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Apps

Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings | TechCrunch

Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps’ “Ask Maps” feature is gaining a slew of new agentic capabilities,...

Apps

Apple’s Health app can now tell you if you’re in perimenopause | TechCrunch

Apple is getting in on the hottest new trend in women’s health: perimenopause. The company announced at its...

AegisAI co-founders Cy Khormaee and Ryan Luo
Security

AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing | TechCrunch

Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary...

AI

ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok | TechCrunch

Society has spent a lot of time bemoaning our digitally addled minds and goldfish-like attention spans, pointing the...

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In Brief

Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product | TechCrunch

Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, after a...

Apple's WWDC 2026 event,
Apps

Apple introduces systemwide dictation | TechCrunch

At its Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2026, Apple launched a new systemwide dictation experience with its new Apple...

The Palo Verde Diversion Dam on the Colorado River near Ehrenberg, Arizona.
Security

US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers | TechCrunch

The U.S. government is warning that Iranian state-backed hackers are actively breaking in and disrupting industrial control systems...

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In Brief

Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts | TechCrunch

Embattled surveillance technology company Flock Safety unveiled a “generous” severance package for voluntary employee departures on Friday, according...

This illustration picture shows the AI (Artificial Intelligence) smartphone app ChatGPT surrounded by other AI App in Vaasa, on June 6, 2023.
In Brief

OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux | TechCrunch

ChatGPT is on desktops across the world, but there’s one place where it’s been notably absent: the Linux...

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AI

Apple’s long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here | TechCrunch

Two years after promising but failing to launch a smarter Siri, Apple unveiled its overhauled AI-powered assistant at...