How an ex-L3Harris Trenchant boss stole and sold cyber exploits to Russia

Peter Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian zero-day broker by smuggling them from his employer’s highly secured air-gapped network. A court document, plus exclusive reporting by TechCrunch and interviews with former Trenchant staff, explains how Williams pulled off the heist of hacking tools.

Apple’s App Store gets a new web interface

Before this update, users could see individual pages for apps on the web, but there was no way to browse within the App Store.

Altman and Nadella need more power for AI, but they’re not sure how much

The CEOs of OpenAI and Microsoft are betting that AI will continue to consume more electricity, but they’re not sure how much. That could leave some investors holding the bag.

Locket’s social app is picking up steam with Gen Alpha

Locket’s social app is using iOS Live Activities to reach Gen Alpha via the iPhone Lock Screen.

Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work

OpenAI’s approach to working with copyrighted content is to ask forgiveness, not permission.

Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers

Flock said around 3% of its law enforcement customers do not use multi-factor authentication, potentially leaving dozens of law enforcement agency accounts open to compromise and improper access.

Elad Gil on which AI markets have winners — and which are still wide open

Over the last year, certain AI markets appear to be nearly sewn up by startup market leaders. But beyond these areas, a vast swath of AI remains anyone’s game.

a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff

Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.

Wait, people actually use Facebook Dating?

Meta said that Facebook Dating has 1.77 million daily active users in the US between ages 18-29.

iOS 26.1 lets you turn down liquid glass’ transparency

Apple’s latest iOS update doesn’t introduce major features, but it does bring one highly-requested tweak: the ability to change the transparency of the translucent liquid glass design.