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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
TechCrunch AI
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime...
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US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom
TechCrunch AI
SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents
TechCrunch AI
"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.
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You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta
TechCrunch AI
The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.
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Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI
TechCrunch AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
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Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
MIT Tech Review AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s oft-discussed promise that Americans will share in the wealth AI creates was in the news again last week. On Thursd...
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If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
TechCrunch AI
Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as “images, files, and audio and video recordings,” to improve its AI models.
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I spy
The Verge AI
I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses. But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside, this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultur...
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Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales
TechCrunch AI
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.
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Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
TechCrunch AI
In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.
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Strategy sells $216M Bitcoin, Bollinger bullish on BTC: Hodler's Digest, June 29-July 6, 2026
Cointelegraph
Bollinger Bands creator John Bollinger says the charts suggest Bitcoin could take off from here. Vitalik Buterin unveils a new Ethereum strawmap, but why is it taking so long?
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Former Tether CIO seeks to sell stake in stablecoin issuer, Bloomberg reports
Cointelegraph
The reported transaction comes as Tether maintains it has no plans to go public, even as other crypto companies pursue or delay IPOs.
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Bitcoin's U.S. reserve still a work-in-progress as federal agencies hash it out
CoinDesk
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ByteDance and Alibaba to Pull Agent Features as China Cracks Down on Humanlike AI
Decrypt
Beijing's first rules targeting emotional AI are forcing the country's biggest apps to shut down custom agents.
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Bitcoin recovers from Strategy's BTC sale, funding rates hit 9%: Are bulls back?
Cointelegraph
Bitcoin sold off as news of Strategy selling BTC shook investors’ nerve but the quick rebound suggests bulls remain ambitiously positioned.
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UK Foreign Secretary Warns of 'AI Hiroshima' if Policymakers Don’t Act
Decrypt
Yvette Cooper said governments must agree on AI safeguards before frontier systems transform warfare, crime, and society.
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Solana Meme Coin Bonk Treasury Drained of $20 Million in 'Malicious' Governance Attack
Decrypt
The Bonk DAO wallet was exploited for roughly $20 million worth of the prominent dog-themed meme coin on Solana.
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BonkDAO reports $20M theft from ‘malicious governance proposal’
Cointelegraph
The developers behind the memecoin project said they had informed law enforcement after the attack and were working to “recover funds and identify those responsible.”
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Here’s what happened in crypto today
Cointelegraph
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
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'We Cannot Vibe Code the Future of Humanity', UN Chief Warns at AI Summit
Decrypt
António Guterres borrowed a Silicon Valley meme to make the starkest case yet for global AI oversight—then called for an international ban on killer robots.