From a new iPhone to a budget-friendly MacBook, Apple announced a series of new products this week.
Google’s Gemini rolls out Canvas in AI mode to all US users
Canvas in AI Mode is available to U.S. users in English for creating plans, projects, apps, and more.
Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation
The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that’s providing employee liquidity.
The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing
As the U.S. continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions.
X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money
42 X users donated to William Shatner’s charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.
Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston
Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 2026 on June 9? Host your own Side Event during “Founder Summit Week,” happening June 4-10!
TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says
The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.
Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion
A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.
Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599
Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro.
One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots
CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.