Timef 08/01/2025

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

Fundamental Research Labs is releasing multiple AI products related to gaming and productivity.

The internet-connected sex toy maker said it fixed the vulnerabilities that exposed users' private email addresses and accounts to takeovers, but said it was also planning to take legal action following the disclosure.

The app's call recording feature will no longer be available on iPhones starting September 30. Users with saved call recordings can either download them to their devices, share them via email or messaging apps, or switch their storage preference to iCloud to keep the recordings accessible.

The app features TikTok's new "Sunshine Programme," which allows users to support charitable organizations.

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we’re getting real about what it takes to land a Series A in today’s market — no smoke, no mirrors, just the unfiltered perspective from the people signing the checks. Series A has changed — here’s how to win in 2026 […]

The oversubscribed round came months ahead of schedule, and is part of OpenAI's strategy to raise $40 billion.

Until now, Instagram allowed anyone to go live, regardless of their follower count or whether their account was public or private.

Facebook crypto scams trick users with fake celebrity endorsements and legitimate-looking cryptocurrency exchange ads that install malware on victims' devices.

Autonomous weapons, decentralized strategy, and startup speed — this isn’t the future of defense, it’s the now. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to talk about how next-gen defense is being built from the ground up with AI at its core. Inside the AI […]

Investors have bought into Pearl Edison's idea and recently poured $3 .3 million into the startup.

Whatever your higher-ed goals, these laptops, tablets, and 2-in-1s will help you crush them.

The round could make the AI data storage company one of the most valuable in the world.

German authorities said they have seized the servers used by the long-running ransomware gang, BlackSuit, which is blamed for cyberattacks across Europe and the U.S., including the City of Dallas.

Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.

Details are slim, though, regarding when Klarna will schedule its debut; no final decisions have been made.

All Raise released a report that said 18.6% of the top roles at leading VC firms are held by women, which is double what it was in 2018.

Vivobarefoot’s barely there shoes are perfect for casual wear, workouts, trail running, and walking around town.

K-pop idols and global pop stars team up to remix hit songs in Apple TV+'s new music competition series "KPOPPED," premiering Aug. 29.

Your gadgets run on direct current, but the electricity in your home is alternating current. What’s up with that?

I ordered the world’s smallest folding Bosch ebike in purple, and now it’s the only bike I want to ride.

Tesla's Robotaxi service has launched in the San Francisco Bay Area, but they're not all that autonomous right now.

Reddit is working on a new unified interface that will merge its legacy search and AI-powered Q&A features, as well as make its search box more prominently visible in the app.

As of Aug. 1, the Lego Marvel Spider-Man Final Battle set is on sale at Amazon for $76.99. This is 30% off its list price of $109.99.

Joby's years of R&D with the DoD may be paying off. The company has signed an agreement with defense contractor L3Harris to develop a gas-turbine hybrid VTOL that can fly autonomously — for defense applications.

Sasheer Zamata, "Saturday Night Live" alum, talks about her hopes for stand-up and her work. Interview.

Refresh your space with a comfy sofa that arrives right at your doorstep.

Seth Meyers has reacted to footage of President Trump appearing to nod off during a White House event.

“Frankly, if they’re going to behave like hackers, then we’re going to behave like trolls right back to them,” said Matthew Prince, chief executive of Cloudflare.

A “gooner” tells WIRED he became hooked on the cartoonish nature of AI porn. Several addictions experts say the genre could pose a problem for people prone to compulsive sexual behavior.

Google released its first publicly available "multi-agent" AI system, which uses more computational resources, but produces better answers.

Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive the Presidential Fitness Test. Stephen Colbert shared his thoughts on "The Late Show".

Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.

As of Aug. 1, the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro earbuds are on sale at Best Buy for $99.99, $130 off their usual list price of $229.99.

The DJI Mini 3 is still in stock at Amazon. Find the standalone drone or bundles in stock.

