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Grok got crucial facts wrong about Bondi Beach shooting

Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and popularized on his social media platform X, appears to have repeatedly spread misinformation about today’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia.

Mesa shuts down credit card that rewarded cardholders for paying their mortgages

Fintech startup Mesa has shut down its Homeowners Card, which awarded points to cardholders for paying their mortgages.

Making sense of the risky Netflix-Warner Bros. deal

Netflix's $82.6 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. encapsulates a fraught moment for Hollywood, as the entertainment business is increasingly overshadowed by tech giants.

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s survival plan involves more than cars

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

India’s Spinny lines up $160M funding to acquire GoMechanic, sources say

Spinny is set to be valued at about $1.8 billion post-money in its latest funding round.

DoorDash driver faces felony charges after allegedly spraying customers’ food

A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit.

AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects

Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2025.

Inside Rivian’s big bet on AI-powered self-driving

Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.

With iOS 26.2, Apple lets you roll back Liquid Glass again — this time on the Lock Screen

Your iPhone clock doesn't have to be so "glassy" anymore, thanks to a new Apple software update.

Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks

Apple released patches for all of its flagship devices to fix security flaws under attack. Google also updated Chrome to remediate one vulnerability exploited in the attacks.

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

Women ran an experiment to see if LinkedIn's new algo was being sexist and thought they proved it. But there's more complexity involved, experts say.

Microsoft buys 3.6M metric tons of carbon removal from bioenergy plant

Microsoft's data center ambitions have imperiled its 2030 pledge to remove more carbon than it generates, making carbon removal credits all but necessary.

Data breach at credit check giant 700Credit affects at least 5.6 million

700Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the U.S., had a data breach that allowed a hacker to steal names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.

Trump’s AI executive order promises ‘one rulebook’ — startups may get legal limbo instead

Trump signed an AI executive order targeting state laws and promising one national rulebook. Critics warn it could trigger court battles and prolong uncertainty for startups while Congress debates federal rules.

Google Translate now lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones

The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.

Retro, a photo-sharing app for friends, lets you ‘time-travel’ through your camera roll

Retro's new feature, Rewind, lets you look back at your photo memories and scroll through them with a dial.

Home Depot exposed access to internal systems for a year, says researcher

A security researcher tried to alert Home Depot to the security lapse exposing its back-end GitHub source code repos and other internal cloud systems, but was ignored.

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year.

Flaw in photo booth maker’s website exposes customers’ pictures

Hama Film makes photo booths that upload pictures and videos online. But their back-end systems have a simple flaw that allows anyone to download customer pictures.

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