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OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer

San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again.

11 Aug 2026 5:33 am
As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model

OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it.

11 Aug 2026 5:26 am
Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team

Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the U.K.'s famed Liverpool Football Club.

11 Aug 2026 4:46 am
Now Rippling is counter suing tiny startup Runlayer

This lawsuit follows one filed last month by Runlayer that accused Rippling of stealing its product ideas. It's a seller and buyer-beware market warning.

11 Aug 2026 3:56 am
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax

California's Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.

11 Aug 2026 2:50 am
Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.

11 Aug 2026 1:34 am
Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.

11 Aug 2026 12:01 am
Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals

Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.

11 Aug 2026 12:00 am
YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

10 Aug 2026 11:57 pm
A data breach at shipping giant Ceva Logistics is rippling across banks, retailers, Steam gamers, and beyond

Companies that rely on Ceva Logistics for shipping their physical goods to customers say their personal data was taken during a recent cyberattack.

10 Aug 2026 7:50 pm
Signed up for Klaviyo? Dozens of advertisers may have seen your password

A bug in the tech giant's website mistakenly shared users' sign-up information, including personal data and their password, to third-party companies.

10 Aug 2026 7:44 pm
Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option

The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.

10 Aug 2026 5:30 pm
Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.

10 Aug 2026 5:30 pm
10 Aug 2026 2:05 am
Anthropic is turning Claude Code

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

10 Aug 2026 12:50 am
TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

9 Aug 2026 9:35 pm
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about government by machines and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

9 Aug 2026 8:30 pm
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models.

9 Aug 2026 8:00 pm
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

9 Aug 2026 2:54 am
OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.

9 Aug 2026 1:11 am
The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a lot of fun, but it

While the device is pretty and lightweight, its not something the everyday person needs due to its hefty price tag and size.

8 Aug 2026 9:30 pm
OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its critical cybersecurity threshold, meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world systems.

8 Aug 2026 4:18 am
After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool

After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.

8 Aug 2026 3:00 am
Wacom

The Movinkpad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true.

8 Aug 2026 2:50 am
Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.

8 Aug 2026 2:30 am
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.

7 Aug 2026 9:46 pm
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.

7 Aug 2026 9:39 pm
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.

7 Aug 2026 8:41 pm