What if an artificial intelligence agent could behave like a malevolent computer worm? One researcher has seen it happen. In several recent experiments, Xudong Pan,…
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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address |
9:52 AM PDT · August 5, 2026 Apple’s Private Relay, an opt-in feature designed to hide a user’s IP address when they browse the internet…
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google |
E-commerce software maker Shopify seems to be benefiting handily from people using AI to search. On the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Shopify President Harley Finkelstein…
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks |
Hark, a startup that raised $700 million in Series A funding in May, today launched its agent Hark Handoff, which can use a browser efficiently…
Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas |
Nearly a year ago, Zoox opened its robotaxi service to the public in Las Vegas. Now, it is ready to start charging for those rides.…
Digital Turbine Reports Strong Fiscal 2027 First Quarter Financial Results and Raises Full-Year Guidance
First Quarter Net Revenue Totaled $166.0 Million, Representing Year-over-Year Growth of 27% First Quarter GAAP Net Loss of $3.2 Million and GAAP EPS of $(0.03);…
Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia |
10:02 AM PDT · August 5, 2026 The applications are in. The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions. Eight Australian startups have earned their…
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative? |
The new deep learning techniques behind LLMs have also given us weather simulations that can run on laptops instead of supercomputers, changing meteorology. But the…
Saudi Aramco backs India’s Mitti Labs to make Asia’s rice farming more water-resilient |
As rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns put Asia’s water-intensive rice farming under pressure, Mitti Labs, a New York- and Bengaluru-headquartered climate-tech startup, has raised…