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Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
TechCrunch 7 Jul 2026
Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web

With this update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished output later — even if thei...

Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
TechCrunch 7 Jul 2026
Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom

The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine
TechCrunch 7 Jul 2026
The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine

Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine.

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
TechCrunch 7 Jul 2026
The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chos...

US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom
TechCrunch 7 Jul 2026
US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom

SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.

You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.

Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI

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

If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media suc...

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI rep...

Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created

In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.

Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups
TechCrunch 6 Jul 2026
Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups

Station F, a Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is gearing up for a new edition of its F/ai accelerator program in ...

Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
TechCrunch 5 Jul 2026
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk

These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.

New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI
TechCrunch 4 Jul 2026
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 access to...

Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
TechCrunch 4 Jul 2026
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.

Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code
TechCrunch 4 Jul 2026
Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code

Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
TechCrunch 4 Jul 2026
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontie...

The only AI glossary you’ll need this year
TechCrunch 3 Jul 2026
The only AI glossary you’ll need this year

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases...

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