Day: September 29, 2026
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google | TechCrunch
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation.On Friday, the tech giant...
Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement | TechCrunch
Some authors hoping to receive their share of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement said they received surprising emails...
The original source code for Backyard Baseball is long gone. Mega Cat Studios remastered the game anyway. | TechCrunch
Backyard Baseball 1997 is back in all of its nostalgic glory, sliding onto Steam like Pablo Sanchez when...
The groupthink boom: what 3 top VCs really think about the AI frenzy | TechCrunch
This week at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in Athens — part of the Panathēnea festival taking place in the...
‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation | TechCrunch
Loading the player…With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade exploring the...
AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app | TechCrunch
All the big entertainment apps are starting to look the same, and that’s not an accident. For a...
Apple sets June date for WWDC 2026, teasing ‘AI advancements’ | TechCrunch
Apple’s next Worldwide Developers Conference will be held from June 8 to June 12 online and at its...
US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies | TechCrunch
The House of Representatives has failed to renew the U.S. government’s warrantless surveillance law before it is due...
Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft | TechCrunch
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train...
Xbox will soon let players buy games directly in its Android app following Google antitrust ruling | TechCrunch
Xbox president Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly...
