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Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule |
With back-to-school season approaching (or already here in some places), keeping track of everyone’s schedules can get pretty chaotic. Between work, school, appointments, sports, chores,…
Who's behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha? |
In Brief Posted: 1:01 PM PDT · August 23, 2026 A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven certain corners of the internet…
Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions |
The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million (around $966 million) — the second largest penalty issued so far under Europe’s General Data…
Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions |
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign…
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine |
Anthropic’s universal usage standards for Claude forbid the model from generating sexually explicit content, including depicting or requesting sexual intercourse or sex acts, generating content…
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf |
Nvidia is doing everything it can to keep fueling the AI buildout that has underpinned its own good fortunes. On Friday, it announced a partnership…
Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams |
In Brief Posted: 1:58 PM PDT · August 21, 2026 Apple is chopping down the team behind the Vision Pro, its long-suffering VR headset, while…
TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers |
Nuclear power startups have been pitching themselves as the antidote to what ails AI data centers: power that’s always available. Bill Gates-founded TerraPower is one…
Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users |
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange with more than 300 million registered users, on Thursday launched a platform that lets AI agents analyze markets and…