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Apps

The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari | TechCrunch

The browser wars have entered a new phase this year: The fight isn’t just over search results anymore...

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Apps

Ads are coming to Apple Maps, as Apple expands its business offerings | TechCrunch

Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps, starting...

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Security

The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks | TechCrunch

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000-square-foot replica town on its Huntsville,...

AI

Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably know | TechCrunch

AI is rewriting the world and, at the same time, inventing a whole new language to describe how...

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In Brief

Apple Maps may be about to get ads | TechCrunch

Apple Maps has never been considered the crème de la crème of navigation apps (that honor obviously goes...

Google logo is seen at Google stand during 18th European Economic Congress at the International Congress Centre in Katowice, Poland on April 22, 2026.
Security

Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google | TechCrunch

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation.On Friday, the tech giant...

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AI

Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement | TechCrunch

Some authors hoping to receive their share of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement said they received surprising emails...

Media & Entertainment

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app | TechCrunch

All the big entertainment apps are starting to look the same, and that’s not an accident. For a...

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Apps

Apple sets June date for WWDC 2026, teasing ‘AI advancements’ | TechCrunch

Apple’s next Worldwide Developers Conference will be held from June 8 to June 12 online and at its...

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Government & Policy

US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies | TechCrunch

The House of Representatives has failed to renew the U.S. government’s warrantless surveillance law before it is due...