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Ex-Meta employee whistleblower suit alleged security flaws WhatsApp
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAn ex-Meta employee sued the social media company on Monday over allegations that its WhatsApp messaging service contained "systemic cybersecurity failures" that potentially…
Nepal reverses social media ban as protests turn deadly
Nepal has made a dramatic U-turn, reversing a social media ban imposed last week after the decision sparked nationwide “Gen Z” protests that reportedly left at least 19 people dead.
The ban, which blocked access to 26 platforms…
Nvidia’s Huang joining Trump on UK state visit next week
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at an 'Investing in America' event in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang will join President Donald Trump next week on…
SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar, for use in the Starlink satellite network.
EchoStar will sell its AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses in…
Broadcom stock pops on $10 billion customer analysts say is OpenAI
Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom.Martin H. Simon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBroadcom shares soared 9.4% on Friday after the chipmaker said on its earnings call that it had secured a new $10 billion customer. Analysts quickly pointed to…
Trump threatens EU trade probe after Google, Apple fines
US President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Will Oliver | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday threatened…
Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea
Microsoft said Saturday that clients of its Azure cloud platform might experience increased latency after multiple undersea cables were cut in the Red Sea, as reported in Bloomberg.
In a status update, the company said traffic going…
Tech’s megacaps are now worth $21 trillion as market caps swell
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Google for Startups in Warsaw, Poland, on February 13, 2025.Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesFrom the courtroom to the boardroom, it was a big…
EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
The European Commission announced this week that it’s fining Google €2.95 billion (just under $3.5 billion).
The commission found that Google had violated European Union antitrust rules by favoring its own advertising services.…
Google slapped by EU with $3.45 billion antitrust fine
Google was on Friday hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) antitrust fine from European Union regulators for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative advertising technology business.The European Commission, which is the…
Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?
On Friday, a startup called Fable announced an ambitious, if head-scratching, plan to recreate the lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles’ classic film “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
Why is a startup that bills itself as the “Netflix of AI,”…
FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter raised questions on Friday about the status of an artificial intelligence chatbot complaint against Snap that the agency referred to the Department of Justice earlier this…
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle authors’ copyright lawsuit
Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of authors, who claimed the artificial intelligence startup had illegally accessed their books.The company will pay roughly $3,000 per book…
OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality
OpenAI is reorganizing its Model Behavior team, a small but influential group of researchers who shape how the company’s AI models interact with people, TechCrunch has learned.
In an August memo to staff seen by TechCrunch, OpenAI’s…
AppLovin and Robinhood added to S&P 500
Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index.The changes will go into…
Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company announced on Friday. On a message published on its website, the startup behind Dot, New Computer, said that the product will remain…
Roblox announces short-video, AI features amid child safety concerns
Thiago Prudêncio | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesRoblox on Friday announced new short-video and AI features that come amid increasing lawmaker scrutiny into how the company protects children on its platform.With Roblox Moments,…
OpenAI is building an AI jobs platform that could challenge Microsoft’s LinkedIn
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty…