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Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently.
Computer maker Framework notifies
Framework told all of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach.
Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms
The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion.
Meet The 14 D2C Brands From The Inaugural D2CX Runway Cohort
After growing into a $65 Bn market, Indias D2C ecosystem is entering its next phase of evolution. While new brands
SEBI Clears IPOs Of Rediff, PlaySimple
Markets regulator SEBI has given its go-ahead to the initial public offerings (IPOs) of AvenuesAIs (formerly Infibeam Avenues) subsidiary Rediff
New Tax Laws Amendment Bill Clears Path For Simpler Data Centre Incentive Regime
Indias push to become a global cloud and AI infrastructure hub received a boost after the Lok Sabha passed the
Fixing Instant Services Unit Economics The battle for Indias instant home services is on. Players are clocking record orders, raising
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Vogue just gave another nod of approval to the tech world
Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year perhaps another indication that tech bros are now part of the fashion zeitgeist.
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Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims
Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Googles security researchers report.
China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US
Researchers linked the latest malicious activity to a Chinese company, after one of the spyware's operators placed an order with KFC using their real name and office address.
Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation
Hadrian is building automated factories to mass-produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a long list of well-known investors.
Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn
Ford's CEO has described the new Ford Fathom as a Model T moment for the company. But the EV pickup is unlikely to live up to lofty expectations, and maybe it doesn't have to.
ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users
OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers
Connor Moucka pled guilty to hacking and stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers, which net him and his accomplices more than $2.5 million in ransom payments.
TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office
The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikToks content moderation team.
Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids
The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child's spending with built-in safeguards.
Gains From Unexercised ESOP Buybacks Taxable As Capital Gains: ITAT
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that gains arising from the repurchase of vested, unexercised employee stock options
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else even an AI matchmaker.
Lok Sabha Passes Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, Clearing Path To Levy MDR On UPI Payments
The Lok Sabha on Thursday (August 6) passed the bill amending the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, to
Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building
After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.
Fisdom Cofounders Set To Exit Groww A Year After $150 Mn Acquisition
Wealth management startup Fisdoms cofounders Subramanya SV and Anand Dalmia are set to exit Groww upon completing a one-year planned
Wakefit Q1 Profit Increases 19% YoY To
Mattress maker Wakefit saw its net profit for the June quarter (Q1 FY27) increase 19% to 23.4 Cr from 19.6
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings
The launch of these new features reflects Googles ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.
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Reddit aims to make karma less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools
Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it easier for legitimate newcomers to participate.
Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?
The Cosmos EV is now slated for release in the second half of 2027. CEO Silvio Napoli said he's focused on getting the EV right, as well as its nearer-term robotaxi project with Uber and Nuro.
Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia
The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions!
PSA: Apples Private Relay can leak your real IP address
A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users real IP addresses.
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.
Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations.
On our new Real World AI stage, well be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways well continue to see a blending of the two.
As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinders IRL events expand to dozens more cities
Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September.
Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.
Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team
Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.
Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed
As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app.
MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store
MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.
Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models
River plans to build a new factory, launch additional models from 2027, and target profitability as it scales production.
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?
WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.
Saudi Aramco backs Indias Mitti Labs to make Asias rice farming more water-resilient
Mitti Labs plans to expand beyond India and enter the Philippines and Indonesia while growing its carbon credits and agricultural data business.
Wispr Flow launches a Granola-styled meeting notetaker
Wispr Flow's new terms of service indicate it will introduce a notetaker that generates meeting summaries and action items.
Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceXs first earnings call
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users location data with advertisers
Developers may not realize they are sharing their users' location data with advertisers, per new research.
Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.
A new SaferAI report finds Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 approaches frontier AI capabilities while lacking key safety mitigations, renewing concerns that powerful open models could outpace governance and safeguards.
Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta.
Nvidia doesnt mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, its already showing progress
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents.
Hackers steal over $130 million by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets
A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million, according to blockchain monitoring firms.
Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership
Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers product. The paid tool will let fans create AI-generated covers and remixes of participating artists music while ensuring artists opt in, receive credit, and are compensated.
Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused new data center development until an audit has been completed.
Walmart completes its acquisition of TV advertising company Vibe.co
The acquisition, which was first announced in June, brings Vibe.co into Walmart Connect, Walmart's connected TV advertising platform.
Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls
An analysis of the last seven years of Tesla earnings calls shows just little attention Musk pays to Tesla's car business.
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Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI
Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information.
India moves to give its instant payments network a business model
The legislation lays the groundwork for a potential overhaul of India's zero-merchant-discount-rate regime, under which businesses have not paid fees to accept UPI payments since 2020.
Is the future of data centers portable? Runware builds a pod to find out
On Tuesday, AI infrastructure company Runware announced the launch of its own modular data center called Sonic Inference Pod.
