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Apps

Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active | TechCrunch

Doomscrolling can be addictive. It’s common to end up on the couch for hours, mindlessly scrolling through feeds,...

Apps

Apple announces Apple Intelligence-powered accessibility feature updates | TechCrunch

Ahead of Google’s annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Apple announced several new accessibility updates to features like...

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Security

US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims | TechCrunch

U.S. prosecutors have charged three Russian nationals and two web hosts with hacking, conspiracy, and money laundering over...

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AI

Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek | TechCrunch

A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleged persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated...

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Hardware

Nintendo unveils the Nintendo Switch 2 | TechCrunch

Nintendo shared the first images of the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video posted on YouTube. The successor...

Venture

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch

Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with...

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Startups

Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships | TechCrunch

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced on Wednesday that OpenAI, and its once-subsidiary Statsig, signed a settlement...

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Apps

India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them | TechCrunch

For years, India was the world’s largest app download market but one of its toughest places to make...

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In Brief

Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats | TechCrunch

Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri at the Worldwide Developers...

Security and civil defense workers stand outside the damaged Crown Plaza hotel, following an Iranian military strike, in Manama on March 1, 2026.
In Brief

Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says | TechCrunch

The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the...