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Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
Security

Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims | TechCrunch

Even in the age of AI-poweredautonomouscyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing...

The ChatGPT application icon is displayed on a smartphone screen.
AI

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, boasting lower cost and fewer mistakes | TechCrunch

Earlier this month, OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, which it heralded as its most powerful and capable model yet,...

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Apps

ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data | TechCrunch

OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds...

A Apple Lightning port charging cable is seen with with an iPhone.
Security

A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak  | TechCrunch

A company that sells spyware and hacking tools to government agencies has published details of a vulnerability in...

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Security

China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US | TechCrunch

Security researchers say they have evidence that a Chinese-linked spyware has expanded from mainland China to now target...

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AI

Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s newest model, Opus 5.5, was released on Tuesday, setting a new state-of-the-art in coding and knowledge work...

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Apps

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families | TechCrunch

AI agents that perform tasks on your behalf to help solve your daily problems are all the rage...

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AI

Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27 | TechCrunch

Siri’s AI overhaul may have been the headline announcement at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month, but...

The Snowflake Inc logo, which represents the American cloud computing-based data company that offers cloud-based storage and analytics services, is being displayed on their pavilion at the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, on February 28, 2024.
In Brief

Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers | TechCrunch

Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old Canadian citizen, has pled guilty to hacking more than 165 companies, stealing billions of...

DeepSpace-2, a spacecraft built by AstroForge.
Space

AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft | TechCrunch

Fly to an asteroid, land on it, make no mistakes: If only it were that easy. When NASA...