UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us
The company's lack of response also leaves open questions about whether it will alert…
A security lapse at prison pay phone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers’ driver’s licenses
Prison calling service Pay Tel has secured a publicly exposed cloud server storing hundreds…
I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
Spark, he's suggesting, is agentic AI for the rest of us — those who…
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech
Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the…
Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation
The U.K. has just imposed legal guardrails on Google's AI search onslaught. On Wednesday,…
TechCrunch Mobility: Inside GM’s $900M EV battery gamble
With Subaru rolling out some new EVs, I thought it would be good to…
Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
In recent days, founders and founders-turned-investors took to X to share horror stories about…
Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats
AI startup Decart on Wednesday unveiled Oasis 3, its latest interactive world model that…
Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others
As the rise of AI-generated music on streaming services continues, concerns are growing regarding…
As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
Not everyone agrees that the primary challenge is a lack of capital. Responding to…
Snap finally debuts its long awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they aren’t cheap
At a spatial AI convention in Long Beach on Tuesday, Snap finally unveiled Specs,…
Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming — now he says the real AI winners won’t be selling AI
You keep coming back to personalization as a through line. Is that what separates…
Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters
Go's IPO — Japan's biggest so far this year — has done more than…
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals, where a…
AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, according…
Xprize founder says ‘humans behave better when they’re being watched’
Much of Diamandis' Substack post is framed around giving advice to entrepreneurs or executives…
