Crypto
Robinhood Layoffs Signal Late Crypto Bear Market
Robinhood cut staff amid a crypto revenue crunch. Analysts say the layoffs reveal where we are in the cycle, not panic. Here is what it means for traders.
June 28, 2026 at 5:15 AM IST 4 min
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Crypto
Bitcoin Drops to $58K as Gold and Silver Selloff Spreads
Bitcoin has slid near 58,000 dollars as a hawkish Fed and a stronger dollar unwind the debasement trade it shared with gold and silver.
June 28, 2026 at 3:15 AM IST 4 min
Crypto
Poland Busts SIM-Swap Gang That Drained Crypto Accounts
Polish police, with the FBI and HSI, arrested four people who hijacked phone numbers to break into crypto exchange accounts and steal millions.
June 28, 2026 at 3:04 AM IST 3 min
News
SoftBank CEO Questions Musk Orbital Data Center Hype
Masayoshi Son says space data centers cost too much and arrive too late for the AI compute race. Why SpaceX still wins either way.
June 28, 2026 at 2:15 AM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
Clean GitHub Repo Tricks AI Agents Into Running Malware
Researchers showed a benign-looking GitHub repo can make an AI coding agent open a reverse shell with no malicious code to scan.
June 28, 2026 at 1:15 AM IST 4 min
News
Rock Weathering and Climate: What a New Study Found
A new study of a 183-million-year-old warming event finds eroding rock can heat the climate, not just cool it. Here is what the rhenium data shows.
June 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM IST 5 min
News
Apple Vision Pro Chief Reportedly Joins OpenAI
Paul Meade, the Apple VP running Vision Pro and its upcoming smart glasses, is reportedly leaving for OpenAI's hardware team as a CEO shakeup looms.
June 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM IST 4 min
News
VW Eyes Closing Four Factories: What We Know
Volkswagen is weighing the closure of up to four German factories and a 15 percent workforce cut as sales slide in the US and China. Here is what is on the table.
June 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM IST 4 min
News
New Glenn Explosion Fallout: What We Know Now
A month after Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded on its only launch pad, the fallout for NASA's Moon plans, Amazon's satellites, and the BE-4 engine is mounting.
June 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM IST 4 min
AI
Founder Fed His Cancer Data Into Claude to Fight Back
A 35-year-old founder poured his bloodwork, scans, wearable data and journal into Claude during six months of chemo. Here is what he did and why it is trending.
June 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM IST 4 min
News
Antibiotic Megacluster Found: New Hope vs Superbugs
Scientists at McMaster found a gene megacluster that fires four antibiotics at once to starve bacteria of vitamin B7, hinting at a fresh way to beat resistance.
June 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM IST 4 min
AI
Asian AI Labs Launch Models as Anthropic Ban Drags On
Sakana AI and China's 360 unveiled frontier models pitched as export-ban-proof alternatives to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable 5. Here is what shipped and why it matters.
June 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM IST 4 min
News
Amble One: Apple, Audi Alumni Launch $25K EV Buggy
A team of Apple and Audi alumni has launched the Amble One, a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy inspired by the NASA moon rover and built for luxury resorts.
June 27, 2026 at 5:14 PM IST 4 min
Software
Netflix Now Requires a Unique Email Per Profile
Netflix is forcing every profile under your account to have its own email login. Here is what changed, why it is trending, and what it means for you.
June 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM IST 4 min
News
FCC Accused of Hiding Carr Signal Messages With DOGE
A FOIA lawsuit accuses the FCC of concealing Chairman Brendan Carr Signal account used for government business with Musk and DOGE officials.
June 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM IST 5 min
AI
NYT Targets Microsoft Supercomputer in OpenAI Suit
The New York Times is rewriting its copyright case against Microsoft, alleging a bespoke supercomputer was built to help OpenAI infringe its work.
June 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM IST 4 min
Software
Apple Blocks VK and Max: What It Means for Russia
Apple pulled VKontakte and the state-backed Max messenger from its Russian App Store. The Kremlin is furious and telling citizens to switch to Android.
June 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM IST 4 min
News
California Bans Loud Streaming Ads on July 1
A new California law makes streaming ads louder than your show illegal starting July 1, and the volume relief may reach viewers far beyond the state.
June 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM IST 4 min
News
Brain Cancer Scare Turns Out to Be Tapeworms
A Spanish man whose brain scans screamed metastatic cancer was actually carrying tapeworm larvae. Here is how doctors caught the mistake before invasive surgery.
June 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM IST 4 min
News
South Korea Plans to Train 500,000 Drone Warriors
South Korea will train its entire half-million military to fly drones like a second personal weapon, citing Ukraine and a numerical gap with North Korea.
