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US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches Zack Whittaker 7:32 AM PDT · May 13, 2026 U.S. House lawmakers are demanding representatives from Instructure, the twice-hacked education software maker, testify about the company’s response to cyberattacks that allowed...

Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life Sarah Perez 6:27 AM PDT · May 13, 2026 Smartphones can be distracting with their dizzying array of apps and constant stream of notifications. A new app called Poppy aims to organize the chaos by combining your calendar...

r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC’s proposal to weaken quarterly reporting Sean O'Kane 7:42 AM PDT · May 13, 2026 The Securities and Exchange Commission officially proposed last week to weaken the quarterly reporting standards for publicly traded companies. So far, public comments submitted...

Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B Julie Bort 7:44 AM PDT · May 13, 2026 Another year, another massive influx of capital for Anduril: The funding round that was rumored to be in process in March has officially closed. Anduril has raised a $5 billion Series H round at a $61 billion...

Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves Russell Brandom 5:11 AM PDT · May 13, 2026 For years, AI researchers have anticipated the moment when AI systems will be able to improve themselves better than humans could. With investors pouring money into a...

Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea Connie Loizos 5:26 PM PDT · May 12, 2026 Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon...

Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup Tim De Chant 11:14 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned. This is the second company founded by Baglino in the two years since...

Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies Tim Fernholz 11:05 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally took the stand this morning to defend himself against his former cofounder Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure. Altman was asked out of...

Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal comes as SpaceX gears up for its $1.75 trillion IPO later this year, selling investors on the idea that data centers in space will...

Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares Ram Iyer 10:36 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 As investors scramble to get their hands on shares of AI companies of all stripes, Anthropic this week updated its website to warn investors that a slew of private and...

The AI legal services industry is heating up. Anthropic is getting in on the action. Lucas Ropek 10:00 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is launching a host of new chatbot features designed to provide automated assistance to law firms. The new features expand Claude for...

Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice Zack Whittaker 6:34 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said on Tuesday it has “reached an agreement” with the hackers who breached its systems twice, stole a huge amount of...

GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills Kirsten Korosec 4:04 PM PDT · May 11, 2026 General Motors has laid off more than 10% of its IT department, or about 600 salaried employees — in a deliberate skills swap: clearing out workers whose expertise no longer...

Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO Marina Temkin 5:09 PM PDT · May 11, 2026 Just two months after listing its first venture fund on the stock market, Robinhood is preparing to launch a second. The company has filed a confidential registration for RVII, a standard...

Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app Amanda Silberling 10:14 AM PDT · May 11, 2026 It’s about time that the microdrama trend has gone mainstream. As microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox quietly rake in billions, Peacock announced on Monday that it’s launching two...