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GTA 6 Gameplay Leak Shows Jason Beating a Civilian with a Wrench, Playing Basketball

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TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says

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Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic

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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 Override Trailer Released, Here’s What’s Coming

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Fortnite has released the first official trailer for Chapter 7 Season 4 Override on August 16, 2026. This is perhaps the greatest line-up of...

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Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work

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Gears of War Movie Producer Wants Video Game Adaptations to Be More Than Retellings

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Read-it-later app Pocket shut down down — here are the best alternatives

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OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT-5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

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OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users. source https...

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

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Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safe...

Marvel Rivals August 13 Update Patch Notes: Summer Skins 2026 Wave 2, Krakoan Reels Vol. 2, and More

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Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out

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Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers

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Checks are being mailed from Grubhub's $23.8 million fine from the FTC after it settled allegations over its business practices. sourc...

Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users

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Insomniac’s Spider-Man 3 Could Still Be Alive, IMDb Listing Suggests

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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

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This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

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OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

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OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

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After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool

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Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

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China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US

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Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation

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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 ‘Override’ Announced, Gaming Theme Confirmed

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Epic has finally revealed the first look at Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4, which is officially titled 'Override.' The announcement not...

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 7 Adds Concrete Stairs and Slabs, New Explorer Maps

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GTA 6 Fans Believe They’ve Found Trailer 3 Release Date, and It’s Tomorrow

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Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

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Palworld Online Announced for iPhone and Android, Coming Later in 2026

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The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air

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Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate

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On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development." sour...

Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

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YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

Green offered a remarkable apology, saying that "the level of dopamine that I've been getting from interacting with LLMs ... is not...

Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead?

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Fortnite x Hot Toys Set to Bring High-End Figures for Fan-Favourite Characters

High-end collectible giant Hot Toys has officially announced a new partnership with Fortnite. The collaboration will bring a line of ultra-r...

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why

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New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud — and ...

Friend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag

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Friend, the AI wearable, can now talk to its users — for an enhanced price. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/friend-the-lonely-ai-w...

Florida plans to build air taxi pads using $200M intended for EV chargers

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Florida wants to use federal EV charger funds to build an air taxi network connecting golf courses, luxury apartment buildings, and airports...

Marvel Rivals July 30 Update Patch Notes: Avengers Age of Ultron PvE Mode, New Times Square Events, and More

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The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor

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Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

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Marvel Rivals Avengers Age of Ultron PvE Mode Gameplay Revealed

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Marvel Rivals is kicking up the Path to Doomsday event a notch with the addition of Avengers: Age of Ultron mode, which launches on July 30,...

These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era

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Ubisoft Axes Far Cry Extraction Shooter for Ambitious Open-World FPS Spin-Off

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A new report suggests that Ubisoft has canned the mysterious Far Cry spin-off extraction shooter game that the studio was working on. Instea...

PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google

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An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build inside Claude — were found publicly...

Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M

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Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent crypto walle...

Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?

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What Does Mending Do in Minecraft? Explained

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Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?

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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI

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On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street. source https://tec...

Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others

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The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught

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An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never gotten caug...

Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation

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IO Interactive Quietly Removes Denuvo From 007 First Light After Two Months

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Just days before launch, IO Interactive discreetly added Denuvo Anti-Tamper to its latest Bond title, 007: First Light. Now, according to th...

AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing

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The Series A was led by Battery Ventures, bringing AegisAI total funding to $49 million. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/aegisai-f...

A New GTA 6 Face Scan Artist Has Been Spotted Online

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Xbox Launches Backward Compatibility on PC and Handhelds, Starting With Four Classic Games

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Xbox is making some big shakeups, and one of their latest endeavors is introducing backward compatibility on PC. Xbox has announced that fou...

Science Corporation’s vision-restoring chip wins EU approval

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Kylian Mbappe Returns as the Cover Star for EA Sports FC 27

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Sony May Have Seen This Coming — US Physical Game Sales Have Collapsed to a Record Low

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A new US physical video game consumer report has revealed a consistent drop in sales year after year since 2009. Sales hit rock bottom in 20...

Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

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Avengers Doomsday Trailer Shows How Overpowered Doctor Doom Could Be in Marvel Rivals

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Fortnite Teases Obsession Collab Coming Soon in New Sprite Trailer

Epic Games just boarded the Obsession hype train and likely teased a possible collab with Fortnite. Michael Johnston, who portrays Bear in t...

