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Google's Universal Cart: Track Your Shopping Journey Across the Web
Most people shop across multiple devices, many retailers, and over the course of many days, which is why Google is launching Universal Cart.
Google Unveils Gemini AI Updates at IO 2026
The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a stand-alone chatbot.
Google Unveils Audio-Powered Smart Glasses at IO 2026
Google is calling the new devices "audio glasses," in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.
Elon Musk Loses OpenAI Lawsuit: Jury Rejects Claims
The jury's speedy decision to reject Elon Musk's lawsuit against the other founders of OpenAI and Microsoft confirmed what we saw in the courtroom: Musk's case was a weak one, in part because he waited so long to file it.
Ocean's AI Email Security Raises $28M to Combat Phishing
Ocean, an agentic email security platform, claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts.
Mach Industries Invests $50M in AI for Defense Tech
Mach says the acquisition meaningfully improves unit economics across its five vehicle programs at exactly the moment the company is starting to scale.
Discord Adds End-to-End Encryption for Voice and Video Calls
Good news! Discord's hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them.
Google's New AI Agents for Enhanced Search Monitoring
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
Google IO 2026: Talk to Your Gmail Inbox with AI Voice Search
Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
Google Unveils AI Design Tool for All at IO 2026
Google says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
Google's YouTube AI Search: Gemini Omni Enhances Video Discovery
Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn't stop at YouTube.
Apple's New AI-Powered Accessibility Features for Vision Pro
Apple is introducing a feature to let Vision Pro control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes
CISA Exposed Passwords and Cloud Keys on GitHub
The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.
Hackers Compromise Open Source Packages in Supply Chain Attack
The attacks are part of a wider campaign known as Mini Shai-Hulud, which has already compromised several open source projects and, in turn, developers and companies that use them.
Light Phone Partners with Noble Mobile for Productivity Boost
"The Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible," founder Joe Hollier told TechCrunch.
Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic's Pre-training Team
Pre-training is responsible for the large-scale training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to the company. It's also one of the most expensive, compute-intensive phases of building a frontier model.
Google's Gemini Omni: Revolutionizing Video Creation with Multimodal A
Google's Gemini Omni is a new multimodal model that reasons across text, images, audio, and video to generate and edit videos through simple conversation — starting with Omni Flash.
OpenAI Enhances AI Image Detection with New Measures
OpenAI announced two new measures to help detect AI generated imagery: joining the open C2PA standard and adding Google's SynthID to its products.
Google Unveils Antigravity 2.0 with New AI Ultra Plan
Google is debuting a new AI Ultra plan priced at $100, which will give users 5x more usage limit than the AI Pro plan alongside Antigravity 2.0 launch.
Google Adds Voice Prompts to Docs and Keep in Workspace Update
Google is letting users create drafts, take notes, and search for email with voice with the new Workspace update
Google Unveils Gemini Spark: 24/7 Agentic Assistant with Gmail Integra
At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google Antigravity.
Google's Universal Cart: AI-Powered Shopping Across Devices
The tech giant says it's aware that most people shop across multiple devices, many retailers, and over the course of many days, which is why it's launching Universal Cart.
Google Unveils New Android CLI for AI-Powered App Development
Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to build Android apps faster from the command line.
Google Updates Gemini App to Rival ChatGPT and Claude
The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a stand-alone chatbot.
Google's New AI Design Tool for Everyone
The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
Google’s AI Studio: Build Android Apps in Minutes
Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software development.
Google's AI Enhances Gmail with Voice Search
Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
Google's AI Overhaul Redefines Search Experience
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
Google's New AI Information Agents: How They Work
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
Google Unveils Gemini 3.5 Flash: Revolutionizing AI Agents
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
Google's Genie Simulates Real Streets with Street View Integration
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.
AI Tool: GitHub's Buffalo Tech Rider for Enhanced Coding
AI Tool: GitHub's Buffalo Tech Rider In the world of software development, tools that enhance coding efficiency and collaboration are invaluable. One such tool …
Eclipse's $2.5B Cerebras Win: AI Infrastructure Milestone
Investing in the real world was lonely for Lior Susan 10 years ago. Now his firm finds itself at the center of the tech world's action.
AI Skills Arms Race: The Future of Automotive with TechCrunch Mobility
AI Skills Arms Race: The Future of Automotive The automotive industry is on the cusp of a transformative shift, driven by the integration of artificial intellig…
AI Graduates in 2026: Avoiding AI in Commencement Speeches
It's tough to get graduating students excited about a future shaped by artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: Trust in Trial's Final Days
A big theme in the trial’s final days was whether OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is trustworthy.
Apple's Siri Update Focuses on Enhanced Privacy
Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri.
Ghost 2.0: Revolutionizing Modern Publishing with AI
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
AI Coding Agents: Secure Skill Registry for Extending AI Tools
The secure, validated skill registry for professional AI coding agents. Extend Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and more with absolute confidence.
Jailbreaking Older Kindles: Risks and Benefits Post-Amazon Support
It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.
Cerebras Systems: The AI Chip Startup That Almost Failed
Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.
Deep Care's AI-Powered Posture Corrector: Offline and Effective
Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits
OpenAI's Greg Brockman Leads Product Strategy Amid Integration Plans
OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.
ArXiv Tightens Rules on AI-Generated Scientific Papers
ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.
AI Gold Rush: The Haves and Have-Nots in the Tech Industry
The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.
Nectar Social Raises $30M for AI Marketing Platform
AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.
AI Tool Tracks Ghost Jobs After Tech Company Ghosting
AI Tool Tracks Elusive Job Offer Rejections After Unacknowledged Applicants In today's competitive job market, many job seekers experience frustration when they…
OpenAI May Sue Apple Over ChatGPT Integration Issues
OpenAI is so frustrated with Apple over a ChatGPT integration that failed to deliver the subscribers and prominence it expected that the company is now actively exploring legal action against the iPhone maker.
Cerebras IPO: Benchmark's Billion-Dollar Bet on AI Hardware
Benchmark almost never backs hardware startups. So Eric Vishria dragged his feet 10 years ago before agreeing to hear Cerebras' pitch.
AI Startup Aims to Build Self-Improving AI
Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.