June 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
Xprize Founder: Humans Behave Better When Watched
Xprize founder Peter Diamandis says global surveillance makes people behave better, echoing Larry Ellison. Here is what he claims and the pushback.
June 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
US Gov Now Gates AI Releases: GPT-5.6 in Limbo
The US government is approving frontier AI models customer-by-customer, leaving OpenAI's GPT-5.6 and Anthropic's Mythos stuck in preview. Here's what it means.
June 27, 2026 at 8:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
Trump Admin Restores Anthropic Mythos 5 for 100+ Firms
The Trump administration is letting Anthropic redeploy its Mythos 5 model to more than 100 vetted US agencies and companies, two weeks after pulling it.
June 27, 2026 at 7:14 AM IST 4 min
News
FTC Clears Musk to Buy SpaceX Alumni Startup Mesh
The FTC has expedited its antitrust review and cleared Elon Musk to acquire Mesh Optical, a data center optics startup founded by ex-SpaceX engineers.
June 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM IST 4 min
News
TikTok Goes Super App: What We Know
TikTok is layering shopping, hotel booking, sports hubs, and fintech onto the video app, chasing the WeChat-style super app model in the West.
June 27, 2026 at 5:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
Corgi Denies Copying Papermark: What We Know
YC-backed Corgi denies stealing Papermark's open source data room software, blaming vibe-coded features it has already changed.
June 27, 2026 at 4:15 AM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
Russian Hackers Tied to $2.5B Jaguar Land Rover Hack
A report says Russian hackers were behind the Jaguar Land Rover breach that halted production and cost the UK economy an estimated 2.5 billion dollars.
June 27, 2026 at 3:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
OpenAI Hires Uber India Chief to Run Its India Push
OpenAI has named former Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh as its first India managing director, escalating its fight for its second-biggest market.
June 27, 2026 at 2:14 AM IST 4 min
News
Novak Djokovic Joins General Atlantic as Advisor
General Atlantic has named tennis great Novak Djokovic a global strategic advisor as the private equity firm pushes deeper into health, wellness, and sports.
June 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
OpenAI Limits GPT-5.6 Rollout on Gov Request
OpenAI is restricting its new GPT-5.6 models to trusted partners at the U.S. government's request, warning that gating frontier AI shouldn't become the norm.
June 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
OpenAI Builds Jalapeno Chip to Loosen Nvidia Grip
OpenAI just revealed Jalapeno, a custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple and SpaceX in racing to escape single-supplier dependence on Nvidia.
June 26, 2026 at 11:14 PM IST 4 min
News
Tesla Settles Fatal FSD Crash Lawsuit: What We Know
Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a fatal 2023 Full Self-Driving crash, but the federal NHTSA engineering analysis into the system is still open.
June 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM IST 4 min
News
Menlo Ventures Raises Record $3B Fund on Anthropic Bet
Menlo Ventures closed the largest fund in its 50-year history, propelled by a 2024 bet on Anthropic now reportedly worth around 14 billion dollars.
June 24, 2026 at 2:14 AM IST 4 min
News
Meta Plans Arena: A Prediction Market App
Mark Zuckerberg has greenlit a Polymarket-style prediction app called Arena. Here is what it is, how it works, and why it is launching now.
June 24, 2026 at 1:14 AM IST 4 min
News
Meta Glasses Launch at 299 Dollars: What We Know
Meta just dropped its own-brand smart glasses starting at 299 dollars, ditching the Ray-Ban label and undercutting Snap Specs by nearly 2000 dollars.
June 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
Anthropic Launches Claude Tag: AI Lives in Slack
Anthropic put an always-on Claude inside Slack as a tagged AI teammate that learns your company over time. Here is what Claude Tag does and why it matters.
June 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM IST 4 min
News
HaloBraid Raises 7M to Automate Hair Braiding
HaloBraid just raised 7 million dollars led by Alexis Ohanian to build a robotic braiding assistant that finishes braids in seconds, not hours.
June 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
LastPass Breach: Customer Data Stolen via Klue Hack
LastPass says hackers stole customer names, contact details and support case records through a breach at its partner Klue. Password vaults were not touched.
June 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM IST 4 min
AI
Fika Jobs Raises 4M for AI Video Interviews
Stockholm startup Fika Jobs banks a 4M pre-seed to build a hiring platform where AI agents interview you and turn the answers into short video clips.
June 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
Apple Chip Flaw usbliter8: What We Know
A Barcelona security firm published usbliter8, an unpatchable Boot ROM flaw in Apple A12 and A13 chips that reopens the door to iPhone jailbreaks.
