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Security

FBI, Coast Guard boarded hacked oil tankers heading toward US coast | TechCrunch

Cybersecurity teams with the U.S. Coast Guard and the FBI boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers last month after...

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Commerce

Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents | TechCrunch

While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas, apparently!), are blocking AI agents from making purchases on users’ behalf...

Startups

Less than 24 hours to apply for your Disrupt 2026 Side Event | TechCrunch

The clock is almost out. You have less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side...

Apps

Apple’s revamped Health app will calculate your ‘health age’ and readiness score | TechCrunch

Alongside the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, Apple on Wednesday introduced a redesigned Apple Health...

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AI

Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI | TechCrunch

In a twist that captures the strange new state of AI security, independent security researchers have used Anthropic’s...

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Climate

The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it | TechCrunch

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … I’ll spare you the rest, but...

Matt Mullenweg, founder & CEO of Automattic
Media & Entertainment

Matt Mullenweg tells (trolls?) Automattic staff, saying he’s back in control after CEO ouster | TechCrunch

Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic’s Slack, claiming he is back in control as CEO of...

Hardware

Apple unveils Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4 with an AI upgrade that can recap your day | TechCrunch

Apple on Wednesday unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 at its Surprise and...

A Vulcan Rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying two satellites in a classified mission USSF-106 for the United States Space Force. (Photo by Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Security

US military says it has launched weapons into space | TechCrunch

The U.S. military has for the first time acknowledged that it deployed space weapons into Earth’s orbit.U.S. Air...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
AI

Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents | TechCrunch

As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI...