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Government & Policy

Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’ | TechCrunch

A federal judge ruled this week that a Tulsa, Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights...

A sign opposed to AI is held during a protest against AI data centers in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Canadians aren't universally sold on building sovereign compute, with early signs of protest against AI server farms in British Columbia and Manitoba. Photographer: Ethan Cairns/Bloomberg via Getty Images
AI

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs | TechCrunch

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said the company has stopped using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in its dealings...

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AI

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’ | TechCrunch

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company...

Bitchat app unavailable on Google Play in India
Apps

Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order | TechCrunch

Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messaging app designed to work without an internet connection, has disappeared from Apple and...

Venture

Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America | TechCrunch

Neko Health seems to be the hottest body scan in the world right now. The scan, co-founded by...

AI

All the AI agents that can live in your text messages  | TechCrunch

Rather than downloading another app, a growing number of agents can simply be texted like an ordinary person....

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AI

Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused | TechCrunch

Meta’s Muse, a personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms, and shops on a user’s behalf,...