AEREDIUM launches AERSeal to end single-key control of smart contracts
AEREDIUM has launched AERSeal, a security product for smart contracts. It exists to stop a single compromised private key from handing an attacker control of a contract. Smart con…
Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people
Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divis…
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting
Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unco…
Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge labelled a gatekeeper
Microsoft Edge will stay outside the European Union’s toughest tech rulebook. The bloc’s General Court on Wednesday rejected Opera’s challenge to the European Commission’s decisio…
CrowdStrike and the FBI are dismantling Sality after 23 years
Sality has been infecting computers since 2003, making it older than the iPhone, Facebook, and much of the security industry now working to dismantle it. US law enforcement and Cr…
PwC projects that the global investment in AI infrastructure will reach $31.6 trillion by 2050
Building the world’s AI infrastructure will cost $31.6 trillion between now and 2050, according to modelling commissioned by PwC from Oxford Economics across 46 countries. Annual …
Dropbox says 5,000 accounts were breached through a Lenovo login
Somebody registered a Lenovo ID using a stranger’s email address and then used it to sign into that person’s Dropbox account without needing their password. About 5,000 accounts w…
OpenAI says its next model finds security flaws nobody has found yet
“With the right tools and access, Astra can find previously unknown security flaws and develop ways to exploit them,” said Amelia Glaese, the OpenAI vice president who oversees it…
The European Commission is looking at Oracle’s licensing, two months after settling with SAP
The European Commission is gathering information on how Oracle licenses its software in the cloud, following a similar approach it used against SAP two months ago. Reuters reporte…
Apple’s new CEO gets a $3M salary and a $55M equity target
John Ternus will receive a base salary of $3m a year as Apple’s chief executive, roughly 5% of what the company is targeting for his total compensation. The rest is equity, accord…
Brussels is asking publishers whether Google’s AI opt-out is any use
Google gave publishers a way to opt out of its AI search features in June without affecting their ordinary search rankings. The European Commission has spent the summer trying to …
Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO
The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors."
Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.
Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name
Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million val…
Open AI’s Astra model is on the way—and very good at breaking into computer systems
OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.
Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more
The new features coming to Android are aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind users navigate their surroundings, and more.
X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money
X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.
Mozilla adds a built-in ad blocker to Firefox on iOS, built on Apple’s WebKit API
Mozilla has launched a built-in ad blocker for Firefox on iOS, built on Apple’s WebKit content blocker technology with the EasyList filter and switched off by default. Apple opene…
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, cutting cache read prices by 75%
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, the same model with different safeguards, cutting cache read prices by 75% and reporting 52.6% on a scientific research ben…
John Deere launches JD, an AI assistant that answers questions from a farm’s own data
John Deere has launched JD, an AI assistant that answers plain-language questions from a farm’s own machine and field data, alongside a ten-point voluntary Farmer Data Commitment.…
John Ternus hypes ‘huge launch next week’ in first memo as Apple CEO
Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first ever foldable iPhone.
Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive
Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards.
Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer
New York's prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.