Technical

The suit is looking for changes to the App Store and monetary damages, which Proton says will be donated to organizations fighting for democracy. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/KNWZswq

Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/vWh6zT4

Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/iEuAhV6

Navin Chaddha, managing director of the 55-year-old Silicon Valley venture firm Mayfield, is betting big on AI’s ability to transform people-heavy industries like consulting, law, and accounting. The veteran investor, whose wins include Lyft, Poshmark, and HashiCorp, recently discussed at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Menlo Park why he believes “AI teammates” can create software-like margins […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/6ahljOY

With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.” from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/4cgMxqZ

A group of “very wealthy people” is set to buy short-form video app TikTok, according to President Donald Trump. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/PFp8KNo

Looks like Apple has its first bona fide box office hit. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/xnqir2C

An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/1cw0iJm

Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/YUovBci

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is coming to Moscone West in San Francisco on October 27–29, and we’re bringing the heavy hitters to the Builders Stage. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/jDXW1aR

A crane collapsed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility this week, and the company’s newly-formed city won’t say if anyone was hurt. On June 23, a crane being used to clean up debris from the most recent SpaceX rocket explosion collapsed at the company’s launch complex. Footage of the accident was captured by Lab Padre, […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/sNlQzEI

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm? from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Dvxe8Wk

The AI feature, first introduced at Google's I/O developer conference last year, allows users to search across their collection of digital photos using natural language queries. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/wuhE4IV

Investors are pouring big bucks into these two rival prediction markets. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/c1KtXoj

A legal group is questioning why a key pollutant was omitted from air quality tests near xAI's data center from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/68VAyvk

The idea is meant to create a balance between the open nature of the internet and the demand for ever more data to fuel AI. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/rwx7XRW

Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat. This summary would only be visible to you, not others in your chat, the company notes. The feature builds on the AI technology that Meta released in April, […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/uTRvUif

Measuring AI progress has usually meant testing scientific knowledge or logical reasoning – but while the major benchmarks still focus on left-brain logic skills, there’s been a quiet push within AI companies to make models more emotionally intelligent. As foundation models compete on soft measures like user preference and “feeling the AGI,” having a good […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/YI8dqxE

The VCs, pod bros, and self proclaimed “besties” of the All-In podcast launched their own tequila brand on Saturday night and it promptly sold out. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/HhyvAX5

Startups don’t build themselves. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is where investors, operators, and founders come to talk tactics. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/G5Xx73r

Alexa+ is available for free during Early Access and will later be free for Prime customers. Non-Prime users will be able to use the service for $19.99 per month after it publicly launches. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/fr52NAK

OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/wdFNoWi

Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin. Details are still sparse, but limited service is open to vetted and invited riders. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/VLEpsaT

Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. To make his decades-later sequel “28 Years Later” (which opened this weekend), Boyle turned to a different piece […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/1yJjxaQ

In 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $4,000 and most Americans, at least, thought cryptocurrency was a fad, Katie Haun found herself on a debate stage in Mexico City opposite Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who had dismissed digital assets as near worthless. As Krugman focused on Bitcoin's wild price swings, Haun steered the conversation toward something else — stablecoins. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/YmdM1zT

It’s now or never — this is your final day to lock in savings for TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston. Prices increase tonight, June 22, at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’ve been thinking about attending, now’s the time to commit. Register here. TC All Stage brings together founders, investors, and operators from […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Es4qvZo

European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/z9erho4

Paul Pope has written and drawn some of the most gorgeous comics of the twenty-first century — from “Batman: Year 100,” in which Batman challenges a dystopian surveillance state, to “Battling Boy,” with its adolescent god proving his mettle by fighting giant monsters. But it’s been more than a decade since Pope’s last major comics […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/uHBEpmJ

Charles Hudson had just closed his fifth fund several months ago – $66 million for Precursor Ventures – when one of his limited partners asked him to run an exercise. What would have happened, the LP wondered, if Hudson had sold all his portfolio companies at Series A? What about Series B? Or Series C? […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/iUFMQ2s

A handful of early stage micromobility startups out of Europe that are filling the gaps in a maturing ecosystem. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/SmcH6eV

After months of rumors, Meta has officially announced its next pair of smart glasses with Oakley. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/DnESeOf

