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The tech industry is witnessing a surge in AI-driven startups revitalizing San Francisco's economy as funding continues to escalate, despite rising risks associated with rapid growth.
Significant developments in the gaming sector include the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 and the reveal of new titles like Resident Evil Requiem and Mina the Hollower, generating buzz during the Summer Game Fest.
Regulatory challenges loom for big tech companies, highlighted by Apple's recent legal setbacks regarding App Store fee practices and ongoing scrutiny surrounding data privacy issues for AI companies like OpenAI.
Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service significantly, aiming to operationalize drone deliveries at 100 stores across multiple new cities, marking a notable shift in retail logistics.
Ongoing tensions between high-profile tech figures, including Elon Musk and Donald Trump, are affecting market dynamics, resulting in significant shifts in stock values and impacting government contracts.

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TechCrunch

After its data was wiped, KiranaPro’s co-founder cannot rule out an external hack techcrunch.com 10 hours ago by Jagmeet Singh
Security, Exclusive, KiranaPro, ONDC
Exclusive: The company's co-founder and CTO blame a former employee for a breach, but cannot rule out that it wasn't.
Meet the Finalists: VivaTech’s 5 Most Visionary Startups of 2025 techcrunch.com 12 hours ago by Cindy Zackney
Startups
Narrowing down the 30 most visionary startups of the year to just five finalists was no easy feat. VivaTech’s Innovation of the Year attracted…
Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders techcrunch.com 13 hours ago by Connie Loizos
TC, Transportation
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight ov…
TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like techcrunch.com 13 hours ago by Kirsten Korosec
Transportation, Uber, jony ive, techcrunch mobility
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Omada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend techcrunch.com 14 hours ago by Marina Temkin
Biotech & Health, IPO, Omada Health
Omada Health popped in its first day as a public company, validation for founder CEO Sean Duffy.

Wired

Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again wired.com an hour ago by Sophie Hurwitz
Science, Science / Environment, Business / Transportation, Business, Reinventing, the, Wheels
Beyond the jokes about its new shuttle service are serious questions about what it will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and …
The 46 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (June 2025) wired.com an hour ago by Matt Kamen, WIRED Staff
Culture, Culture / Movies, Guides
Lost in Starlight, Kill Boksoon, and The Old Guard are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
The 46 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (June 2025) wired.com an hour ago by Matt Kamen, WIRED Staff
Culture, Culture / TV, Guides
Dept. Q, Sirens, and Black Mirror are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
Samsung Teases Z Fold Ultra, Bing Gets AI Video, and Nothing Sets A Date—Your Gear News of the Week wired.com 2 hours ago by Julian Chokkattu
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Speakers, Gear / Products / Phones, Gear / Products / Apps, Roundup
Plus: Ruark has new speakers, Photoshop comes to Android and summer's finest music player gets updated.
The Mystery of iPhone Crashes That Apple Denies Are Linked to Chinese Hacking wired.com 2 hours ago by Andy Greenberg, Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News, Roundup
Plus: A 22-year-old former intern gets put in charge of a key anti-terrorism program, threat intelligence firms finally wrangle their confusin…

Engadget

Tire Boy is a wacky open-world adventure game you can tread all over engadget.com 12 hours ago by Anna Washenko
Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Anna Washenko
One of the best things about an indie game showcase is that you'll see at least one preview that makes you think "huh?" and "lol!" in equal pa…
Pocket Boss turns corporate data manipulation into a puzzle game engadget.com 12 hours ago by Lawrence Bonk
Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Lawrence Bonk
There's a new puzzle game in town, and this one tackles remote work and corporate data manipulation. Pocket Boss is coming to Steam and the de…
Rescue African artifacts from colonizers' museums in the heist game Relooted engadget.com 12 hours ago by Jessica Conditt
Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Jessica Conditt
Relooted is a heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from the Western countries that stole them, developed by independent South African…
Bask in the grotesque pixel-art beauty of Neverway engadget.com 12 hours ago by Jessica Conditt
Media, Video Games, Arts & Entertainment, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Jessica Conditt
Neverway already looks, sounds and feels like it's going to be something special — in a grim, grotesque and hellishly depressed kind of way. (…
Please, Watch the Artwork is a puzzle game with eerie paintings and a sad clown engadget.com 13 hours ago by Ian Carlos Campbell
Visual Arts, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Ian Carlos Campbell
Fusing light psychological horror with the quiet melancholy of American Realist painter Edward Hopper, developer Thomas Waterzooi is following…

The Verge

TMNT: Tactical Takedown is a radical twist on turn-based strategy theverge.com 3 hours ago by Jay Peters
Entertainment, Games Review, Gaming
I usually struggle with strategy games. They're typically too hard for me, and I often get overwhelmed at managing multiple characters or squa…
Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI theverge.com 11 hours ago by Alex Heath
AI, Command Line, OpenAI, Tech
Battlelines are being drawn between the major AI labs and the popular applications that rely on them. This week, both Anthropic and OpenAI to…
Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility: it’s a wild west theverge.com 12 hours ago by Sean Hollister
Entertainment, Gaming, Nintendo, Report, Tech
The Insta360 Link is among the USB-C webcams that don’t work with the new Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive in practically ever…
The best games we saw during the Day of the Devs showcase theverge.com 12 hours ago by Ash Parrish
Entertainment, Gaming, Trailers
Now that Summer Game Fest 2025 is off and running, it's time for my favorite part of the show: Day of the Devs. Day of the Devs is a yearly sh…
Resident Evil Requiem is coming next year theverge.com 13 hours ago by Andrew Webster
Entertainment, Gaming, News, Trailers
After a very convincing tease that suggested news was in fact not incoming, Capcom just officially announced Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth …