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French state-owned Bull doubles supercomputer output at Angers factory
Bull, the French state-owned supercomputer maker, has doubled production at its factory in Angers, western France, after an €80 million rebuild. The plant now assembles 12 racks a…
SoftBank completes $30bn OpenAI investment with final $10bn payment
SoftBank Group has completed its $30bn follow-on investment in OpenAI, after paying the third and final $10bn tranche on 1 October, Japan time. The Japanese group made the payment…
Android 17 Advanced Protection Locks Accessibility Services to Verified Accessibility Tools
Google has announced a new security measure that limits access to Android's accessibility services to verified applications classified as Accessibility Tools when Advanced Protect…
Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Writes
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Thursday, added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiMail to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (…
Robotaxi operators will face fines for blocking first responders
A new California law places new rules on autonomous vehicles operators
The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that.
Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery
The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.
Florida county finds 11 unpermitted Flock cameras with unidentified owners
St. Lucie County thought it had 52 Flock cameras, but found many more that were unaccounted for and unpermitted.
Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
Apple's rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footage. Mark Gurman said in th…
Fortinet warns of critical FortiMail flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Fortinet is warning customers of a critical FortiMail vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-104286, that is being actively exploited in zero-day attacks to execute unauthorized code …
ChatGPT can now help you virtually try on clothes
Images are generated with OpenAI's latest model and you can save clothes you like for later.
Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust
A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
OpenAI fires three employees who allegedly shared info with an external AI safety group
You can't make this stuff up.
Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
Samsung launches its first clip-on earbuds in South Korea
A global rollout will follow, although we don't yet know the details.
Autonomous AI agents tried to hack US, Canadian government websites
Autonomous AI agents using aggressive strategies attempted to hack U.S. and Canadian government websites to find school and divorce statistics. [...]
Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light remasters are getting free next-gen updates this month
Take a trip down memory lane with the first two games in the series.
Police may have new ways to access data on locked iPhones
A training video reportedly demonstrates how police can evade an Apple security feature.
Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
Google’s new Guided Vision feature can help you read the fine print
Guided Vision is launching in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices today to use AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything you point your phone's camera at. By shari…