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OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site Sean O'Kane 2:55 PM PDT · May 18, 2026 A worker died at SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in South Texas on Friday, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation. The San Antonio Express-News reported...

Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom Zack Whittaker 6:42 AM PDT · May 18, 2026 Grafana Labs, the maker of its eponymous popular open source web visualization software, confirmed it had been hacked but that it refused to pay the hackers who had...

NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people Zack Whittaker 9:32 AM PDT · May 18, 2026 New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data...

Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI Tim Fernholz 10:34 AM PDT · May 18, 2026 Elon Musk’s claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors returned a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late. Musk accused Sam...

Kin Health raises $9M to build an AI notetaker for patients Ivan Mehta 8:26 AM PDT · May 18, 2026 The market for AI notetaking devices has exploded in the U.S., with the category generating over $600 million in revenue last year, according to a Menlo Ventures report . And as startups like Heidi...

Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial Anthony Ha 12:46 PM PDT · May 17, 2026 Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their closing arguments this week, and now it’s up to jurors to decide whether OpenAI did anything wrong as it’s...

Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman . The Siri relaunch is widely seen as Apple’s big chance to reestablish its relevance in artificial intelligence. As part of that effort...

TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive Kirsten Korosec 9:05 AM PDT · May 17, 2026 Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch...

For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis Marina Temkin 8:00 AM PDT · May 17, 2026 When Lior Susan started Eclipse Ventures in 2015, the firm’s thesis of digitizing the physical world wasn’t particularly popular in Silicon Valley. “It was the...

If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI Anthony Ha 9:32 AM PDT · May 17, 2026 Commencement season has come around again — and this year, a couple speakers have discovered that it’s tough to get graduating students excited about a future shaped by artificial...

The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das. Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in outcomes is the worst I’ve ever seen.” Using a “back of...

$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month Julie Bort 8:00 AM PDT · May 16, 2026 Today, Cerebras Systems is a public company that sells AI chips for inference to giants like OpenAI and AWS. It held a blockbuster IPO on Thursday , with both of its co-founders...

The offline desk gadget that actually got me to sit up straight Ivan Mehta 9:00 AM PDT · May 16, 2026 Working from home has its own perils. Pets can be demanding, your back aches from hours at a desk, or you simply forget to move. There are a few apps that nudge you to move around or indicate...

Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support Lauren Forristal 7:00 AM PDT · May 16, 2026 Many people are jailbreaking their Kindles following the news that Amazon is ending technical support for older models. On May 20, Amazon will end support for the following Kindle...

RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12B across three startups and investors still want more Kirsten Korosec 1:30 PM PDT · May 15, 2026 Investors can’t seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur best known for his EV company Rivian has raised...

General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z Julie Bort 1:25 PM PDT · May 15, 2026 One of the most entertaining moments in VC this week was a piece of rage-bait marketing from General Catalyst. In a now-viral post on X that parodies the old Mac vs. PC commercials, the...

A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see Zack Whittaker 11:51 AM PDT · May 15, 2026 A hotel check-in system left more than 1 million customer passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos to the open web after a security lapse...

President Trump and a delegation of U.S. officials left Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with the Chinese government, led by President Xi Jinping. Before boarding Air Force One, White House staffers and reporters had to surrender various items collected during the trip...

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts Ivan Mehta 9:00 AM PDT · May 15, 2026 On Friday, OpenAI launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., letting them connect their accounts and ask questions ranging...

Even GoPro is pivoting to defense Sean O'Kane 6:14 AM PDT · May 15, 2026 Want to make money? Start building data centers. Or build batteries to power data centers. Or … pivot to defense. This is not financial advice, but it’s certainly what seems to be winning over public markets and private...