Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage

Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.

Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say

Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources...

Turkiye, Pakistan agree to military deployment to Saudi Arabia

Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have agreed to trigger collective deterrence measures in response to Houthi attacks.

Premier League viewership in US up 20 percent among young Americans

English Premier League viewership up 20 percent among young Americans following World Cup, Nielsen Sports data shows.

Medvedev disqualified after hitting spectator with ball

Medvedev disqualified after hitting spectator with ball

Ukraine says Russian drone attack sinks ship in Romanian waters

The latest suspected incursion on NATO's eastern flank increases fears that the war in Ukraine threatens to spill over.

Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary

Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long Musk paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those cl...

Freed Syrians recount torture in Israeli detention centre

Syrians released from Israeli detention have described abuse behind bars.

Mexico seeks evidence of border shooting that prompted US troop deployment

Mexico's Sheinbaum has expressed concern about US officials overstepping norms on security cooperation.

After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests

Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.

Reflection debuts Beam, a open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are du...

Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.

Gemini Call for Me might tell your mom you’re running late

Google may be expanding its "Call for Me" AI feature beyond business calls so you can use it to send messages to friends and family. Android Authority reports f...

Trump blames Democrats and Ukraine for soaring US fuel prices, not Iran war

Trump shifts blame for fuel price hikes to blue states like California and Ukraine strikes on Russian oil refineries.

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The co...

UK ‘threatens to expel 27 Israeli diplomats’ over Jerusalem consulate

Israel ordered East Jerusalem consulate to be closed after Britain sanctioned settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Mecca alliance agrees to activate collective deterrence measures

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TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

What is ‘Herod’s Pool’, and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank?

Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever

Under 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are ...

At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI

Ghost announced Monday its official emergence from stealth and an $11 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.

Rubio: No direct link between US bombers removal and UK base incident

Rubio visits Iceland, says no direct link between the removal of US bombers and suspicions of a terrorist act in the UK

Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era

Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotio...

Spain calls snap election amid housing crisis

Mounting anger over Spain’s housing crisis have led Prime Minister Sanchez to call an early election on November 29

5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day

TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.

Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps

Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.

Reverse-engineered games: All the news on video game decomps, recomps, VR and web and 3D ports

It’s a wild time for retro gaming. Thanks to decompilations and recompilations of classic titles, those games are becoming unshackled from their proprietary cod...

The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban waiver, not that it needs it

The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum and robo-mop, and it's also now the first to escape the FCC's Roomba ban. Well, sort of - because the Matic wasn't banned...

Jerusalem Daily: Netanyahu gives voters dramatic ultimatum

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given voters an election ultimatum: Vote for him or vote for Palestine.