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Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force | TechCrunch

As promised, President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new Super Intelligence Force, which he said...

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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...

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,...

In Brief

Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music | TechCrunch

Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, has jumped back into the music industry, and he tells The Information that...

M2 Apple Macbook Air, open on desk
Apps

Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents | TechCrunch

Days after a journalist claimed that Meta’s Muse app on Mac read their private messages — a claim...

Circuit Breaker Labs founders Arul Nigam (left) and Shirali Nigam (right).
Startups

Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you) | TechCrunch

With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it’s easy to forget that...