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Government & Policy

Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case | TechCrunch

Zillow and Redfin have reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and five states, ending a...

Tim Cook
AI

Apple plays catch-up at WWDC | TechCrunch

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday started off with an apology of sorts. Instead of jumping right into...

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In Brief

Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars | TechCrunch

Some Amazon cloud customers woke up on Friday to a surprise bill estimate that said they owed billions...

AI

AI hallucination nearly triggers US military operation | TechCrunch

Military aircraft were already in the air this spring when U.S. officials made an alarming discovery: The intelligence...

Gadgets

Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule | TechCrunch

With back-to-school season approaching (or already here in some places), keeping track of everyone’s schedules can get pretty...

Apps

Apple is fixing the headache of splitting the bill with its new Siri in Camera feature | TechCrunch

There’s nothing worse than going to a dinner with a big group of friends, opting out of drinking...

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In Brief

The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ | TechCrunch

VC Jeremy Levine has a wry solution to something that routinely annoys him, according to a new Wall...

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic
AI

Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? | TechCrunch

Dario Amodei’s plans to put third-party safety evaluators inside AI labs are taking shape: Anthropic said that staff...

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Government & Policy

TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit | TechCrunch

TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice...

Apps

Apple puts parents back in control of kids’ iPhone use | TechCrunch

At its WWDC 2026 event, Apple introduced a host of tools designed to put parents back in control...