When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as Chief Creative Officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move would be to focus on building something the space industry has largely dismissed, and that might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. If people aren’t paying much attention, […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/LvY2J3C

Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generation startups, announced on Wednesday the launch of its much-anticipated AI video generation model, V1. V1 is an image-to-video model, in which users can upload an image — or take an image generated by one of Midjourney’s other models — and V1 will produce a set of […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/f2WS4nY

OpenAI is phasing out its work with Scale AI and cutting ties with the data provider following Meta’s deal with the startup, an OpenAI spokesperson told Bloomberg on Wednesday. Sarah Friar, the chief financial officer of OpenAI, previously suggested the company would continue its work with Scale AI. Now, it appears OpenAI has changed its […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/kzcZaHL

A Threads glitch is making it look like everyone on your feed is saying the same thing. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/imDzV9e

Rumors of these layoffs began back in April as Intel looks to refocus on its core business units and shed additional bloat. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/IeMYDK8

Instagram users report that their accounts were banned even though they had not violated the company's terms of service or other policies. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/xCnwmv5

Threads, Meta's microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text. This is a nice quality-of-life upgrade on the user side, but it also helps Meta by encouraging more conversations about pop culture without people worrying about spoiling others. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Tp6dY5D

India has been one of the top recipients of remittances in the world for more than a decade. Inward remittances jumped from $55.6 billion in 2010-11 to $118.7 billion in 2023-24, according to data from the country’s central bank. The bank projects that figure will reach $160 billion in 2029. This means there is an […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Wm1gTAy

While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How? Well, the Navy’s Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli says he has spent the last two and a half years focused […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/btrkAw2

ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2M0Nhyt

Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2CkU59O

It’s been 10 years since Alexa von Tobel sold her financial planning startup Learnvest to Northwestern Mutual for $250 million. Since then, von Tobel became Northwestern Mutual’s first chief digital officer, then chief innovation officer, before launching an early-stage venture firm of her own, Inspired Capital, with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. She’s […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/xmTiB9W

Meta’s massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale AI $200 million this year but is now planning to cut ties with the startup and is having conversations with its competitors. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/I5WeUOM

23andMe holds millions of customers' genetic information. Here's what you can do to protect your data. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/daf9qUx

Alphabet-owned robotaxi company Waymo is limiting service due to Saturday’s scheduled nationwide “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his policies. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/WevYEs0

Meta’s deal to sort-of but not really acquire AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/xP91yXz

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Qkr4qwn

This visual overhaul gives us a glimpse into the design of Apple's rumored AR glasses, which will reportedly debut next year. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/vApYxRe

Snapchat is introducing a suite of new tools and features to make it easier for creators to post and share content on its platform. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/LEIQixf

The studios are seeking monetary damages, a jury trial, and an order barring Midjourney from further copyright infringement. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/38MIXGd

Some users and designers are already panning Apple's new user interface dubbed Liquid Glass, even though it's a bit early. There are reasons to think it might improve — but also valid critiques. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/NmWPlaB

Linear, an enterprise software maker that competes with many of Atlassian's products, announced that it raised $82 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/BnQAqvc

Google is releasing Android 16 to Pixel phones and rolling out additional updates to other Pixel devices. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/cDfkKO1

Apple announced new Apple Music updates at WWDC 2025 with the new iOS 26 update. The company said it is adding a lyrics translation feature to its Apple Music service so you can easily understand the meaning of a song in another language. This might reduce your visits to Genius.com or such alternative sites. The […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/AnH4B8K

Apple is introducing Live Translation, powered by Apple Intelligence, for Messages, FaceTime and Phone calls.  from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/0aGIwRo

Impact investor and advisor Christian Tooley posed a simple question to the audience at SXSW London last week: What if investors put aside societal prudence for profit?  Tooley was mainly referring to vice clauses, the restrictions that limited partners place on venture firms to guardrail their investments.  Some of these no-no sectors often include products […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/SyewKM1

Meta is discussing a multi-billion dollar investment in Scale AI, according to Bloomberg. In fact, the deal value could reportedly exceed $10 billion, making it the largest external AI investment for the Facebook parent company and one of the largest funding events ever for a private company. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/sakHXo2

