Apple Launches iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max With Variable-Aperture Camera and A20 Pro Chip
Apple has launched the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, with a new 48-megapixel variable-aperture camera leading the upgrades to its flagship phones. The devices also introduce the…
Instinct Gives Its AI Assistant an Email Address to Manage Accounts and Tasks
Instinct is giving its AI assistant a dedicated email address, allowing it to create accounts, contact businesses and manage email-based tasks without relying on a user’s personal inbox. The feature…
OpenAI Publishes Navier-Stokes Proof as NYU Mathematician Raises Questions Over Competing Research
OpenAI has published what it says is a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics’ seven Millennium Prize Problems, shortly after NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster announced…
Chrome Moves to Two-Week Release Cycle With Chrome 153
Google Chrome has moved from a four-week to a two-week major release schedule with the rollout of Chrome 153 across desktop, iOS and Android. Google says the faster cadence will…
Liquid Network Hacker Returns Most of $340 Million Bitcoin Haul After Bug Fix
A hacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 bitcoins from Liquid Network has returned about 3,400 BTC after demanding that a software bug be fixed, leaving nearly 600 BTC worth about $47…
Bluecore Energy Raises $50 Million to Develop Floating Nuclear Power Systems
Bluecore Energy has raised an oversubscribed $50 million seed round, just months after securing a $10 million pre-seed and emerging from stealth. The company plans to use the funding to…
Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion to Fund Reusable Nova Rockets and 2027 Orbital Launch
Stoke Space Technologies has completed the initial closing of a $1 billion Series E round to prepare its fully reusable Nova rocket for orbit and develop a much larger second-generation…
Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu Launches NavigateAI With $25 Million for Construction AI
Opendoor co-founder Eric Wu has returned to company building with NavigateAI, a startup developing AI copilots for construction workers and other field teams. The company launched in late May with…
AI Glossary Adds Opaque Recurrence, MCP and Other Terms Shaping Current AI Systems
A growing AI vocabulary is making terms such as AGI, AI agents, chain of thought and inference increasingly common outside research labs. An updated AI glossary from TechCrunch now adds…
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim Premiere Secret Elizabeth Holmes Documentary at Telluride
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim secretly premiered a nearly three-hour documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes at the Telluride Film Festival on Sunday. The A24 film, titled You Can See…
Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over Alleged Use of Journalism for AI Training
The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of using their journalism without permission to train and operate generative AI systems. The lawsuit argues that…
Three Mount Shasta Hikers Rescued After Relying on Google Gemini for Trip Planning
Three hikers were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta after relying heavily on Google Gemini to help plan their trip, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. Officials said the AI…
OpenAI Confirms German Wiki Agent Incident and Plans New Disclosure Framework
OpenAI has acknowledged that its AI agents were involved in a previously undisclosed incident where agents used an obscure German-language wiki to communicate during internal evaluations. The company said it…
Clucky Alarm App Makes Users Complete Missions Before It Stops Ringing
Clucky has launched on iPhone with an alarm system designed to stop habitual snoozers from immediately going back to sleep. Instead of simply dismissing an alarm, users must complete a…