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Startups

With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox | TechCrunch

When former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer earlier this month told me she was finally ready to unveil Dazzle,...

AI

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses | TechCrunch

Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses and adding new integrations...

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Apps

Fireflies adds dictation to its desktop notetaking apps | TechCrunch

Voice AI has gained particular traction for a few consumer use cases: The biggest category is meeting note-taking,...

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Security

Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix | TechCrunch

Apple has fixed a security vulnerability in its iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 operating systems that...

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Security

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites | TechCrunch

OpenAI on Monday apologized to the Australian government for not immediately notifying the country’s administration that its agents...

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AI

Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market | TechCrunch

Terms like “AI sprawl” have become common fare on tech social media and in thought leadership as enterprises...

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives at the Sun Valley lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
In Brief

Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple ‘must’ win in AI | TechCrunch

Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs...

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives at the Sun Valley lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Hardware

Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter | TechCrunch

Tariffs are projected to cost Apple $1.1 billion in the July-to-September quarter, an uptick from the previous period,...

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Hardware

Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones | TechCrunch

Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since the product was launched in 2007, Apple CEO Tim Cook said...

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AI

Apple plans to ‘significantly’ grow AI investments, Cook says | TechCrunch

Apple on Thursday signaled that it’s getting more serious about its plans to catch up in the AI...