlayer

This lawsuit follows one filed last month by Runlayer that accused Rippling of stealing its product ideas. It's a seller and buyer-beware market warning....

4 days ago

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax

California's Prop 40, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires....

4 days ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building....

4 days ago

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tech industry took notice....

4 days ago

Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores....

4 days ago

Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals

Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation....

4 days ago

YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days....

4 days ago

Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises

Clicks’ $99 Power Keyboard brings a customizable, slide-out physical keyboard to MagSafe and Qi2 smartphones, but its added heft can make larger phones awkward to use...

4 days ago

Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision

Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide between AI users can own and access....

4 days ago

Sila lands $1.4B Pentagon loan as militaries demand more batteries

Battery materials startup Sila will use a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to scale production at its factory in Washington State....

4 days ago

Archer buys former rival Wisk Aero

The two companies were once embroiled in a trade secret theft lawsuit. Now, Wisk is being absorbed into Archer....

4 days ago

A data breach at shipping giant Ceva Logistics is rippling across banks, retailers, Steam gamers, and beyond

Companies that rely on Ceva Logistics for shipping their physical goods to customers say their personal data was taken during a recent cyberattack....

4 days ago

Signed up for Klaviyo? Dozens of advertisers may have seen your password

A bug in the tech giant's website mistakenly shared users' sign-up information, including personal data and their password, to third-party companies....

4 days ago

Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option

The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games....

4 days ago

Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips....

4 days ago

Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets....

5 days ago

Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight....

5 days ago

TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it....

5 days ago

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

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....

5 days ago

The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with i...

5 days ago

This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you

A security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras....

5 days ago

This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new....

5 days ago

Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States....

6 days ago

OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT....

6 days ago

X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards

X is winding down its existing Revenue Sharing program....

6 days ago

The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a lot of fun, but it’s not a must-have

While the device is pretty and lightweight, it’s not something the everyday person needs due to its hefty price tag and size. ...

6 days ago

Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames

Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codena...

6 days ago

OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

OpenAI said it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra over concerns about its cybersecurity prowess....

1 week ago

After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool

After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending....

1 week ago

Wacom’s Movinkpad 11 is a fun and mid-priced entry point for digital artists

The Movinkpad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true....

1 week ago

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites....

1 week ago

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents

Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, h...

1 week ago

Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach

Framework told "all" of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach....

1 week ago

Today’s the last day to get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket

Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. ...

1 week ago

Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms

The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion....

1 week ago

Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

You put together the concept — from a founder mixer, an after-hours panel, a themed party, a morning run, whatever fits your goal — and the TechCrunch team helps put it in front of the attendees alrea...

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