People are downloading and spending money on Gen AI apps more than ever.

YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to allow creators to monetize videos with swearing in them, provided the profanity is contained to the first seven seconds of the video.

Israel-based eVTOL startup AIR has raised $23 million to scale production of both its piloted and uncrewed cargo aircraft, and enter the U.S.

Observe just raised a $156 million Series C round as the company looks to offer support for Apache Iceberg by the end of the year.

Google confirmed it will sign the European Union's general purpose AI code of practice. Meta has already said it will not sign the voluntary framework.

The social network is bringing new parental controls to Family Pairing, its feature that allows parents to link their accounts with their teen's account to customize safety settings.

All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return.

The Space Force is leveraging commercial competition for the next phase of its PTS program.

Should this new fundraising deal close, it will double Groq's valuation in about nine months.

Both Luma and Runway have reportedly held conversations with self-driving car and robotics companies as they look toward the future.

Google refused to tell a U.S. senator whether the company had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data, similar to an order served on Apple earlier this year.

The new round is being led by Iconiq Capital, with the possibility of a co-lead investor joining.

SOSV is investing in more than 25 plasma-related startups over the next five years.

Cash App's new feature lets users pool money with a group to pay for expenses like vacations and gifts.

With this new capability, NotebookLM is taking a more visual approach to helping users understand different topics and ideas.

Google said it has ever built a backdoor for its services, but refused to rule out that it had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data.

OpenAI's Study Mode aims to help students develop their own critical thinking skills, rather than just giving answers.

Spotify says AI will allow for much more interactive consumer experiences in its app.

Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users.

The tech giant is rolling out a new Canvas feature, the ability to get real-time help with Search Live, and the option to search what you see while browsing.

YouTube is introducing age detection technology to identify teens on the platform in the U.S. and apply prtections.

The telecom giant, one of the largest in the world with customers in Europe and Africa, said customers are experiencing ongoing disruption to its services due to an unspecified hack.

Construction could start fast -- but that speed has edangered Boring Company workers in the past.

Jack Dorsey's Bitchat is now available on the App Store, but security researchers have questioned the app's privacy claims.

Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startups technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would clear a key hurdle in OpenAIs transition toward becoming a fully commercial enterprise.

Delian Alliance Industries recently raised $14 million in funding to continue building its defense products, which include surveillance towers, and concealed sea drones.

A security researcher went public after the sex toy maker asked for more than a year to fix the vulnerabilities, which leak users' private email addresses and allow for accounts to be hijacked.

Calo acquired two meal kit companies in the UK and integrated their operations without laying off anyone.

LG Innotek, the components and materials subsidiary of South Koreas LG Group, has struck a manufacturing partnership with Aeva Technologies, a developer of 4D LiDAR sensing systems.

The seed round for Julius AI was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Avis will handle general depot operations, including charging and maintaining the vehicles. Users will be able to hail a robotaxi through the Waymo app.

The chatbot app, which is available in beta on iOS and Android, lets users access its AI model, Aristotle.

The assets of Convoy are now in the hands of DAT Freight & Analytics.

Microsoft's Edge browser introduces an AI-powered Copilot Mode for smarter web browsing.

The new rate limits will go into effect August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic's $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as its $100 and $200-per-month Max plans.

The top cybersecurity official in New York told TechCrunch in an interview that Trump's budget cuts are going to put the government at risk from cyberattacks, and will put more pressure on states to secure themselves.

Amazon published a lengthy rebuttal to a WSJ report that found that Amazon prices had increased since Trump announced tariff plans.

Daniel Liss, co-founder of the social network Dispo and the dating app Teaser AI, is convinced hes onto the next big thing: steelmaking. It all started, incongruously, with a few op-eds he wrote for TechCrunch about anti-trust enforcement in social media. The commentaries apparently caught the attention of some folks in Washington D.C., Liss told []

The feature will display a pop-up that informs consumers about the store's reputation for things like product quality, shopping, pricing, customer service, and returns.

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Russian prosecutor said it opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack targeting Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia.

The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, The Wizard of Oz, starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isnt just a matter of taking the existing movie and projecting it on Spheres 160,000 square foot, wraparound LED screen.

Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has deindexed adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages.

The Department of Government Efficiency has presented plans to use a new AI tool to eliminate half of the federal governments regulatory mandates by the first anniversary of President Donald Trumps return to office, according to The Washington Post.