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Security

Apple plans to change its Hide My Email privacy feature that could make it less effective | TechCrunch

Apple’s plan to change a privacy feature that lets paying customers hide their real email addresses when creating...

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Security

Hackers steal over $130M by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets | TechCrunch

Hackers are in the midst of a massive theft of cryptocurrency from supposedly secure offline hardware wallets, according...

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Startups

4 days to save up to $200 to Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Four days. That’s how long you have left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026...

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In Brief

Microsoft Azure is down, affecting 365, Xbox, Minecraft, and others | TechCrunch

Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service provided by the company, is experiencing a significant outage on Wednesday. The...

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Climate

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges | TechCrunch

Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy on Tuesday said it had raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding...

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Robotics

XDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation | TechCrunch

Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training...

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Privacy

Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases | TechCrunch

Chrome alternative Brave just added a good reason to make the switch to its browser: email aliases. The...

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Transportation

TechCrunch Mobility: SpaceX rockets past Tesla | TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how...

AI

HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments | TechCrunch

When AI security startup HiddenLayer raised its $50 million Series A three years ago, one of the big...

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AI

Everyone can find a reason to dislike data center construction | TechCrunch

Frontier AI labs are convinced that scaling up computation is the path to improving artificial intelligence, and they’ve...