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Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman’s identify verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.

The vibe of Apple’s 2026 WWDC keynote felt like a spouse proudly listing all the honey-do-list items tackled. One subtle example: the many AI demos of someone standing, phone in hand.

The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms.

Apple spent much of its WWDC keynote highlighting fixes, performance improvements, and long-requested features before unveiling its upgraded AI-powered Siri, signaling that the company wants users to see AI as just one part of a broader effort to improve its software.

As AI experimentation grows more expensive, Apple is waiving cloud API costs for developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads.

Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa County.

The Trump administration released the updated version of the list four months ago and then quickly pulled it without explaining why

Apple is adding new AI-powered features to Safari, Shortcuts, and Password apps.

Shortcuts gets an AI upgrade, letting you describe the workflow you want in a prompt.

Apple’s AI image generator is getting a makeover that could make it more competitive.

Apple says a completely rebuilt Search function will competently find the emails, photos and other content you are searching for.

Apple’s WWDC 2026 event kicked off this morning at 10 a.m. PT at Apple Park, starting a week full of expected announcements around Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more, along with developer events and demos. This year’s event is particularly notable for a couple things. It marks CEO Tim Cook’s last with the company, … Read more

While some users liked the sleek, transparent designs that look “glassy,” others found Apple’s design overhaul from last year to be hard to read.

Google is making Gemini 3.5 the default model in NotebookLM

A new feature in the Amazon Shopping app allows users to generate designs with Alexa, then print them on products like T-shirts, hoodies, and tumblers.

The messaging giant announced that it disrupted a phishing campaign targeting its users with NSO’s spyware.

The FTX co-founder is serving a 25-year sentence, doled out in 2024.

Bending Spoons say its app caters to a user base of over 500 million monthly active users.

The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people’s precise location data across the state.

Uber customers in the UK can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve robotaxi.

Notion’s head of product said he was “astonished” at “the amount of people RT-ing this.”

“Chat is dead” — at least, according to a senior OpenAI employee.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Even with Lockdown Mode, ChatGPT could be still vulnerable to prompt injections, but the goal is to reduce the likelihood that sensitive data gets shared in the process.

Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump’s AI policy.

President Donald Trump said he’s discussing deals “where the American people can benefit from the success of AI.”

These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus.

A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.

IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s, which a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering up.