June 23, 2026 at 10:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
Nvidia Cuts Data Center Water Use: The Catch
Nvidia says its new warm-water cooling system can eliminate on-site data center water use. But the savings stop at the facility walls, and the bigger water problem stays.
June 23, 2026 at 9:14 AM IST 5 min
AI
Groq Raises 650M: AI Chipmaker Reboots After Nvidia
Groq confirmed a 650M funding round and a leadership rebuild, six months after Nvidia licensed its tech and hired away its founder and CEO.
June 23, 2026 at 8:14 AM IST 4 min
AI
AI Tech Layoffs 2026: What We Know So Far
Oracle cut 21,000 jobs and named AI as a factor, the latest in a 2026 wave of tech layoffs where companies post record revenue while citing AI for the cuts.
June 23, 2026 at 7:14 AM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
OpenAI Patch the Planet: Securing Open Source
OpenAI and Trail of Bits launch Patch the Planet to help open-source maintainers find and fix security bugs using AI tools like Codex Security.
June 23, 2026 at 6:14 AM IST 4 min
News
Tesla Disputes Autopilot Claim in Fatal Texas Crash
Tesla says its data shows the driver pressed the accelerator to 100% before a fatal Katy, Texas crash, as NHTSA opens a special investigation.
June 23, 2026 at 5:14 AM IST 4 min
News
Uber Board Sued by Shareholders: What We Know
A Detroit pension fund is leading a shareholder lawsuit accusing Uber's board of cutting compliance corners, fueling thousands of assault claims.
June 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM IST 5 min
AI
AI Loops Are Real: What Boris Cherny Means
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny says agentic loops are the next big leap, with AI swarms prompting AI to write code endlessly in the background.
June 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM IST 4 min
News
Microsoft, Chevron Plan Huge Gas Data Center
Microsoft signed a 20-year deal with Chevron to build a 2.67-gigawatt gas plant in West Texas powering its AI data centers.
June 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
Tata Electronics Data Breach: What We Know
Tata Electronics, an Apple and Tesla supplier, confirmed a cyber incident after 630GB of alleged data surfaced on a hacker forum. Here is what is at stake.
June 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM IST 4 min
Cybersecurity
Anthropic May Ask Claude Users to Verify ID
Anthropic's updated privacy policy says Claude may ask flagged users to upload a government ID and a selfie. Here is who is affected and why it matters.
June 23, 2026 at 12:14 AM IST 5 min
AI
Amazon Alexa+ India Beta: Hindi Test Begins
Amazon is inviting Indian users to beta-test a Hindi version of Alexa+, its gen-AI conversational assistant, as it pushes the rebuilt experience into one of the world's biggest voice markets.
June 22, 2026 at 11:14 PM IST 4 min
News
TechCrunch Founder Summit Deal Ends June 26
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 early-bird pricing closes June 26, cutting up to 190 dollars off passes to the November 4 Boston founder conference.
June 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM IST 4 min
News
Meta Names Kunal Shah WhatsApp Chief, Backs CRED
Meta has appointed CRED founder Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp as Will Cathcart steps aside, alongside a 900 million dollar investment in CRED.
June 22, 2026 at 9:14 PM IST 4 min
Software
Instagram Takes On Netflix With TV App Push
Instagram is testing longer-form video, episodic series and Live TV for its living-room app, putting it on a collision course with Netflix and Prime Video.
June 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM IST 4 min
News
Lucid Cuts 18% of Staff: What We Know
Lucid Motors is laying off about 1,500 workers and killing a production shift in Arizona as new CEO Silvio Napoli moves to simplify the EV maker.
June 22, 2026 at 7:14 PM IST 4 min
Gaming
Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies at 69
Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986, has died at 69 in a plane crash in La Baule, France.
June 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM IST 4 min
News
Mach Industries Hits $1.8B Valuation
Defense-tech startup Mach Industries closed a $300M Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation while running six weapons programs at once. Here is the bet.
June 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM IST 4 min
News
VLC Creator Raises $5M for Robot Control Startup Kyber
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million from Lightspeed for Kyber, a real-time control layer for robots and drones.
June 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM IST 4 min
Software
iOS 27: The Best New Features Worth Knowing
Beyond the Siri AI headlines, iOS 27 quietly adds receipt-splitting in Wallet, flexible Find My sharing, smarter Apple Maps, and more. Here is what matters.
June 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM IST 5 min
AI
John Jumper Leaves DeepMind for Anthropic
Nobel laureate John Jumper, who led AlphaFold, is leaving Google DeepMind for rival Anthropic after nearly nine years, joining a wave of high-profile exits.
June 21, 2026 at 6:39 AM IST 4 min