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OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be? Tim Fernholz 12:33 PM PDT · July 20, 2026 The impressive capabilities of Chinese lab Moonshot’s Kimi K3, the biggest open-weight large language model, has kicked off a debate that conflates two things: the economic possibilities of...

Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action Zack Whittaker 5:39 AM PDT · July 20, 2026 Hugging Face, a platform that hosts AI models and datasets , said its internal datasets and service credentials were compromised in a hack last week. The...

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 8:35 AM PDT · July 20, 2026 Hackers are breaking into websites that run vulnerable versions of the popular blogging software WordPress, according to several cybersecurity...

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans? Anthony Ha 12:24 PM PDT · July 19, 2026 Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI , accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple...

What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit Kate Park 2:16 PM PDT · July 19, 2026 Nvidia’s chief Jensen Huang spent two days — July 15 and 16 — in Tokyo, courting Japan’s industrial and chip-supply elite, weeks after a keynote in Taiwan, and months after a visit to South Korea . He left...

Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all Kate Park 7:00 AM PDT · July 19, 2026 A farmer in rural India takes a photo of a dying plant. She wants to research it on the internet but she doesn’t speak English. She shouldn’t have to. That’s the type of problem...

‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’ Anthony Ha 7:52 AM PDT · July 19, 2026 Christopher Nolan, the Oscar-winning director whose new version of “The Odyssey” is currently conquering the box office , said it’s been “pretty encouraging” to see deep skepticism of...

TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules Kirsten Korosec 9:05 AM PDT · July 19, 2026 Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility , your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click...

All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year Kirsten Korosec 9:30 AM PDT · July 18, 2026 The Honda Prologue, you may have heard, is officially dead — a decision the company confirmed to TechCrunch, removing the last all-electric vehicle from the automaker’s U.S...

A 600-mile road trip (and data) proves EV charging doesn’t suck anymore Tim De Chant 7:32 AM PDT · July 18, 2026 In the minds of prospective EV buyers, charging looms large. Just over half of those surveyed by AAA last year said that public charging infrastructure was a key concern. Those...

Kimi: Threat or menace? Anthony Ha 11:51 AM PDT · July 18, 2026 Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, generating another wave of discourse about China and open source AI. Moonshot said that although Kimi K3 “still trails the most powerful proprietary...

Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out Connie Loizos 9:47 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 In late May, Neil Rimer said something during a sit-down I had with him in Athens that I haven’t been able to shake. At a vibrant new tech festival in the city, talking about the wealth piling up around...

Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard Tim Fernholz 1:19 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 Agility Robotics is opening a 60,000-square-foot facility to train its humanoid robots in Fremont, California, just up the highway from the factory where Tesla is expected to start manufacturing its...

Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs Jagmeet Singh 3:55 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 AI has become the smartphone industry’s latest battleground, with manufacturers racing to add AI-powered features to attract mainstream consumers. Vertu is taking a...

Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act Julie Bort 3:12 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 Databricks on Thursday announced a new round of funding that values the company at $188 billion . The round was led by Coatue. Databricks didn’t disclose exactly how much it...

Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores Lucas Ropek 12:49 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudify” apps — — software programs that can digitally alter pictures to unclothe the people in them — from their...

AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market Jagmeet Singh 1:09 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would ripple through consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evidence yet that the disruption has arrived, with...

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation Marina Temkin 12:22 PM PDT · July 17, 2026 Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to be cheaper and faster to deploy than...

I replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance Aisha Malik 11:00 AM PDT · July 17, 2026 The Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 is a sleek 2-in-1 smart appliance that provides heating in the winter and cooling in the summer. Designed for year-round comfort, the $499 unit combines quiet...

FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 9:18 AM PDT · July 17, 2026 U.S. prosecutors have accused a Florida man of uploading fake video games that contained malware to Steam, the popular PC games platform. Once victims...