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While the device is pretty and lightweight, it’s not something the everyday person needs due to its hefty price tag and size.

Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codenames.

OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world systems.

After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.

The MovinkPad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true.

Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.

Kitesurf is a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents instead of people. It uses less computing power than Chromium for common automation tasks, helping developers build browser-based AI agents more efficiently.

Framework told "all" of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach.

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The Trump administration has now convinced developers to abandon 12 offshore wind leases. The latest will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion.

You put together the concept — from a founder mixer, an after-hours panel, a themed party, a morning run, whatever fits your goal — and the TechCrunch team helps put it in front of the attendees already in town for Disrupt.

In the Kimi test, the sandbox designed to contain the experiment was not properly configured.

Airbnb will debut a new AI-powered search experience with a toggle.

The fab is intended to build chips for data centers that will be run by SpaceX and its xAI subsidiary.

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