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Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work

SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition

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Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways

Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria

What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities

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Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can’t stop hitting snooze

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?

Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware

Uber and Pony.ai plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to Europe

Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup

Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works

If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously

Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs

Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT-5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues

Ford on track to complete $2B factory overhaul for Fathom EV truck

X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’

Instagram introduces a redesigned wordmark

Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps

Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs

Who really needs a cocktail robot?

Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report

In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks

Can social media start over? Bluesky’s CEO and COO deliver their case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes

AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO

Northrop’s robot space mechanic is a new way to keep satellites at work longer

Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers

AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise

Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach

Mesh, Automattic’s CRM for everyone, comes to Android