AI & Tech

Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data

A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICE’s ...

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AI & Culture

War in Iran Spiked Oil Prices. Trump Will Decide How High They Go

The conflict in the Middle East is driving oil prices up in a midterm year when Americans are already focused on high en...

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AI & Tech

A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups

14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks....

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AI & Tech

Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599

Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases....

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AI & Tech

Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e

The base model comes with 256 GB of storage, which Apple says is twice the entry storage from the previous generation at...

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AI & Culture

iPad Air (M4): Specs, Features, Price

The iPad Air enjoys a relatively modest update with the M4 chip and 12 gigabytes of RAM....

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AI & Tech

Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes

Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran's biggest citie...

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AI & Culture

Apple iPhone 17e: Specs, Features, Release Date, Price

Building on the iPhone 16e from 2025, Apple's latest iPhone has a few noteworthy upgrades with the same $599 price....

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AI & Tech

MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens

After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by...

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AI & Tech

Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding

Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise....

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AI & Culture

Pico’s Project Swan XR Headset Wants to Go Where the Apple Vision Pro Failed

The ByteDance company wants to make the case that XR is “not just for gaming” anymore by giving you a digital office....

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AI & Tech

Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage

Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users repo...

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AI & Culture

A Former Top Trump Official Is Going After Prediction Markets

As the battle over prediction markets rages on, Mick Mulvaney is leading a new coalition that calls these platforms ille...

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AI & Culture

Best AirPods (2026): Which Apple Headphones Should You Buy?

From the AirPods Pro to the AirPods Max, these are the best headphones for your iPhone and beyond....

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AI & Culture

When the Internet Goes Dark, the Truth Goes With It

Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad on bearing witness, the fragile power of social media, and why documenting lived r...

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AI & Culture

The Data Centers Have Arrived at the Edge of the Arctic Circle

As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators are flooding north in search of cheap and plentiful energy...

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AI Industry

What if the real risk of AI isn’t deepfakes — but daily whispers?

Most people don’t appreciate the profound threat that AI will soon pose to human agency. A common refrain is that “AI is...

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AI & Culture

The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran

The all-out air assault on the Islamic Republic might be the biggest gamble of the president’s career....

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AI & Tech

Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone

Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protecti...

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AI & Tech

Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies

TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore....

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AI & Tech

OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon

By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics...

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AI & Culture

What Happens if Iran Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz?

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most sensitive pressure points in the global economy. Conflict in Iran could put it a...

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AI & Tech

Honor says its ‘Robot phone’ with moving camera can dance to music

Honor first teased its “Robot phone” with a movable camera arm earlier this year. Ahead of the Mobile World ...

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AI & Tech

Honor launches its new slim foldable Magic V6 with a 6,600 mAh battery

Honor also previewed battery tech that could take foldable batteries over 7,000 mAh mark...

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