Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team: Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist. Read More
Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos: Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that will get to know users through questions and, with permission, will access Camera Roll photos on their phones to learn more about their interests and personality. Read More
Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia's solar boom: Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day. Read More
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Lucid Motors' chief engineer leaves after 10 years: Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shakeup at the company. Read More
Google gets the US government's green light to acquire Wiz for $32B: Google announced its intent to acquire cloud security company Wiz in March and the deal is now on track to close in early 2026. Read More
Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use: While driving, users can now ask Gemini to answer questions about places of interest on their route, return results about other topics (like sports or news), and even perform tasks like adding events to their calendar. Read More
University of Pennsylvania confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack: Penn experienced a data breach on Friday as hackers sent messages boasting of the hack to the university community. Read More
Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B annually to power new Siri, report says: Apple is turning to Google's technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant. Read More
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Epic Games CEO calls Google's antitrust settlement a win for Android's 'vision as an open platform': The companies on Tuesday reached a settlement that sees the search giant agreeing to Android app store reforms that include lowering fees and enabling more competition. Read More
University of Pennsylvania confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack: Penn experienced a data breach on Friday as hackers sent messages boasting of the hack to the university community. Read More
Google gets the US government's green light to acquire Wiz for $32B: Google announced its intent to acquire cloud security company Wiz in March and the deal is now on track to close in early 2026. Read More
SoftBank, OpenAI launch new joint venture in Japan as AI deals grow ever more circular: SoftBank's joint venture with OpenAI that will localize and sell the AI company's enterprise tech to companies in Japan. And the first customer of this joint venture is going to be SoftBank itself. Read More
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Amazon sends legal threats to Perplexity over agentic browsing: Amazon won't allow agents on its site that don't identify themselves as such. Perplexity is not pleased. Read More
Epic Games CEO calls Google's antitrust settlement a win for Android's 'vision as an open platform': The companies on Tuesday reached a settlement that sees the search giant agreeing to Android app store reforms that include lowering fees and enabling more competition. Read More
Armis raises $435M pre-IPO round at $6.1B valuation after refusing M&A offers: Armis is hoping to launch its IPO in late 2026 or early 2027, its co-founder and CEO Yevegny Dibrov told TechCrunch. Read More
Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use: Google is now baking Gemini into Maps to let users ask it questions while driving, improve navigation, and do more with the app. Read More
This startup's metal stacks could help solve AI's massive heat problem: Alloy Enterprises has developed a new additive manufacturing technique that can improve liquid cooling performance while bringing it to new parts of the server rack. Read More
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Former Meta employees launch Sandbar, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music: Two former Meta employees who worked on interface design have launched Sandbar, a startup that has created a ring called Stream for similar purposes. The company calls the ring "a mouse for voice" because it can take notes, help you interact with an AI assistant, and control music. Read More
