President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes
Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration.
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AWS takes aim at runaway AI agent behavior with Strands Box
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced an open-source sandbox for AI agents that allows developers to restrict their actions based on previous behavior, seeking to address security risks as enterpri
Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app notification
The hackers alerted the fashion giant's customers through a push notification that said they had "fully compromised" the company's cloud storage.
AI changed my role before it changed my software
My first attempt at vibe coding face-planted. I shook my head and stared at the screen. Well, this is obviously not for me. I became convinced the problem was the AI. I had uploaded the working Excel
Elon Musk questions Ambani’s influence as Starlink India launch stalls
“Is Ambani the real boss of India?” Elon Musk asked as he questioned why Starlink has yet to launch its satellite internet service in the country.
Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
TechCrunch Founder Summit is gearing up to return to Boston on November 4! We’re doing a last call for exceptional volunteers to join us in bringing this event to life. If you’ve ever wond
Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office
As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery.
Google’s new SynthID website can identify AI-generated media
Google on Tuesday launched a new site that lets anyone verify whether a piece of media, be it an image, a video, or an audio clip, is generated using AI.
Bloom raises $3.6M to become the ‘Alibaba’ of American manufacturing
The Detroit startup has widened its scope beyond mobility to help drone and robotics companies find U.S.-based manufacturers, shippers, and more.
Atlassian’s critical flaw turns eight enterprise products into one big security problem
A newly-disclosed critical flaw in Atlassian’s data center software has a remarkably wide reach, affecting eight core products across the company’s enterprise portfolio. CVE-2026-21589, rated 9.3 (cri
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots. The startup pays people to record everyday tasks.
While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’
Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonprofit that finds them.
AWS’ support for Iceberg materialized views on Redshift could help lower analytics costs
AWS has added support for Iceberg materialized views to its managed cloud data warehouse service, Amazon Redshift, in an effort to help enterprises lower analytics costs. Materialized views are precom
Cursor writes all my code now
I was at the gym yesterday, talking with a relatively new CrossFitter named John, and naturally he asked me what I do for a living. I said I write software all day. But it hit me—I don’t actually writ
X expands its ‘Gametime’ sports hub beyond the NFL, starting with MLB
X is turning its NFL-focused Gametime feature into a year-round sports destination, starting with MLB and with other professional leagues to follow.
CIA officer admits to creating fake top secret government program to steal over $190M, including gold bars
CIA officer David Rush, who worked on highly sensitive intelligence programs, reached a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors after he was caught siphoning money and gold with a fake government contract.
Encrypted instructions trick Copilot CLI into spilling developer secrets
GitHub Copilot CLI can be made to read sensitive files from a developer’s machine and send their contents to an attacker from a single web page. Security researchers at Adversa AI said the new attack
Atlassian launches AMP to tackle AI code visibility, attribution
Atlassian today rolled out new offerings designed to make it easier for IT to differentiate coding by AIs from human coding. The problem is that such distinctions in the enterprise today are rarely bi
Five keys to controlling AI token costs
We spent the last decade building entire finops departments just to decipher what the cloud bill was saying. Just when we figured out how to stop leaving idle compute instances running, generative AI
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