06-20-26 -
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now hes doing that for robots.
French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.
06-19-26 -
From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didnt stop anyone
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
06-19-26 -
Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japans biggest IPO of 2026. Heres wh...
Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to addr...
06-19-26 -
Auras impressive e-ink photo frame doesnt even look digital
What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now Aura has completely refreshed this product space with its gorgeous Aura Ink frame, which uses e-in...
06-19-26 -
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
06-19-26 -
Is the US governments Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5&...
06-19-26 -
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home
Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.
06-19-26 -
The CEO of Allbirds new AI biz has a plan, but no team
Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.
06-19-26 -
The US says ASMLs top chip tool may be in China, but how?
There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer.
06-19-26 -
Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps
Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.
06-19-26 -
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed Deductive AI for up to $85M
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.
06-18-26 -
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last m...
Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.
06-18-26 -
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be comprised of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.
06-18-26 -
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO
OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.
06-18-26 -
The 11 standout startups from YCs Demo Day, according to VCs
TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said.
06-18-26 -
Almost half of US singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says
About 47% of singles look negatively at the use of AI in dating -- but, many dating app users are open to AI helping with profile punch-ups and conversation starters.
06-18-26 -
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.
06-18-26 -
Rivian owners file lawsuit alleging false promises on self-driving features
Plaintiffs in the class action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles.
06-18-26 -
Rivian owners sue over false promises on self-driving features
Plaintiffs in the class action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles.
06-18-26 -
Mivos new app takes a mindful approach to managing screen time
Doomscrolling on social media is a very common problem and can feel like an endless loop of constantly losing track of time. Instead of tackling this issue with strict limits, a new mindful screen time app called Mivo Scrolling is trying to shake ...
06-18-26 -
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
06-18-26 -
The smartphone era created an attention crisis slow tech is fixing it
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
06-18-26 -
Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million drivers licen...
A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over three million people in Texas.
06-18-26 -
Queer Eye life coach Karamo Brown launches K, a wellness app featuring his AI...
After spending a year and a half focusing on his own journey — from fitness and nutrition to meditation, sobriety, relationships, and personal growth — Brown wants to help others do the same.
06-18-26 -
Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil
Apple’s grip on iPhone app distribution is loosening in another major market: Brazil.
06-18-26 -
MapTap, a daily geography game, is my new Wordle
MapTap is a phone game that will make you feel smarter after you play it.
06-18-26 -
General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
General Intuition is in talks to raise around $300 million at a roughly $2 billion valuation from backers including Jeff Bezos. The startup trains AI agents on spatial-temporal reasoning.
06-18-26 -
A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Techs $100M gunfight
Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom.
06-18-26 -
Spotifys reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live
Spotify is launching "Reserved," a new system that will hold two concert tickets for an artist's superfans before they're on sale to the public.
06-18-26 -
Adobe adds its AI assistant to Premiere, Illustrator, and InDesign
Adobe is updating its Firefly AI assistant with new chops, and adding it to Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign and Frame.io.
06-18-26 -
Pixis new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences
Forget stickers, GIFs, and emoji reactions. Pixi is betting that the next evolution of messaging is interactive augmented reality (AR).
06-18-26 -
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway constr...
The company has identified at least 13 instances where its robotaxis drove into highway sections closed for construction.
06-18-26 -
NASA picks Eric Schmidts rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race w...
Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars.
06-18-26 -
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
Here's what you need to do to get those pesky "write with Gemini" pop-ups to go away.
06-17-26 -
AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases
CEO Tim Cook said in a recent interview that the situation is "unsustainable."
06-17-26 -
Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming now he says the real AI winners wont be se...
Chi-Hua Chien has spent more than two decades as a venture capitalist, but he thinks like a cultural anthropologist.
06-17-26 -
Roelof Botha joins SpaceXs board of directors
The former Sequoia Capital leader is filling an "existing vacancy" on SpaceX's board, days after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
06-17-26 -
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snaps stock takes a dive
Snap's long awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
06-17-26 -
NEAs Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew thro...
06-17-26 -
FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement
A new FTC lawsuit reveals how sophisticated subscription app operators can allegedly use shell companies and payment infrastructure to stay active on app stores despite mounting consumer complaints.
06-17-26 -
World leaders want American AI. They just dont want America to be able to tur...
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.
06-17-26 -
Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition
Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
06-17-26 -
Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used ...
An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals are reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies that use Fortinet Firewalls and VPNs through previously known passwords.
06-17-26 -
Social medias next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.
06-17-26 -
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other bi...
World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
06-17-26 -
Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web
Mastodon’s newly launched newsletter feature lets anyone subscribe to creators by email, even without a Mastodon account.
06-17-26 -
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society,...
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
06-17-26 -
Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tra...
Clair Health's wearable will cost $369 and will an app-based subscription of $9.99 per month
06-17-26 -
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
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 Gemini interactions.
06-17-26 -
PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues
The corporate venture arm ends after 10 years and 80 investments.
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