Microsoft is in a unique position as AI overtakes the tech industry. It’s one of the world’s largest cloud providers and software-as-a-service companies, while also holding valuable stakes in the two biggest AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic. Those incentives are starting to clash as Microsoft posts blockbuster financial results. The company just reported an extremely…
Amazon built AWS into the backbone of its business. Jeff Bezos believes custom computer chips could become its next major pillar. The Amazon founder told Fortune that the company’s silicon operation, which produces Trainium AI accelerators and Graviton processors, is developing into an enduring business alongside Marketplace, Prime, and AWS. The chips are also central…
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On Tuesday, the day after hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants effectively lost their temporary protected status that allowed them to live and work in the US, Republican pundit Steve Bannon wasted little time in demanding their instant removal. “I was under the assumption that when they pulled TPS and their eligibility for that program…
AI hasn’t just changed how startups build; it’s broken how they sell, secure their data and customers, and scale it more rapidly than ever before. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups. This…
Samsung reportedly plans to give the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 five major OS upgrades, extending its smartwatch commitment by one generation. The policy would add one major upgrade to Samsung’s previous smartwatch commitment. SamMobile reported the change on July 22, 2026. Samsung’s launch materials confirm the two watches and their software…
New details have emerged about a security incident in which an OpenAI AI model broke out of its testing environment and compromised Hugging Face’s infrastructure. An update OpenAI published on July 28 filled in details that weren’t part of the original disclosure. The AI agent also identified and used exposed credentials on four accounts across…
I recently got to watch what happens when you jailbreak some of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence models. Don’t worry—this AI manipulation wasn’t used to hack anyone or build a nuclear bomb. I simply got to see firsthand how vulnerable some frontier models are to ditching their safety guardrails. FAR.AI, an AI safety nonprofit…
Sometimes the crowd isn’t so wise. When Ferrari revealed the Luce — its first EV — to the public in May, the internet reacted. And not in a positive way. Critics compared the wedge-shaped Luce with a Nissan Leaf and said Chinese EVs would outperform it while undercutting it on price. Even former Ferrari chair Luca…
Microsoft is closing the legacy Microsoft Threat Intelligence portal on August 1, leaving security teams only days to verify that their investigation workflows survived the move. Existing Defender Threat Intelligence customers can continue using the current product experience until the cutoff. Microsoft says all Microsoft Threat Intelligence capabilities are now available through the Defender portal,…
