August 09, 2026

This 'adversarial' pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you: A security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras. Read More

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy: On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader. Read More

Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.: As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States. Read More

Three peer-reviewed papers show a single AI model can decode speech, vision, and music from brain activity across different people, cutting patient calibration from weeks to minutes. The research tackles one of neurotech's biggest challenges, that every brain has different signals.

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents: Kitesurf is a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. It uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently. Read More

The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk: AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models. Read More

OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide: NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT. Read More

Google's top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames: Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codenames. Read More

X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards: X is winding down its existing Revenue Sharing program. Read More

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This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs: More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new. Read More

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August 07, 2026

After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool: After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending. Read More

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents: Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. The company says the browser uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently. Read More

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks: Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites. Read More

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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms: The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion. Read More

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say: In the Kimi test, the sandbox designed to contain the experiment was not properly configured. Read More

SpaceX's Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels: SpaceX and Tesla are building a massive semiconductor fab in Texas that will depend on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels. Read More

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case: Meta's total fine has raked up to $942 million in this case. Read More

Computer maker Framework notifies 'all customers' of a data breach: Framework told "all" of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach. Read More

Wacom's Movinkpad 11 is a fun and mid-priced entry point for digital artists: The Movinkpad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true. Read More

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