At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI Stage will showcase the voices shaping the future of technology, creativity, and security. Top venture capitalists will share what it takes to secure funding in a rapidly evolving landscape as they identify the next…
Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has “deindexed” adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages. The company stated the move was in response to a campaign by Collective Shout, an advocacy…
The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will screen its first classic movie, *The Wizard of Oz*, starting on August 28. This isn’t just a simple projection of the existing film onto Sphere’s 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen. Instead, Sphere…
The Department of Government Efficiency plans to use a new AI tool to eliminate half of the federal government’s regulatory mandates, according to The Washington Post. A PowerPoint presentation dated July 1 reveals that the DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool…
A new U.K. law requiring pornography websites to verify the age of their users took effect on Friday. According to reports, around 6,000 porn sites have stated they will begin age verification to comply with the Online Safety Act. However,…
After spending the past week in the headlines due to a seemingly inescapable social media scandal, data operations startup Astronomer is trying to shift the narrative with a tongue-in-cheek video starring actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow, previously married to…
Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they have supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach. Hackers gained access to 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account…
U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed that hackers stole the personal information of the majority of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a data breach in mid-July. Allianz Life spokesperson Brett Weinberg stated that on July 16, 2025,…
GM’s electric vehicles have been gaining momentum lately. After years of relying solely on the Chevy Bolt, the automaker has expanded its lineup to 17 fully electrified models, pushing it into second place in the U.S. EV market behind Tesla.…
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services, many of which have millions of viewers and paying subscribers, for allegedly promoting “obscene” content. This marks one of the country’s largest digital crackdowns to date. The affected platforms include lesser-known…