Axiom Space plans to launch its fourth mission on Tuesday, June 10 — a mission that CEO Tejpaul Bhatia described as “a little bit of a victory lap.” from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/sgm4pGf

Apple is expected to unveil changes to its operating systems iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/0XzAWlI

Apple has an opportunity to deliver a WWDC that would encourage developers to invest more of their time in the ecosystem. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/LtaRuxU

he High Court of England and Wales says lawyers need to take stronger steps to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence in their work. In a ruling tying together two recent cases, Judge Victoria Sharp wrote that generative AI tools like ChatGPT “are not capable of conducting reliable legal research." from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/aYZqIQK

In a White House fact sheet, the administration claims that Biden’s Executive Order 14144 — signed days before the end of his presidency — was an attempt “to sneak problematic and distracting issues into cybersecurity policy.” from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/vwDf1TI

Lovefrom, the creative firm founded by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive, played a role in the development of Rivian’s first electric bike, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch.  from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/4ESKhZX

EleutherAI, an AI research organization, has released what it's claiming is one of the largest collections of licensed and open-domain text for training AI models. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/VjmgW7f

Anthropic Co-founder and Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan said his company cut Windsurf’s direct access to Anthropic’s Claude AI models largely because of rumors and reports that OpenAI, its largest competitor, is acquiring the AI coding assistant. “We really are just trying to enable our customers who are going to sustainably be working with us […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/ioR2XE3

X says that this feedback will help develop an open source algorithm that can identify posts liked by people with different perspectives. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Fx1BwY7

Brium is a startup that builds machine learning applications to enable AI inference, the process a trained AI model uses to draw conclusions from new data, across a variety of different hardware options. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/bekrcdV

Snap has launched a stand-alone Lens Studio iOS app and web tool, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tools are designed to make it easier for anyone to create AR Lenses through text prompts and simple editing tools. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/hlv4Wqz

Google's Threat Analysis Group, which investigates government-backed hacks, was credited with the discovery of the zero-days. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Y9gV1wT

Reddit says it's rolling out an update that will introduce a "Content and Activity" setting that allows users to decide which content from the subreddits they participate in will appear on their profiles. This includes both their posting and commenting history. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/F1ou6NW

Billionaire Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is reportedly launching a $300 million share sale that values the company at $113 billion. The secondary stock offering, which comes after xAI acquired Musk’s social media platform, X, for $33 billion, will allow staff to sell shares to new investors. The tender offer will likely precede a larger […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/sYZQryn

Tesla has filed trademark applications for the term “Tesla Robotaxi,” after the company’s previous attempts to secure trademarks for its planned self-driving vehicle service hit roadblocks. The company originally applied in October 2024 for the trademark of the words “Robotaxi” and “Cybercab.” The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) told the company last month […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/Fd6ITxn

Generative AI comes in many forms. Increasingly, though, it’s marketed the same way: with human names and personas that make it feel less like code and more like a co-worker. A growing number of startups are anthropomorphizing AI to build trust fast — and soften its threat to human jobs. It’s dehumanizing, and it’s accelerating. […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/N1702uO

Elon Musk’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning seemed to get off to an awkward start, as reporter David Pogue asked the SpaceX CEO about his thoughts on his ally Donald Trump’s policies, including growing restrictions on international students. “I think we want to stick to the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/lFjWtuN

Netflix released a flurry of announcements and trailers around high-profile projects including “Squid Game,” “Wednesday,” and “Stranger Things 5” last night at its annual Tudum marketing event. While this year’s Tudum (made for the sound that plays when you open the app) was livestreamed for the first time on Netflix itself (as opposed to YouTube), […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/IRuFqQg

Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT, Gil had already written seed checks to startups like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. Now, as the early winners of the AI wave become clearer, the renowned “solo” VC is increasingly focused on […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/wA16iy5

Artificial intelligence has no shortage of visionaries—but the ones who matter are executing. In 4 days, TechCrunch Sessions: AI brings those builders, researchers, funders, and enthusiasts under one roof at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This isn’t a parade of AI hype or a string of over-edited keynotes. It’s a single day designed for clarity, candor, […] from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/mPFivBr