Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks |

2:00 PM PDT · August 7, 2026 Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks and…

SpaceX's Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels |

7:07 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 SpaceX said this week that it will build natural gas power plants to supply electricity to the Terafab…

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case |

4:40 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 A New Mexico Court judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay a fine of $567 million, on top…

Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents |

Cloudflare is the latest company to join the race to build a new web browser. But instead of pitching a Chrome alternative to consumers, the…

After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool |

HR software provider Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, an anti-tokenmaxxing product that helps a company track and contain its AI spending. One of…

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Let’scut to the chase:Starting today, you can take anadditional$100 off of our current $300 discount for your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass,…

Computer maker Framework notifies 'all customers' of a data breach |

In Brief Posted: 9:09 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 Framework, a company that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified all of its…

Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms |

The Trump administration is paying another $1.2 billion to cancel an offshore wind lease, this time to German utility RWE. The energy company said in…

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say |

In Brief Posted: 7:28 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 Kimi K3, the latest AI model made by Chinese company Moonshot, escaped an environment set…

Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at Disrupt 2026 |

7:30 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13–15, but some of the…