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S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic

Jun 5, 2026 at 18:45 · Ars Technica

SpaceX has requested unusually swift entry into several leading stock market indexes as a condition of its historic s...

An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years

Jun 1, 2026 at 11:00 · Ars Technica

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous pro...

Bug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop

May 18, 2026 at 13:23 · Ars Technica

Companies that pay hackers to find flaws in their software are being inundated with low-quality reports generated by ...

Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial

May 4, 2026 at 15:05 · Ars Technica

Just days before the trial started, Elon Musk tried to settle his lawsuit, which alleges that under Sam Altman's dire...

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Jun 21, 2026 at 04:56 SecurityLab

Хотите отредактировать сообщение в Telegram? Не тут-то было. 150 млн человек остались без мессенджера из-за школьных шпаргалок

Суд в Индии решил: подождём до конца экзаменов.

Jun 20, 2026 at 20:32 TechCrunch

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’

"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”

Jun 20, 2026 at 19:41 TechCrunch

In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search

So ... what's your In the Weights score?

Jun 20, 2026 at 18:26 TechCrunch

Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish

Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely.

Jun 20, 2026 at 16:39 TechCrunch

Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic

Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind.

Jun 20, 2026 at 15:00 TechCrunch

Every new iOS 27 feature that’s worth knowing about

While it's not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth loo...

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OpenAI News Apr 8, 2026 at 05:00 AI
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Introducing the Child Safety Blueprint

Discover OpenAI’s Child Safety Blueprint—a roadmap for building AI responsibly with safeguards, age-appropriate design, and collaboration to protect and empower young people onl...

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 21:35 Startups
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I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee

Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 19:59 Startups
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Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn

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.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 18:10 Startups
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Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chips project

Intel will join SpaceX and Tesla in an effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor factory in Texas, although the scope of its contributions are unclear.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 18:00 Startups
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Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative

The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 17:47 Startups
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Apple’s foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says

The news follows a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that raised concerns the company’s foldable iPhone could be delayed due to challenges during the phone’s engineering test p...

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 17:01 Startups
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Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords

Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 16:05 Startups
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Anthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom amid skyrocketing demand

Anthropic bulked up its compute deal with Google and Broadcom as the company has seen its run-rate revenue surge to $30 billion.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 15:30 Startups
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Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI

Google is rolling out new features to make it easier for users to contribute local knowledge to Maps. Most notably, Gemini can now create captions when users are looking to shar...

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 14:02 Startups
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A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.

Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 14:00 Startups
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4 days left to save close to $500 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes

Four days left to save up to $482 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. These low rates will disappear on April 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 13:50 Startups
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Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million

The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs w...

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