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Mockup of Valar Atomics site
In Brief

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics | TechCrunch

Valar Atomics confirmed the whisperings that it was raising a giant round led by Sequoia on Monday. The...

Apps

Threads rolls out parental supervision tools | TechCrunch

Meta is bringing parental supervision tools to Threads, the company announced on Tuesday. With the new tools, parents...

An illustration of a blue Lockdown Mode icon on a red phone on a blue background featuring Apple logos with padlocks.
In Brief

Apple rolls out first ‘background security’ update for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix Safari bug | TechCrunch

Apple has published its first “background security improvement” update to patch a security bug in its Safari web...

A delivery driver for Coupang's Dawn Delivery service
In Brief

South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions | TechCrunch

South Korean authorities have imposed a record-breaking fine of $624 billion won (over $400 million) on retail giant...

A digitally generated image showing several AI chatbot assistants standing on a segmented or sliced floor surface, symbolizing the distributed and modular nature of artificial intelligence systems. This futuristic and conceptual design reflects the scalability, communication, and parallel functionality of AI-powered virtual assistants.
AI

OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them | TechCrunch

OpenAI is at the center of another agent swarm incident. Researchers say the company’s internally deployed agents took...

Skich
Apps

Skich launches an alternative app store on iOS in the EU | TechCrunch

Skich, a Tinder-like app for discovering mobile games, announced Thursday the launch of a new marketplace to put...

TechCrunch Disrupt Builders Stage
Startups

Final 24 hours to save up to $410 on your Disrupt 2026 ticket | TechCrunch

This is it. The countdown is almost over. You now have until tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT to...

Andon Labs AI vending machine
AI

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine | TechCrunch

For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has given frontier models various real-world tasks...

Adobe Project Indigo
Apps

Adobe camera app’s new feature will critique your photos using AI | TechCrunch

Adobe is adding new AI-powered features to its experimental iOS camera app called Project Indigo, launched last year....

array of 4 MacBook Neo units
Hardware

MacBook Neo, AirPods Max 2, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple announced this month | TechCrunch

From a budget-friendly MacBook to a new iPhone, Apple announced a series of new products this month. The...