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Dr. Leslie Saxon holds implantable cardioverter-defibrillators by three leading manufacturers, St. Jude Medical, left, Boston Scientific and Medtronic, at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, May 20, 2010. The smart defibrillators monitor and transmit information about heart activity daily to hospital personnel. (Photo by Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Security

Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations | TechCrunch

A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations,...

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic
In Brief

Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. According to The Information, the company...

Ricursive Intelligence founders
AI

Ricursive Intelligence’s co-founders join Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

AI needs increasingly powerful chips. But designing those chips is itself a slow, complex process. What happens when...

Startups

Hike, once a unicorn, shuts down as India cracks down on real-money gaming | TechCrunch

Hike, once one of India’s most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New...

Media & Entertainment

AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10 | TechCrunch

Mark your calendars: On Thursday, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New...

In Brief

Pulley, a Carta rival, is shutting down | TechCrunch

Cap table management platform Pulley announced this week on its website that it was shutting down, and its...

Google
In Brief

Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep | TechCrunch

Google is launching conversational AI features within Docs, Gmail, and Keep that let users ask questions about their...

OpenAI signage
AI

OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case | TechCrunch

OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, along with newly filed exhibits, reveals the company’s legal defense...

A man sits in front of a computer and the Chinese flag.
Security

US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to target NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate | TechCrunch

The FBI has seized a series of domains that were used by a large-scale botnet to coordinate and...

Breakout session - a full room
Startups

Disrupt 2026 Layoff Expo+ Passes available for $75 | TechCrunch

If you’ve been laid off, you can get a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ Pass for just $75. The...