Is the new "Final Destination" movie streaming? Find out how to watch the horror hit at home, including the best HBO Max deals.

TikTokkers and biohackers are fast to recommend mouth tape for better sleep. But it’s not a solution for everyone.

Create private chat rooms using the iPhone Notes app collaboration feature with instant messaging capabilities and full control over conversation privacy.

It doesn’t matter who makes the tech—when you call a robocar, Uber’s mission now is to make sure you use its app.

Apple’s latest Apple Pencil Pro is now just $99 at Walmart, offering advanced creative features, haptic feedback, and magnetic charging.

Apple AirPods Max are on sale for $449.99 on Amazon — save $99 on Apple's high-end over-ear headphones with premium sound, ANC, and Spatial Audio

Toni Collette and Mae Martin star in Netflix's 'Wayward', with a new teaser trailer out.

Amazon is offering Apple AirPods 4 for just $99, down from $129 — a 23% discount on Apple’s latest wireless earbuds with upgraded audio and comfort.

K-pop group KiiiKiii taps into Gen Z's Y2K nostalgia with early internet aesthetics in their "Dancing Alone" single rollout.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured Comet 3I/ATLAS racing through space in a video, offering a peek at the interstellar visitor.

Experts tell Mashable how to set realistic expectations for finding love online.

As of July 31, the M1 MacBook Air (8GB RAM, 256GB storage) is on sale at Walmart for $599, $50 off its list price of $649.

Mashable editor Neal Broverman gives a first-person account of the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles.

Get lifetime access to AdGuard Family Plan for just $14.97 and block ads, trackers, and malware on up to nine devices.

'Together' review: Does this Sundance hit starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie live up to the hype?

Own Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for life and get a full MS Office training bundle free — only $49.99 (MSRP: $239.99) for a limited time.

Lego dropped new sets from 'One Piece,' 'Star Wars,' their Botanical line, among many others on Aug. 1 — here are our favorites.

Internxt is offering 20TB of lifetime cloud storage for $389.97 (reg. $4,900) through August 3. No subscriptions or recurring fees — just encrypted, GDPR-compliant backup space that’s all yours.

Get a quality refurbished Apple MacBook Air (2017) for just $199.97 (reg. $999) with 128GB SSD, i5 processor, and 12-hour battery.

The DJI Mini 4K drone is available to purchase for $249 on Amazon. That's the lowest-ever price.

"The Daily Show" host Desi Lydic has responded to Republicans getting angry about the reaction to the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad.

Apple has addressed a critical bug with its iOS 18.6 software upgrade.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

Answers to each clue for the August 1, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Here are some of the best fitness gadgets to help you on your health journey, from walking pads, to gym shoes, to fitness trackers.

Latvian startup Handwave aims to compete with Amazon palm payments by offering an independent alternative.

Youbooks combines multiple AI models to create a unique AI book writer, and it just went on sale for £37.05 for life.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

See the moon phase expected for August 1, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

Unblock porn sites and stream anonymously with the best porn VPNs.

Find the perfect partner for your iPhone with this selection of top headphones from brands like Apple and Sony.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1504 on August 1 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Momoa stars in and co-created "Chief of War," based on the real-life story of the unification of the Hawaiian Islands.

SixSense offers an AI-powered platform that helps chip makers prevent defects. It landed backing led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia India & SEA).

Amazon is spending a fortune on AI infrastructure and CEO Andy Jassy sees a new way to pay for it with Alexa+.

That's an uptick from the $800 million hit last quarter.

Reddit reported its Q2 earnings, and it’s clear that its focus on AI has ramped up significantly.

The rate of iPhone sales growth has accelerated too.

Apple is open to M&A to accelerate its AI strategy, and says it's made seven acquisitions this year so far.

Apple is open to M&A to accelerate its AI strategy, and says it's made seven acquisitions this year so far.

Will Griffith is a seed investor in Figma. Investors didn't want to sell millions of shares. He explains why they did it anyway.

