Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams: Google is making Android sideloading easier with a new advanced setting that lets users disable app verification after a multistep security process. Read More |
Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition: The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it. Read More |
Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third-party vendors: Meta believes these AI systems can detect more violations with greater accuracy, better prevent scams, respond more quickly to real-world events, and reduce over-enforcement. Read More |
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Disrupt 2026: Where deals and ideas ignite |
Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum. |
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| Quantum computing has the potential to reshape financial services, from risk management to data analysis. HSBC and IBM have demonstrated this through a hybrid-quantum approach to European corporate bond trading. This revealed complex patterns in noisy financial data, and a 34% improvement in predicting winning customer trade inquiries. |
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FBI seizes pro-Iranian hacking group's websites after destructive Stryker hack: The FBI and the Justice Department took down two websites linked to the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week hacked medical tech giant Stryker. Read More |
Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says: AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands. Read More |
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are still open: Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access. Read More |
Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all: Horizon Worlds was once a cornerstone of Meta's plans to build a social metaverse -- four years later, the company almost shut it down. Read More |
Alphabet's X has a new spinout, and it's going after one of the world's most expensive bureaucratic nightmares: Anori aims to shrink the pre-development process by getting all parties, including the city, on a unified platform from the start so that compliance conflicts are surfaced in weeks instead of months or years. Read More |
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Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens. |
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Rivian sacrifices 2027 profit goal to push deeper into autonomy: Rivian admitted in a regulatory filing that it is delaying its goal of reaching "positive EBITDA" next year because of how much it is spending on developing self-driving technology. Read More |
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