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53OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer
San Francisco’s housing market is in trouble again. In Brief Posted: 5:03 PM PDT · August 10, 2026 OpenAI has bought back...
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As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model
OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it. Every day seems...
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Jeff Bezos might finally get his hands on a sports team
Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to buying his first stake in a sports team: the U.K.’s famed Liverpool Football Club. Jeff Bezos...
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Now Rippling is counter-suing tiny startup Runlayer
This lawsuit follows one filed last month by Runlayer that accused Rippling of stealing its product ideas. It’s a seller- and buyer-beware...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax
California’s Prop 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state’s billionaires. Google co-founder Sergey Brin has...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the “personal superintelligence” systems Meta AI...
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Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym
An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym’s reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class’ waitlist. And the tech...
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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets. In Brief Posted: 1:35 PM PDT · August 9, 2026 Situational Awareness...
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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default
Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight. In Brief Posted: 12:20 PM PDT · August 9, 2026 Programming...
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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing...
