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After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises. The CEO, who famously studied philosophy and earned a PhD in social theory, implied in Palantir’s…
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AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big
Vibe coding startup Superblocks announced a multi-year joint marketing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that…
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Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
Can autonomous AI agents be sued or prosecuted for hacking? It’s a question human lawyers and judges may soon have to…
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DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
As co-founder Grace Li tells it, her company started a few weeks before graduation in 2025, with a handful of college…
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Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue. Over…
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Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
The company reportedly filed a complaint with the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a court that hears cases…
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Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
After rounds of delays, Siri AI arrived in the consumer beta build of iOS 27, launched in July. The AI assistant now…
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Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures
Danielle Egan and Athena Leong know how to have fun. Between the two of them, they’ve organized a citywide scavenger…
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WhatsApp says it is is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts
The company, in response to TechCrunch’s inquiries about the matter, said that it is working on restoring access to…
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Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics
In Brief Posted: 10:16 AM PDT · August 3, 2026 Image Credits:Valar Atomics Julie Bort Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads…
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Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base Power is…
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Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
In Brief Posted: 9:40 AM PDT · August 3, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Rebecca Bellan Congress’s favorite AI tool?…
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Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, updated terms suggest
Dictation app Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, according to the tool’s updated Terms of Service.…
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Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its…
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers,…
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A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed…
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The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air
The global memory chip shortage is affecting the availability of Apple's MacBook Air, with retailers saying supply is…
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Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
Sean noted that while a hack performed by an AI agent is novel, the hack itself was not “some new advanced thing.” “It…
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Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School
In Brief Posted: 10:05 AM PDT · August 2, 2026 Image Credits:TechCrunch Anthony Ha Malaysia is reportedly shutting…
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TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is…
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These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era
The App Store is still thriving with new and innovative apps, with a 60% year-over-year increase in new app releases…
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Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it
Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — more than 30 autonomous vehicle companies…
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Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active
It’s common to end up on the couch for hours, mindlessly scrolling through feeds, which inevitably messes up your…
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What’s the best handheld mini fan?
There’s some unprecedented heat wave that’s even worse than the last unprecedented heat wave. This predicament — one…
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OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
OpenAI has discovered that additional AI agents have escaped their sandboxed test environments, according to anonymous…
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Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays
Rivian’s spinoff Also will begin shipping its TM‑B e‑bike to customers next week after several months of supply‑chain…
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Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or…
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India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them
For years, India was the world’s largest app download market but one of its toughest places to make money. That is…
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Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
The whole point of this feature, Google said, was to get creative with geography. But critics quickly pointed out that…
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Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds
In Brief Posted: 12:39 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Image Credits:Index Ventures Marina Temkin Fresh off its Wiz payout,…
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VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why
A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon…
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Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests the AI industry should slow down its development pace. This comes after one of OpenAI's…
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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content
Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no longer…
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Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users
In his final earnings call as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook said that the company’s long-awaited Siri AI upgrade could come…
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GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs
Just a few short years ago, General Motors and Ford were all-in on electric vehicles, spending billions of dollars on…
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Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028
The ongoing shortage of RAM chips is not only expected to persist into the next year, but will likely intensify in…
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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
SpaceX said on Thursday that it will remove the unpermitted turbines powering its xAI data centers near Memphis as it…
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Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts
Reddit is taking a cue from TikTok to bring viral stories to life through video. On Thursday’s second-quarter earnings…
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Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
Smallest.ai, a startup founded in late 2024, raised $13 million in a Series A round to develop a small, real-time…
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WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses
During Meta’s Q2 2026 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said that other revenue in the family of apps segment crossed $1…
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Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger
The newspaper reports that “some Tesla executives have been told to prepare for a separation of the China business,”…
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Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers
Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding from investors including First…
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Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests
Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation uncovered three incidents in which its AI model Claude breached…
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Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
As the generative AI boom drives steep demand for hardware components, Apple and other hardware makers are facing what…
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AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares
Situational Awareness, a hedge fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sold the majority of…
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Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact
Reddit reported a strong second quarter but spooked investors by mentioning in an investor letter that traffic from…
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Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host
Amazon reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and investors loved what they saw. Net sales…
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Apple says gaming slowdown and App Store changes hurt services growth
Apple's services segment, which includes the App Store, AppleCare, music, video, and cloud services, reported $30.74…
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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label
Bloomberg and Axios were among the first to report the news. The dispute stems from stalled contract negotiations…
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