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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 13, 2026 at 16:47 TechCrunch

OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general

It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data.

Jun 13, 2026 at 16:00 TechCrunch

This thin under-pillow speaker helped me fall asleep without earbuds

I’ve struggled with insomnia since I was very young. Like many chronic overthinkers, I tend to fall asleep best when my mind is occupied ...

Jun 13, 2026 at 11:00 TechCrunch

The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks

Hidden inside a building in Alabama, the FBI has created its own small town as a dedicated cyber training ground for simulating cyberatta...

Jun 13, 2026 at 04:14 TechCrunch

Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living

Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving t...

Jun 13, 2026 at 02:26 TechCrunch

Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI

Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a com...

Jun 12, 2026 at 23:15 TechCrunch

SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This pack...

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TechCrunch Mar 22, 2026 at 16:20 Startups
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Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla

Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising.

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TechCrunch Mar 22, 2026 at 14:43 Startups
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Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’

An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations.

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TechCrunch Mar 22, 2026 at 12:00 Startups
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An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple

Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal.

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TechCrunch Mar 22, 2026 at 06:20 Startups
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Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?

Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win.

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TechCrunch Mar 21, 2026 at 19:30 Startups
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Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns

Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.

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TechCrunch Mar 21, 2026 at 16:28 Startups
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Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference

Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.

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TechCrunch Mar 21, 2026 at 14:00 Startups
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How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it

Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.

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TechCrunch Jun 13, 2026 at 11:00 Startups
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The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks

Hidden inside a building in Alabama, the FBI has created its own small town as a dedicated cyber training ground for simulating cyberattacks.

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TechCrunch Jun 13, 2026 at 04:14 Startups
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Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living

Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.

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TechCrunch Jun 13, 2026 at 02:26 Startups
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Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI

Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of mi...

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Fresh coverage with immediate momentum.

TechCrunch Jun 12, 2026 at 17:41 Startups
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SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who ...

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Fresh coverage with immediate momentum.

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