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AI

Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers | TechCrunch

On August 4, Grant De Swardt, an independent AI consultant in East Sussex, U.K., noticed something strange going...

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Apps

Newsletter platform Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI | TechCrunch

Newsletter platform Beehiiv is expanding into new avenues of engagement by launching a feature called Community, which lets...

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Hardware

Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2 | TechCrunch

In a surprise launch on Monday, Apple unveiled the AirPods Max 2, the long-awaited successor to its premium...

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Security

ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet | TechCrunch

Cloud technology giant ServiceNow has notified some of its enterprise customers that a software bug on its platform...

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AI

What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? | TechCrunch

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Apps

Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps | TechCrunch

Google announced on Thursday that it now allows users to link and interact with some of their go-to...

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In Brief

Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein’ wins three Oscars, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins two | TechCrunch

Two Netflix films, “Frankenstein” and “KPop Demon Hunters,” won multiple Academy Awards tonight.Director Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of...

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In Brief

CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang | TechCrunch

A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government,...

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AI

Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards | TechCrunch

Former President Barack Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas”...

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Apps

Google continues its renaming streak by turning NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook | TechCrunch

Google might launch an AI product with one name during its experimental phase, but it will eventually tie...