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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.

4 Aug 2026 9:57 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 9:20 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 9:12 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 9:08 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 8:50 pm
Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston

Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 2026 on June 9? Host your own Side Event during Founder Summit Week, happening June 4-10!

4 Aug 2026 8:30 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 7:33 pm
Spotify now has over 300M subscribers

Notably, the company saw its subscriber base swell by 9% in the second quarter despite raising prices in several regions this year.

4 Aug 2026 7:22 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 7:01 pm
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.

4 Aug 2026 6:30 pm
After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry Marxist

After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises.

4 Aug 2026 4:49 am
Snap CEO sidesteps Specs pre-order questions on Q2 earnings call

When asked about product-market fit, Spiegel said he believes mass-market consumer adoption won't occur until the end of the decade.

4 Aug 2026 3:40 am
AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big

AWS now allows vibe coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It's another step towards decoupling apps from models.

4 Aug 2026 1:30 am
Whos legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAIs autonomous AI hacks? Its complicated

OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out.

4 Aug 2026 1:15 am
DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models

DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.

4 Aug 2026 12:58 am
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAIs first luxury trip

OpenAIs first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.

4 Aug 2026 12:39 am
Apple challenges UK governments latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report

Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.

4 Aug 2026 12:24 am
Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

Apples long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of delays, the launch lands in an AI landscape where chatbots have evolved into agents that can code, reason, create media, and complete complex tasks. Siri AI is genuinely useful, yet it arrives at a moment when simply being a capable AI assistant no longer feels revolutionary.

4 Aug 2026 12:13 am
Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, updated terms suggest

Wispr Flow's new terms of service indicate it will introduce a notetaker that generates meeting summaries and action items.

3 Aug 2026 9:59 pm
Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate

Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation as companies want continuous, AI-powered security validation instead of annual pentesting.

3 Aug 2026 6:20 pm
Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users internet connections with strangers

New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person's internet connection with someone else.

3 Aug 2026 5:40 pm
A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.

3 Aug 2026 3:30 pm
The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air

The global memory chip shortage appears to be affecting the availability of Apples most popular Mac.

3 Aug 2026 3:03 am
Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasans Network School

Let's see how this frontier community for techno-optimists is doing ...

2 Aug 2026 10:35 pm
TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged for robotaxis

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

2 Aug 2026 9:35 pm
These App Store hidden gems prove theres still room for great software in the AI era

Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. From smarter bookmarking tools and neighborhood marketplaces to digital pen pals and nature journals, here are the latest App Store finds worth adding to your Home Screen.

2 Aug 2026 8:53 pm
Inside the London hacker house taking a stand against founder burnout

How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout .

2 Aug 2026 2:44 am
Judge denies xAIs request to block Minnesota ban on nudify apps

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to nudify images can move forward.

2 Aug 2026 1:56 am
Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

OpenAI's CEO seemed excited to share a cool use case for parents.

1 Aug 2026 10:37 pm
This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.

1 Aug 2026 9:28 pm
Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and heres every company its using to do it

Uber has partnered with and in some cases made direct investments in about 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years.Here's the list and the latest on the partnerships.

1 Aug 2026 8:35 pm
Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active

If youre looking to cut back on screen time and get a little more active, heres a roundup of the apps that might help.

1 Aug 2026 7:30 pm
Whats the best handheld mini fan?

From premium Shark and Dyson offerings to random Amazon devices, these mini fans will make your sweaty summer a little more managable.

1 Aug 2026 7:06 pm