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YouTube Expands Conversational AI To TVs As Living Room Platforms Add On-Screen Assistants

YouTube has expanded its conversational AI tool to smart TVs, gaming consoles, and streaming devices, bringing on-screen questions and answers to the living room and placing the service alongside Amazon,…

Google Reports Drop In Malicious Apps On Play Store As AI Reviews Expand

Google says fewer bad actors are targeting the Play Store with malicious apps, a change the company links to expanded security systems and wider use of AI in its review…

FBI Reports Surge In ATM Jackpotting Attacks Driven By Malware And Physical Access

ATM “jackpotting” has moved from a conference-stage demonstration into a sustained criminal operation, with the FBI reporting more than 700 attacks on cash dispensers in 2025 that produced at least…

Nvidia Courts India’s AI Startups With Early-Stage Partnerships

Nvidia is stepping up efforts to court India’s artificial intelligence startups earlier in their lifecycle, unveiling a string of partnerships this week aimed at reaching founders even before their companies…

Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Pro With Big Gains In Benchmarks

Google released the newest version of Gemini Pro, its large language model, on Thursday. The model, Gemini 3.1 Pro, is currently available as a preview and will be generally released…

Meta Plans To Add Facial Recognition To Smart Glasses This Year

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year, according to a new report from The New York Times. The feature, internally known as…

Anthropic’s Super Bowl Campaign Lifts Claude Into Top 10 On U.S. App Store

Ad Campaign And App Store Ranking Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads, which show people seeking advice from chatbots and being steered to “cougar” dating sites and height-boosting insoles, have coincided with…

Roku Plans Streaming Bundles And Wider Howdy Rollout After Strong Fourth Quarter

Roku reported its fourth quarter 2025 earnings this week and outlined plans to introduce new streaming bundles in 2026, expand its $3 subscription service Howdy to more platforms, and add…

India Partners With Alibaba.com On Export Program Despite Ongoing China App Bans

A Targeted Collaboration On Exports India’s government has partnered with Alibaba.com on an export-focused program aimed at helping startups and small businesses reach overseas buyers, highlighting a selective form of…

SEC Closes Investigation Into Bankrupt EV Startup Fisker After One Year

Investigation Closure Confirmed Through Records RequestThe Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into electric vehicle startup Fisker in September 2025, about a year after opening the probe, according to…

OpenAI To End Access To GPT-4o And Four Other Legacy ChatGPT Models

Models Being Retired OpenAI will stop providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models starting Friday, including GPT-4o. The company said the list of models being removed includes GPT-4o, GPT-5, GPT-4.1,…

Figure Confirms Data Breach After Social Engineering Attack Exposes Customer Information

Company Disclosure And Initial Details Figure Technology, a blockchain based lending company, confirmed it suffered a data breach, according to a statement shared with TechCrunch on Friday. The company’s spokesperson,…

Tenga Warns Customers After Email Account Breach Exposes Order And Support Records

Breach Notification And Initial Disclosure Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the message, the Japanese company…

Airbnb Outlines Plans To Add AI Features For Search, Trip Planning, And Hosting

AI Features Planned For Search And HostingAirbnb is preparing to add features powered by large language models to its app to help users search for listings, plan trips, and help…

Security Flaw Exposed DavaIndia Pharmacy Admin Systems And Order Data

A security lapse at DavaIndia Pharmacy allowed outsiders to gain full administrative control of the company’s platform, exposing customer order data and sensitive controls over medicines, TechCrunch has learned. The…

Nothing Opens First India Retail Store In Bengaluru As It Expands Its Physical Presence

Launch And Location Nothing, the hardware company backed by Tiger Global, has opened its first retail store in India, which the company describes as its largest market. The two story…

Hollywood Groups Challenge ByteDance Over Seedance 2.0 And Alleged Copyright Infringement

Launch And Access Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has become a tool for copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese…

Former Staff Say Musk Is Pushing Grok To Be Less Restrained As xAI Sees Departures

Wave Of Exits After Corporate Changes Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged,” according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge in a…

Homeland Security Expands Use Of Subpoenas To Identify Critics Of ICE On Social Media

Pressure On Tech Platforms The Department of Homeland Security has increased efforts to push technology companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

Hello Kitty Designer Yuko Yamaguchi Steps Down After 46 Years At Sanrio

End Of A Long Tenure Yuko Yamaguchi, the designer behind Hello Kitty, is stepping down after 46 years overseeing the character’s development, according to Sanrio. Yamaguchi took over design duties…