Beast of Reincarnation Preview Reveals 30-40 Hour Campaign, Fast Combat, and NieR Automata Vibes

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Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck. source https://techcrunch.com/20...

What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit

Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/19/what-to-watch-for-a...

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware...

‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’

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Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all

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Current AI, a non-profit building AI that leaves no one culture behind, has made remarkable progress across devices, AI chat and more. sour...

Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause

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Kimi: Threat or menace?

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Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism." sour...

Fortnite Shiny Sprite Power Hours: Start Time and Countdown Timer

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Epic Games is back at it again, bringing another Fortnite Power Hour for players to participate in. This time around, Epic is organising the...

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation

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The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices. source https://techcrunch...

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Roblox launches an AI-powered game creation feature in its mobile app

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Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/0...

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

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OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designe...

Apple bans home services from its upcoming Maps ads

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Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new ...

The founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone

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Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

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Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions. ...

Is Air Sprite in Fortnite Right Now? Answered

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The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

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LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy

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Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo

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Major Genshin Impact Leak Reveals the 7.1 to 7.3 Snezhnaya Character Roadmap

Genshin Impact Snezhnaya will add a ton of new characters to the game, including the much anticipated Cryo Archon. A new leak has finally co...

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. source ht...

Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name

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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

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Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAi's senior leadership, including a long-time former employee. source https://techcrun...

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Marvel Rivals Death of Apocalypse Event: All Answers

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If you are tired of completing challenges to earn rewards in Marvel Rivals, NetEase Games has added a new thrilling whodunnit-style event, D...

How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?

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Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images

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Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app

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The Y Combinator-backed company started a vibe-coding platform and later built an agent-creation product. source https://techcrunch.com/202...

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

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The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI

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A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as ...

Nintendo to Discontinue Its Old-Gen Switch Consoles in Europe Starting 2027

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Nintendo has officially confirmed that it will cease sales of the Old-Gen Nintendo Switch hardware family in Europe beginning in mid-Februar...

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Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump

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Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds

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5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better

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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public

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Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are

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With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/almo...

New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had ac...

Someone Just Bought GTA 6 for $2, and It All Started With Forgotten Reward Points

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A player has surprised the entire GTA community by revealing that they have secured a pre-order for GTA 6 for $2 only. The player, called ...

The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more

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Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung

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The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom. source https://techcrunch.com/202...

Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation

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The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion valuation in early 2025. source ht...

Samsung confirms the Galaxy Ring 2 https://ift.tt/K8sZeCS

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Ring in 2024, and so you may have been wondering where its successor is. Back in May we heard that the Galaxy R...

Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video

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A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps. sou...

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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 has felt like a breath of fresh air ever since it launched, bringing in a ton of players, thanks to the Sprite m...

California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1

Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/28/california-law-targeting-loud-streaming-ads-takes-ef...

When is the Next Fortnite Power Hour?

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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short

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Foldable gaming mode is coming with Android 17 https://ift.tt/trPX0aH

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Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’

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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype

Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/softbanks-ceo-isnt-the-only-on...

GTA 6 Might Be Removing a GTA Feature I Never Thought I’d Miss

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With the GTA 6 pre-orders finally live, players are now more hopeful than ever that the next GTA game will finally arrive on November 19, 20...

OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US

The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/op...

Trump threatens 100% tariff on countries putting 'Digital Services Tax on American Companies'

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"This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not," Trump wrote in a Truth Social...

Microsoft lifts price of Xbox consoles due to soaring component costs

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Microsoft said it's increasing the price of Xbox game consoles after Apple announced price hikes for MacBooks and iPads. from Tech htt...

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With the release of the Gone Wild event, Epic has added an array of new Sprites to Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3. Among these, the Fortnite Fi...

Nvidia's Huang calls black market data centers made of smuggled parts a 'dead end'

June 24, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Washington regulators and the Trump administration are increasingly wary of China getting ahold of advanced AI software and hardware. from...

Here's when Apple is starting mass production of the iPhone Ultra https://ift.tt/7jImafz

June 24, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Recently there's been some controversy about the iPhone Ultra's release window, with a report claiming it was delayed, which was th...

