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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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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 13:00 Startups
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Adobe launches Acrobat-based Student Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students

Adobe Acrobat Student Spaces is a free tool for students to use AI and create different kinds of study material from documents.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 13:00 Startups
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The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets

On a recent episode of Equity, we talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them fr...

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 05:30 Startups
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AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost

Rocket's new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation.

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TechCrunch Apr 7, 2026 at 04:01 Startups
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Picsart now lets creators make money from their designs

The program invites creators to create original content with Picsart tools for a specific campaign, share it on their social channels, and earn revenue based on how their audien...

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 21:54 Startups
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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund

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.

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 21:15 Startups
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Gas prices aren’t the only factor fueling used EV sales

The most recent electric vehicle sales data provided a grim picture — at least for new EVs. Used EVs are moving in the opposite direction.

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 18:17 Startups
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Why safety regulators closed their investigation into Tesla’s remote parking feature

The NHTSA closed its investigation into Tesla's "Actually Smart Summon" feature, saying that only a fraction of cases resulted in an incident and that no incidents resulted in i...

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 17:38 Startups
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Apple moves to take its App Store fight back to the Supreme Court

Apple plans to ask the Supreme Court to review its App Store fight with Epic Games, as it challenges a ruling limiting its ability to charge fees on external payments.

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 17:00 Startups
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Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker

An apparent North Korean worker was caught visibly stumped during a remote job interview when asked to insult the country's leader.

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 16:43 Startups
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North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making

North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer's computer in a long-running campaign.

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 15:55 Startups
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OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day workweek

OpenAI proposes taxes on AI profits, public wealth funds, and expanded safety nets to address job loss and inequality, blending redistribution with capitalism as policymakers de...

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 14:30 Startups
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Startup Battlefield 200 applications open: a chance for VC access, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K

Nominate your startup, or one you know that deserves the spotlight, and finish the process by applying. Selected 200 have a chance at VC access, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K f...

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TechCrunch Apr 6, 2026 at 14:00 Startups
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Ticket savings of up to $500 this week for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Starting today, you have 5 days to save nearly $500 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. This offer disappears Friday, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here to secure ...

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