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AI

AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation | TechCrunch

Military aircraft were already in the air this spring when U.S. officials made an alarming discovery: The intelligence...

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In Brief

Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case | TechCrunch

Google lost its appeal of a judge’s court order requiring the tech giant to revamp its app store...

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Startups

Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings into computers | TechCrunch

Ultrahuman, an Indian startup best known for making smart rings, has raised $70 million in a new funding...

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Venture

Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are | TechCrunch

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month. Using data from Crunchbase...

Gadgets

Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule | TechCrunch

With back-to-school season approaching (or already here in some places), keeping track of everyone’s schedules can get pretty...

Apps

Apple is fixing the headache of splitting the bill with its new Siri in Camera feature | TechCrunch

There’s nothing worse than going to a dinner with a big group of friends, opting out of drinking...

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In Brief

The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ | TechCrunch

VC Jeremy Levine has a wry solution to something that routinely annoys him, according to a new Wall...

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AI

Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? | TechCrunch

Dario Amodei’s plans to put third-party safety evaluators inside AI labs are taking shape: Anthropic said that staff...

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Apps

Google proposes to open Play Store to more real-money games in India | TechCrunch

Google has proposed sweeping changes to its Play Store and advertising policies in India, aiming to allow more...

Startups

A PhD in Pitching Breaks Down a Startup Battlefield Pitch | TechCrunch

Loading the player…There is no such thing as the perfect pitch. But you can get close by implementing...