FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: report
Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN.
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US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls
In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it's coming from.
Amazon is rolling out a redesigned Fire TV app
With the updated Fire TV app, users can browse and discover content directly from their phone, manage their watchlist on the go, and play titles on their TV from the mobile app.
BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash charging’ — but there’s a catch
The Chinese automaker's new Blade Battery 2.0 is capable of charging at up to 1.5 megawatts, dramatically slashing the time it takes to fill up.
Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware
Italian authorities are making progress in their investigation into a wide-ranging spyware scandal in Italy involving Paragon spyware. But the mystery of who hacked two Italian journalists with Paragon spyware continues.
It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk
The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic's AI in Iran.
X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards
X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.
Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months
Nominal provides hardware testing equipment to defense tech companies. Founders Fund led the preemptive deal.
Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language
The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.
FYI: Impersonators are (still) targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach
Fraudsters are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads, and reaching out to companies. Here's what we're doing about it, and what you can look out for.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets
The AI updates aren't slowing down. Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: GPT-5.4.Actually, GPT-5.4 comes in two varieties: GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro, the latter designed for the most complex tasks.Both will be available in OpenAI's paid application programming interface (API) and Codex software development application, while GPT-5.4 Thinking will be avai
Elon Musk Praised Alibaba's LLM. Then Its Leader Quit: 'Bye My Beloved Qwen' (UPDATED)
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a response from Alibaba Lin Junyang, head of Alibaba Group‘s Qwen artificial intelligence division, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down. The announcement comes just two days after the company rolled out its updated AI products. Lin posted on X: “me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.” me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.— Junyang Lin (@JustinLin610) March 3, 2026 Don't Miss: This Energy Storage Company Already Has $185M in Contrac
Nashville opposes Elon Musk’s Loop tunnel — a decade later, still no proof it beats a subway
Nashville’s Metro Council voted 20-15 to formally oppose the Boring Company’s Music City Loop, a proposed 13-mile underground tunnel ...
Ike Barinholtz Explains How He Prepared to Play Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino's Film: 'Ketamine?' | Video
Ike Barinholtz will play Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino's upcoming film "Artificial," and on Wednesday night, the actor explained his prep for the role. But, Jimmy Kimmel had a guess first: "Ketamine?" ...
Elon Musk: Tesla's Robots Could Be The First 'Atom-Shaping' AGI
Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk continues to raise the stakes on his AI vision, arguing that Tesla could be among the first companies to create artificial general intelligence—and to embody it in humanoid robots. Elon Musk's Claim In an early morning post on X, he said Tesla will be one of the firms to make AGI and "probably the first to make it in humanoid/atom-shaping form," expressing his view of the company as a front‑runner in the race for human‑level AI. Tesla will be one of the companies to mak
Appeals court again rebuffs Maryland judge's crusade against Elon Musk & DOGE
An appeals court has once again rebuffed a Maryland federal judge's attempt to crackdown on Elon Musk and his prior work with DOGE.
Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search
Most enterprise RAG pipelines are optimized for one search behavior. They fail silently on the others. A model trained to synthesize cross-document reports handles constraint-driven entity search poorly. A model tuned for simple lookup tasks falls apart on multi-step reasoning over internal notes. Most teams find out when something breaks.Databricks set out to fix that with KARL, short for Knowledge Agents via Reinforcement Learning. The company trained an agent across six distinct enterprise se
IndieBio is Now SOSV NY & SOSV SF, Underscoring SOSV’s Leadership in Deep Tech
In 2015, SOSV opened IndieBio San Francisco, Silicon Valley’s first biotech program that offered bio-labs as well as pre-seed investment to scientists ready to launch startups. IndieBio took the world by storm and biotech investing surged. In 2020, SOSV opened a second IndieBio in New York City. Between 2015 and 2025, IndieBio’s 310 graduates raised $3.6 billion and helped establish SOSV’s reputation as a groundbreaking health and climate investor in fields ranging from food, agriculture, i
Rivian is betting its future on one of the fastest EV launches in US history
If Rivian reaches its R2 sales target in 2026, it will be one of the fastest ramp-ups ever of a new EV in the United States.
Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz and others to automate enterprise procurement
AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.