The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudification” apps (software programs that can digitally alter images to undress the people in them) from their app stores. California law criminalizes any activity that “knowingly facilitates” or “recklessly aids or abets” the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography. In 2025, California
Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would spread to consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evidence yet that disruption has arrived, with rising mobile phone prices reshaping the smartphone market. The memory chips in question (RAM and storage components) are the same ones that tech giants need in bulk to
ICE agents stand guard outside an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, in May 2026. Medicaid officials improperly shared data on millions of people with ICE, who then shared that data with data analytics firm Palantir, according to new court documents. Adam Gray/Getty Images hide title toggle title Adam Gray/Getty Images After Medicaid officials
The window is almost closed. On August 19, eight startups will take to the Stripe Tour Sydney stage in front of investors, the global press and the Australian tech community. A startup is automatically entered into TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco: no application, no further competition, a guaranteed spot on the world’s most iconic startup
Databricks announced a new funding round Thursday that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks did not reveal exactly how much it raised; He said the money is not yet in his hands and the round will close later this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the increase to
VC Jeremy Levine has a tongue-in-cheek solution to something that routinely bothers him, according to a new Wall Street Journal article on the rise of AI transcription applications. On Zoom, it is no longer “Jeremy Levine” but “Jeremy Levine, I do not consent to transcribe or record.” It may sound mean or brilliant, depending on
