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Artificial Intelligence

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features | TechCrunch

After announcing a host of new features for Meta’s Muse AI app at its Connect 2026 developer conference...

Apps

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement | TechCrunch

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video...

Apple

Apple could take on Whoop with a new fitness tracker, report says | TechCrunch

Apple is in the process of developing a new screen-less fitness tracker that would put it into competition...

Privacy & Security

A hacker stole $340M in a crypto heist, then returned most of it | TechCrunch

A hacker stole thousands of bitcoins worth about $340 million in a heist at a settlement exchange used...

Artificial Intelligence

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs | TechCrunch

Hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence tools as they submit insurance claims led to an additional $942 million in...

Privacy & Security

Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks | TechCrunch

Google says that a bug in its Pixel smartphones’ software was exploited in limited and targeted cyberattacks. The...

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the ‘SNL’ treatment | TechCrunch

“Saturday Night Live” took on the AI industry’s recent warnings of doom last night, as cast member Jane...

Privacy & Security

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database | TechCrunch

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles...

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump | TechCrunch

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei seems to be everywhere this weekend: He was lampooned on the season premiere of...

Privacy & Security

Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies | TechCrunch

Google’s Gemini accessed the protected systems of three other companies in what The Wall Street Journal reports were...