WildforTech The Trump administration is pushing to roll back the Roadless Rule, a longstanding federal policy protecting millions of acres of undeveloped national forest land. Conservationists warn that dismantling these protections could devastate wildlife habitats and contaminate freshwater sources that communities across the US depend on.
Apple has cut over 200 positions across teams responsible for Vision Pro software and Siri development, signaling a strategic pivot away from its mixed-reality headset ambitions toward smart glasses hardware and more advanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
Michael Polansky, known as Lady Gaga's partner and a former Sean Parker associate, has revealed a stealth AI startup that sustains living human skin tissue outside the body for weeks at a time, using the platform to identify promising new skincare ingredients through machine-learning analysis.
Tokyo-based Letara has secured roughly $16 million in fresh funding to push its hybrid rocket propulsion technology into new territories. Originally focused on small satellite thrusters, the startup now has ambitions spanning broader space infrastructure, defense applications, and security markets.
The Trump administration's space transportation policy includes plans to establish a new federally-owned launch facility capable of handling heavy and super-heavy rockets. The move reflects growing demand for launch infrastructure as commercial space activity accelerates and existing sites face capacity constraints.
Anthropic's Claude models are supposed to block explicit sexual content, but TechCrunch testing of what appears to be an Opus 4.6 variant revealed the safeguards could be bypassed with minimal effort — raising fresh questions about AI safety enforcement at one of the industry's most safety-focused labs.
Nvidia has announced a new partnership with Cloverleaf, a data center development company, marking yet another strategic investment in AI infrastructure. The move underscores Nvidia's push to deepen its footprint in the data center sector — the same industry that continues to fuel the chipmaker's explosive revenue growth.
HoverAir's innovative Versa drone — a compact camera that clips onto propeller wings — has stopped accepting US orders just three days after launching on Indiegogo, likely because the FCC has removed its certification from the federal database, effectively blocking the flight component from being sold stateside.
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a federal lawsuit accusing the platform of harvesting personal data from minors without parental knowledge or consent. The settlement, among the largest ever secured under children's privacy law, arrives as scrutiny of how tech platforms handle young users' data continues to intensify.
AI-powered accounting startup Rillet achieved unicorn status in just two days after its CEO presented growth metrics at a routine board meeting, triggering an unsolicited bidding frenzy from top-tier venture firms including Iconiq and Sequoia, culminating in a $100 million funding round.
LinkedIn's recently launched tool for flagging AI-generated content has already been used more than a million times, signaling widespread user frustration with automated posts flooding the platform. The feature arrives amid findings that nearly half of LinkedIn's longer posts may be fully machine-written.
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit centered on children's privacy violations. The settlement marks one of the largest penalties ever tied to child online safety laws, with federal officials acknowledging the platform has made measurable improvements to its privacy practices since the case was filed in 2024.
Apple is laying off several hundred employees working on Siri and the Vision Pro headset, signaling a strategic realignment. The company has acknowledged the cuts, suggesting it is deprioritizing certain product and feature efforts as it recalibrates where to invest resources going forward.
Take-Two Interactive has issued legal subpoenas to both Discord and Microsoft in an aggressive effort to identify whoever has been leaking information about Grand Theft Auto VI ahead of the game's anticipated November launch. The publisher is clearly determined to plug any information leaks before release.
Researchers have discovered that lightning-generated thunder produces seismic waves detectable through fiber-optic cables, enabling a novel approach to mapping underground geological features. This passive, weather-driven method could complement or even replace expensive active seismic surveys in certain applications.
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to resolve a federal lawsuit accusing the platform of illegally collecting personal data from children. The settlement comes roughly two years after the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, marking one of the largest child privacy penalties in tech history.
A lawsuit alleges that Zillow artificially inflated New York City rents by deliberately concealing available rental listings, creating a false impression of scarce housing supply. Plaintiffs claim this manufactured shortage pushed prices higher, making an already brutal rental market even less affordable for ordinary New Yorkers.
The revived Pebble smartwatch returns with a $225 model called the Time 2, bringing back its signature e-ink screen, physical navigation buttons, and multi-week battery life — positioning itself as a charming, developer-friendly alternative to mainstream smartwatches dominated by Apple and Google.
Apple has eliminated more than 200 positions across its Siri and Vision Pro divisions, including nearly dismantling a team focused on Vision Pro gaming and shrinking the group responsible for immersive spatial content. The restructuring signals growing uncertainty about Apple's spatial computing ambitions and its AI assistant strategy.
New Nvidia research reveals that the surrounding infrastructure around an AI model — how it's prompted, guided, and constrained — matters more than the raw capability of the model itself. Through careful fine-tuning of the agent framework, even weaker models can deliver reliable, well-behaved results.