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Apps

Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI | TechCrunch

Google gets something right in its Wednesday announcement about new Gemini Live voice features when it says, “You...

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AI

Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear | TechCrunch

Camera-equipped AI wearables today have developed a bit of a reputation problem. Devices like Meta’s Ray-Bans raise concerns...

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Security

Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others | TechCrunch

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group...

AI

Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should...

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Startups

Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web | TechCrunch

Flipboard, the news magazine software company that has more recently invested in the open social web — the...

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In Brief

Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera | TechCrunch

Apple seems to be preparing launch materials for its upcoming AirPods with a camera, a leaked video in...

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Security

Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies | TechCrunch

In July, OpenAI admitted that one of its agents tasked with completing a cybersecurity experiment broke out of...

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AI

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts | TechCrunch

With little help from frontier labs, independent researchers are piecing together how AI agents coordinate in internet backwaters...

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Social

Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states | TechCrunch

Under the terms of its $18 billion settlement to resolve claims brought by 29 U.S. states over children’s...

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Apps

Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features | TechCrunch

Amazon’s smart home division, Ring, said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE...