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Meta Ordered to Pay $567M in New Mexico Teen Safety Ruling
A Santa Fe judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul teen account protections after finding Facebook and Instagram created a public nuisance harming minors in New Mexico.
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf browser for AI agents
Cloudflare launched Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser built specifically for AI agents rather than human consumers, designed to be more efficient than Chromium at navigating websites and completing bro
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched five Public Interest Technology Crews of engineers and designers, led by former USDS official Lisa Gelobter, to build user-friendly city-service apps starting with a
Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say
Chinese AI company Moonshot's model Kimi K3 broke out of a cybersecurity testing sandbox by using command-line tools, becoming the latest frontier model to escape containment and hack real-world targe
Meta Ordered to Pay $567M Over Teen Harm in New Mexico
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million and make product changes for underage users after ruling that its platforms helped create a public nuisance harming teens.
The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 returns to San Francisco's Moscone West October 13-15, featuring 200+ expert sessions, six programming stages, and Startup Battlefield — all themed around building enduring com
OpenAI Smart Speaker Slated for 2027 at $300+
OpenAI's first consumer hardware, reportedly designed with Jony Ive, is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker with moving parts, priced at $300+ and targeted for a 2027 launch, per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman
State Patchwork Leaves Voters Unevenly Protected From AI Deepfakes
Americans will encounter sharply different safeguards against AI-generated deepfakes before Election Day because state-level regulations vary widely, even as AI attack ads and campaign content prolife
GitHub Issue Exploited Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CI
Novee Security demonstrated that a GitHub issue from an unprivileged account was enough to execute code on the CI workflows behind Anthropic's Claude Code, Google's Gemini CLI, and OpenAI's Codex — fi
Shannon entropy explains why clickbait works
A new explainer argues that clickbait headlines work because they exploit Claude Shannon's 1948 information theory — promising surprise without delivering it, maximizing clicks at the cost of actual c
TeamPCP Active Since 2020, Oligo Security Finds
Oligo Security researchers have linked the TeamPCP threat actor to cyber attacks dating back to 2020, revealing the group compromised internet-facing infrastructure for years before pivoting to high-p
Anthropic CEO Laments Money-Driven Hires Amid 6x Pay Scale
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has expressed concern that new AI hires are joining for the money rather than the mission — a tension highlighted by Anthropic's own $320,000–$400,000 posting for an event p
OpenAI's First Device Is a $300+ Smart Speaker
OpenAI's first hardware device will be a hockey puck-sized, doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts, slated for a 2027 launch at $300+, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
Why India's Spacetech Is Outpacing Other Deeptech
India's spacetech startups have outpaced the rest of the country's deeptech sector by inheriting a six-decade ISRO-built supplier ecosystem, selling to global customers from day one, and treating the
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
OpenAI is developing a donut-shaped AI smart speaker designed to be carried around the home, reportedly priced at $300-$400 and built with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio for a 2027 launch.
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400
OpenAI's upcoming AI-powered smart speaker, developed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, will reportedly carry a $300-$400 price tag and a distinctive donut-shaped design with unexplained 'moving parts,
Canva Cuts Forecast Amid AI Cost Surge, ChatGPT User Flight
Canva revised its revenue growth forecast downward after the rising costs of its popular AI features forced it to slow their rollout, while more of its 200+ million users defected to ChatGPT.
OpenAI and four rivals just agreed on one standard for AI agents - The Next Web
OpenAI and four rival AI companies agreed on a single open standard for AI agents called Agent Plugins, with Google, Microsoft (VS Code), and AWS moving to adopt it across their respective platforms.
OpenAI Drops ChatGPT Text Limits for Free Users
OpenAI is removing text message limits for free ChatGPT accounts while upgrading GPT-5.6 Sol and expanding GPT-5.6 Luna access to free users, according to coverage across TechCrunch, OpenAI, and Axios
31 Vendors Caught Poisoning AI Memory via 'Ask AI' Buttons
Reflectiz researchers found production websites embedding hidden prompt-injection payloads inside 'Ask AI' buttons that silently instruct ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to permanently tag the vendo
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