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AI

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’ | TechCrunch

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company...

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Apps

Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents | TechCrunch

Days after a journalist claimed that Meta’s Muse app on Mac read their private messages — a claim...

Judy Faulkner, founder and chief executive officer of Epic Systems Corp.
Security

Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data | TechCrunch

Epic, the software technology giant that makes the widely used MyChart software for accessing patients’ medical data, has...

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Security

California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people | TechCrunch

California governor Gavin Newsom has used his veto authority to send a bill passed by the state’s legislature...

Security

Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch

The U.S. government is reportedly alerting millions of current and former U.S. military service members and staff that...

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Security

Dutch police arrest ShinyHunters hacker accused of planning two murders | TechCrunch

The FBI and Dutch law enforcement say they have arrested a member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which...

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Security

Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix | TechCrunch

Apple has fixed a security vulnerability in its iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 operating systems that...

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel looks on during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.
In Brief

Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked | TechCrunch

The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had...

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2025.
In Brief

Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses | TechCrunch

Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers,...

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Security

Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs | TechCrunch

An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they took down a popular virtual private network...