Anthropic holds 32% of enterprise LLM market share by usage. This is a sharp reversal from just two years ago when OpenAI held 50%.

Anthropic holds 32% of enterprise LLM market share by usage. This is sharp reversal from just two years ago when OpenAI held 50%.

Yoel Roth shares concerns about the open social web's ability to combat misinformation, spam, and other illegal content.

“The Social Network" sequel is reportedly looking at Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison to play the two leads.

Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link.

Lyft rolled out safety upgrades with a new Safety Hub, driver blocking capability and a favorite driver option to give riders more control over their experience.

This Microsoft Office license is discounted to A$45 for a limited time. It has Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for Windows computers.

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations.

Catch up on the entire 'Alien' franchise and tune into the new 'Alien: Earth' series with these streaming deals.

There has been so much demand for this stock that people on X are posting funny pictures of their orders being fulfilled.

If you're not ready to upgrade, you can still get security updates until October 2026 by enrolling in Microsoft's ESU program.

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in "The Conjuring: Last Rites."

Professional networking platform LinkedIn quietly updated its hateful conduct policy — its first change in years.

Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, and Paul Walter Hauser break down the comedic secrets of "The Naked Gun" reboot, now in theaters.

The court rejected Google’s argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games.

AI-generated animals are all the rage online, but be careful what you believe. Not all unlikely animal friends are created equal.

With dating app fatigue rising, some peopl are finding love in unexpected places – the forums and sites they use to pass idle time online, as opposed to those dedicated to online dating.

Documentary "Megadoc" goes behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola's mind-boggling "Megalopolis."

Side products can no longer be maintained, even if they have "loads of happy and loyal customers," as the Iconfactory's co-founder, Ged Maheux, says.

The WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations.

"Alien: Earth" is the first TV series of the Alien franchise. But where does it sit chronologically in the canon timeline?

New research shows Americans increasingly trust AI for wellness guidance over social media, with 63% finding artificial intelligence reliable for health.

Quora's Poe platform is releasing an API to let developers access more than 100 models across text, image, video, and voice.

According to Paramount, the Season 27 premiere of "South Park" pulled in record viewership numbers for the show.

Amazon is has invested in Fable Studio to fund its Showrunner platform that launched this week. Showrunner lets users create their own animated shows with generative AI.

Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King, and Ruby Cruz hook up in "The Threesome" — but that's just the start!

The Marvel Legends Series Iron Man helmet is on sale at Amazon for $61.99, down from the list price of $99.99. That's a 38% discount.

Spend $50 at Amazon on household essentials like toilet paper and cleaning products and get a $15 credit back to spend on anything.

As part of the changes, TikTok's head of Operations and Trust & Safety Adam Presser will become the General Manager of TikTok USDS, a separate entity of TikTok that's tasked with safeguarding U.S. national security interests, TechCrunch confirmed with TikTok.

The FSB cyberespionage group known as Turla seems to have used its control of Russia's network infrastructure to meddle with web traffic and trick diplomats into infecting their computers.

In a July 31 Nintendo Direct event, we learned about new games coming to the Switch 2 and saw a new trailer for 'Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.'

Yes, we're already thinking about Christmas — it's kind of our job. So, catch up on the most gift-worthy gadgets of the year so far.

The Apple Mac mini desktop computer (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) is on sale at Amazon for $539, down from the list price of $599. That's a 10% discount.

The DJI Osmo 360 will launch in the US soon, costing $549.99 to record in native 8k with 360-degree capabilities.

"BoJack Horseman" creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg returns to Netflix with the family comedy "Long Story Short." Max Greenfield, Abbi Jacobson, and Paul Reiser lend their voices to new Netflix cartoon.

Nic and Olandria from 'Love Island' are documenting their romantic Greek getaway, and I spotted the DJI camera that they're using to capture it.

Lili Reinhart stars in critically heralded thriller.