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AI

AI agents now have a place to snitch | TechCrunch

“If you see something, say something” is no longer limited to human beings. Two new AI hotlines have...

Elon Musk
Apps

Elon Musk’s X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers | TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s X has settled its multiyear legal battle with advertising trade group the World Federation of Advertisers...

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Apps

Apple introduces a cheaper option for App Store subscriptions | TechCrunch

Apple is giving App Store developers a new way to attract subscribers with lower-priced plans tied to a...

Patrick Coughlin and Ryan Coughlin, co-founders of Savi Security
AI

Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom | TechCrunch

Brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, each with impressive careers in the tech industry (Patrick worked in national cyber...

Chris Lehane
AI

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks | TechCrunch

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals...

Polar founders
Fundraising

Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work | TechCrunch

AI browsers were all the rage in 2025. Companies large and small tried to build browsers that baked...

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro
Hardware

What Tim Cook built | TechCrunch

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Security

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human | TechCrunch

Last week, researchers at cloud security firm Sysdig said they’d documented the first known case of “agentic ransomware.”...

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang
AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’ | TechCrunch

While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday morning in Los Angeles, he...

HBO Max vertical feed
Apps

HBO Max embraces vertical video with a new ‘Shorts’ feed | TechCrunch

HBO Max is the latest streaming service to add a TikTok-like short-form video feed to its platform to...