Tag: Government & Policy
Flock CEO: We haven’t ‘fired’ any police departments as customers | TechCrunch
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that his company has not ended any contracts with its customers over abuse...
CIA officer admits to creating fake top secret government program to steal over $190 million, including gold bars | TechCrunch
A now-former officer with the Central Intelligence Agency has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $200 million, including hundreds...
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU | TechCrunch
OpenAI will start adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union...
Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force | TechCrunch
As promised, President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new Super Intelligence Force, which he said...
Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’ | TechCrunch
A federal judge ruled this week that a Tulsa, Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights...
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order | TechCrunch
Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messaging app designed to work without an internet connection, has disappeared from Apple and...
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president | TechCrunch
In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, President...
Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out | TechCrunch
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the White House is launching America.gov, an AI chatbot intended to...
Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter | TechCrunch
Tariffs are projected to cost Apple $1.1 billion in the July-to-September quarter, an uptick from the previous period,...
Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps | TechCrunch
As India cut off access to messaging app Telegram for a week over concerns about exam-related fraud, users...
