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Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

Clucky's new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off.

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.

U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last years decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow.

Krafton's planned investment in India is set to surpass $500 million with its latest commitment.

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A senator's letter confirms the U.S. military moved to prevent the tracking after foreign adversaries used location data to target troops.

The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.

While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong with the food.

The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.

The ring maker says that its business has shown significant revenue growth over the past year.

Most AI tools allow you to opt-out of sharing your usage with the model provider to improve future versions. Meta has taken that idea and put a price tag on it. For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, it is offering an explicit discount averaging out to about 95% []

The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it wont use that data to train AI models or share it with others.

Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature.

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, andinvestors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale.

The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.

Google has dodged an effort to break up its ad business, but a judge said Wednesday that the company will need to adjust its business to benefit competitors.

X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.

The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use globally, the brief reads.

Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.

Wonderful's $550M Series C was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce, Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer participating.

Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.

Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.