Broadcom stock needs a win. The new OpenAI co-designed Jalapeno chip might do the trick

June 24, 2026 Add Comment Edit

The news involving OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, comes as Broadcom stock fights to get back on track. from Tech https://ift.tt/9YiaqIb

Honkai Nexus Anima Release Date, Evolution Test Beta Access, and More

Honkai Nexus Anime is Hoyoverse's latest game that seeks to infiltrate the monster-capturing player base. Featuring a cast of colorful c...

How to Get Supergirl Skin in Fortnite for Free

Look out! Epic Games has finally revealed the upcoming Supergirl skin, which will be released to celebrate the release of the DC's Super...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8 colors and storage options leak https://ift.tt/8KMbH1B

Samsung is rumored to be holding its next Unpacked event in London on July 22, where it's expected to unveil the Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy...

Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market

June 22, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants Meta to have its own prediction market app. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/mark-zuckerberg-wants...

Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 details leak https://ift.tt/mgft5Xo

According to a new rumor from a tipster on X, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will arrive with new band designs...

Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal

June 22, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/google-deepmind-bets-75m-on-a...

How to Get White Dye in Minecraft

June 22, 2026 Add Comment Edit

White dyes in Minecraft are useful, especially when you're building a medieval castle, a futuristic city, or a cozy survival base. Moreo...

Sail Your Boat Codes (June 2026)

Update: added new Sail Your Boat codes on June 22, 2026 from Beebom https://ift.tt/VEefbgD

Oppo Find N7 wide foldable's design details leak https://ift.tt/nPBt8OQ

This year is shaping up to be a big one for foldable smartphones, with both Apple and Samsung expected to unveil wide-screen foldables. Rec...

Valorant VCT 2027: New Format, Locations, and More

The Valorant Champions Tour, we know, is set to fade into the abyss as Riot Games is making the biggest structural changes to the esports to...

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash

Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/21/ubisoft-c...

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’

"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” source https://techcrunch.com/2026...

In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search

So ... what's your In the Weights score? source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search/

Samsung is now testing One UI 9 for the Galaxy Z Fold7, A56, S23, and S24 series https://ift.tt/E8d9vZk

Samsung recently released the third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series smartphones, which are currently the only smartphones eligible ...

Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish

Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely. source https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/founde...

Here's why Apple is already dropping support for so many watches in watchOS 27 https://ift.tt/vRcwuJT

At its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month, Apple unveiled watchOS 27. This will be rolling out in the fall. Perhaps surpris...

Aura’s impressive e-ink photo frame doesn’t even look digital

What’s the most cliche possible gift you can give a relative? A digital photo frame, displaying a rotating slideshow of family photos. Now A...

Global Oppo Reno16 series finally has an official launch date https://ift.tt/XcHCJmZ

Yesterday, Oppo started teasing the global launch of the Reno16 series in partnership with the K-pop girl band BABYMONSTER. The phones were...

Fortnite Makes Getting a Gummy Zero Point Sprite Much Easier This Weekend

June 18, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Collecting sprites in Fortnite has become as viral as collecting Pokemon cards in the real world. These cute creatures have driven players t...

The 11 standout startups from YC’s Demo Day, according to VCs

TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 milli...

Motorola Razr Fold in for review https://ift.tt/ZqMCO4o

June 18, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Motorola's first book-style foldable is impressive, despite not being the best on paper. The Razr Fold isn't the lightest, doesn...

Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips

June 18, 2026 Add Comment Edit

AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company. ...

Social media’s next evolution: User-controlled algorithms

June 17, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly i...

CEOs of Anthropic and Google DeepMind call for U.S.-led AI coalition in meeting at G7

June 17, 2026 Add Comment Edit

Tech leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump, joined a meeting about AI standards at the G7 Summit. from Tech https:/...

Apple releases second developer betas of iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 https://ift.tt/I5LnA8f

Apple is working on iOS 27, but this doesn’t mean that work on the current iOS 26 version has stopped. In fact, iOS 26.5 came out a month a...

SpaceX gets assist from DOJ in effort to toss NAACP air pollution lawsuit

The DOJ is asking a Mississippi federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP against Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX. fr...

Verizon's $1 billion deal to improve network coverage faces resistance from regional carriers https://ift.tt/tnl5GPm

The FCC recently approved a $1 billion deal between Verizon and UScellular. The former purchased several cellular spectrums, which help the...

Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end