In Summary. Published:. 2:41 PM PDT · September 6, 2026. Why is Phil Schiller, a long-time Apple executive, resigning from his position as the head of the App Store? Mark Gurman of Bloomberg says that…
Some authors hoping to receive their share of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement said they received surprising emails this week — emails informing them that someone else was making a claim on their payments. Anthropic…
In Summary. Published:. 3:49 PM PDT · September 5, 2026. Two additional news organizations are taking legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft due to the alleged utilization of their journalistic content for AI training. According…
In Summary. Published:. 12:35 PM PDT · September 5, 2026. Google’s AI chatbot Gemini was used by three hikers who were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta, as stated in the Chicago Tribune. The hikers began…
Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2…
OpenAI is at the center of another agent swarm incident. Researchers say the company’s internally deployed agents took over an obscure German-language wiki in May and June, using it to coordinate on evaluations and swap…
When it first happens to you, you think you’re crazy. You wander into a cafe and look at a menu with a variety of bagel sandwiches, but each illustration looks eerily flawless, precisely symmetrical, and…
In Summary. Published:. 5:48 PM PDT · September 3, 2026. Crusoe, a data center developer with clients such as Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI, has secured a $3 billion funding round, valuing the company at $30…
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale successful companies. Hear from startup and venture leaders shaping the…
Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents to automate routine IT help desk tasks, according to two people with knowledge of the…