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  • Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers | TechCrunch

    As space companies itch to push the most advanced chips into orbit, the problem of cooling those high-powered processors is top of mind. “It’s cold in space… [but] there’s no airflow, and so the only way to dissipate is through conduction,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said when asked about space-based data centers during his firm’s read more

    Sophia Space raises M seed to demo novel space computers | TechCrunch
  • How Chinese AI Chatbots Censor Themselves

    Hearing someone talk about digital censorship in China is always either extremely boring or extremely interesting. Most of the time, people are still regurgitating the same talking points from 20 years ago about how the Chinese internet is like living in George Orwell’s 1984. But occasionally, someone discovers something new about how the Chinese government read more

    How Chinese AI Chatbots Censor Themselves
  • Rena Bransten, Legendary San Francisco Art Dealer, Dies at 92

    Rena Bransten, an art dealer whose gallery was a fixture of the San Francisco art scene for over 50 years, died Wednesday at the age of 92. Bransten died following a fall after a recent heart attack, her daughter, Trish, told the San Francisco Chronicle. Bransten’s eponymous gallery was founded in 1975 as the successor read more

    Rena Bransten, Legendary San Francisco Art Dealer, Dies at 92
  • Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era?

    Silicon Valley has always prized “high-agency” individuals—people who impress their ideas upon the world by thinking for themselves and taking action without being told what to do. But as the performance of AI coding tools has surged, so has the industry’s emphasis on humans being “agentic” themselves. “Today’s agents might already be more capable than read more

    Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era?
  • Threads is testing a shortcut to quickly start DM conversations | TechCrunch

    Threads is testing a shortcut to make it easier to DM someone, the Meta-owned company announced on Thursday. Users who are part of the test can type “DM me” or “Message me” in a post or reply to automatically generate a hyperlink that invites others to start a private conversation with them. Tapping on the read more

    Threads is testing a shortcut to quickly start DM conversations | TechCrunch
  • Apple Releases Xcode 26.3 With Support for AI Agents From Anthropic and OpenAI

    After several weeks of testing, Apple today released Xcode 26.3, an update that allows developers to use tools like Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex for app creation directly in Xcode. With support for agentic coding, Xcode can complete more complex app development tasks autonomously. Apple worked with Anthropic and OpenAI to configure their agents read more

    Apple Releases Xcode 26.3 With Support for AI Agents From Anthropic and OpenAI
  • Read AI launches an email-based 'digital twin' to help you with schedules and answers | TechCrunch

    Meeting notetaker Read AI on Thursday launched an AI-powered email-based assistant called Ada, saying it helps users manage their schedules, answer questions based on a company’s knowledge base, and reply to out-of-office emails. The company is calling Ada a “digital twin” that handles tasks for you around the clock. Read AI said that the assistant read more

    Read AI launches an email-based 'digital twin' to help you with schedules and answers | TechCrunch
  • Bumble adds AI-powered photo feedback and profile guidance tools | TechCrunch

    Bumble announced on Thursday that it’s adding a series of AI-driven features intended to help turn matches into lasting connections, including those that offer feedback and guidance on users’ bios, photos, and prompts. The dating app’s new AI-suggested profile guidance tool will roll out globally and give “personalized, actionable feedback” on users’ bios and prompts. read more

    Bumble adds AI-powered photo feedback and profile guidance tools | TechCrunch
  • iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data

    The iPhone and iPad can be used with NATO restricted level classified information after meeting NATO’s information assurance requirements, Apple said today. No special software or settings are required. Apple’s devices are the first and only consumer mobile products that have reached this government certification level after security testing and evaluation by the German government. read more

    iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data
  • Walmart agrees to $100M settlement over deceptive pay practices in Spark Driver program | TechCrunch

    Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over deceptive pay practices within its Spark Driver service, which uses gig workers to deliver online orders from local stores to customers. The retailer was accused of misleading drivers about their potential base pay and tip amounts, and read more

    Walmart agrees to 0M settlement over deceptive pay practices in Spark Driver program | TechCrunch
  • Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise | TechCrunch

    For all their potential, AI agents have been slow to make an impact in the enterprise, and one new startup is betting that the reason they haven’t is a lack of context. Launched as part of Y Combinator’s 2025 summer cohort, Trace is a workflow orchestration startup aimed at filling that gap. The company maps read more

    Trace raises M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise | TechCrunch
  • Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex | TechCrunch

    Figma is integrating OpenAI’s AI coding tool, Codex, to let users create and tweak designs from within their coding environments. The move comes a week after the design company struck a similar partnership with Anthropic to integrate Claude Code. This integration lets users start working with a design in Figma or code in Codex, and read more

    Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex | TechCrunch
  • Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo | TechCrunch

    For years now, when we think of mobile gaming, we think of app stores. Developers invest countless hours, months, or even years creating games just to surrender a significant portion — up to 30% — of their earnings to major players like Apple and Google. However, a newcomer has entered the scene, aiming to revolutionize read more

    Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo | TechCrunch
  • Everything announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, including S26 smartphones, privacy screen, and more | TechCrunch

    Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on Wednesday saw the Korean tech giant unveil its new S26 series of Galaxy smartphones and a pair of new earbuds, and there was a lot of talk about AI assistants and agents. Here’s a quick recap of everything announced at the event. Galaxy S26 smartphones The South read more

    Everything announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, including S26 smartphones, privacy screen, and more | TechCrunch
  • Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content | TechCrunch

    Instagram will start alerting parents if their teen repeatedly tries to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period of time, the company announced on Thursday. The alerts are launching in the coming weeks to parents who are enrolled in parental supervision on Instagram. The Meta-owned social platform says that while read more

    Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content | TechCrunch
  • X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creatives made for other platforms | TechCrunch

    Elon Musk’s X is making it easier for advertisers to bring their creative campaigns from other social sites to its platform. On Thursday, the company launched an expanded set of aspect ratio support for both image and video ads, which means advertisers can now reuse the material they’ve created for other platforms without having to read more

    X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creatives made for other platforms | TechCrunch
  • Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation | TechCrunch

    Google today announced the latest version of its popular image generation model, Nano Banana 2. The new model, which is technically Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, can create more realistic images than its predecessor. The model will also now become the default in the Gemini app for its Fast, Thinking, and Pro modes. The company first read more

    Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation | TechCrunch
  • Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023 | TechCrunch

    Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a bug in one of its popular networking products used by large enterprises for at least three years, prompting the U.S. government and its allies to urge organizations to take action. The bug, which has a maximum-rated vulnerability severity score of 10.0, allows hackers to remotely break into networks read more

    Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023 | TechCrunch
  • Upcoming Apple Announcements Likely to Focus on Chip Refreshes

    Apple’s imminent series of announcements will focus on chip updates, rather than redesigned devices, according to a known leaker. In a new post, the Weibo leaker known as “Fixed Focus Digital” said Apple’s scheduled announcements for next week focus on refreshed devices with basic generational chip upgrades, rather than more fundamental redesigns. Earlier this month, read more

    Upcoming Apple Announcements Likely to Focus on Chip Refreshes
  • Chicago’s DePaul Art Museum to Close After 40 Years

    The DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, founded in 1985 and part of DePaul University, will close at the end of its current fiscal year, on June 30. The school, which faces considerable financial challenges, announced the closure in an announcement to the community Thursday morning. In December, the school laid off 114 out of 1,493 read more

    Chicago’s DePaul Art Museum to Close After 40 Years