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Legal AI startup Harvey confirms $8B valuation

TechCrunchTechnology42 minutes ago
Harvey confirms a third enormous round of funding in 2025 that has skyrocketed its valuation. Again.

Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say

TechCrunchTechnology1 hours ago
Based on a leaked video, security researchers alleged that Intellexa staffers have remote live access to their customers' surveillance systems, allowing them to see hacking targets’ personal data.

Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft launch on December 10

TechCrunchTechnology1 hours ago
The new Kindle Scribe has a larger 11-inch glare-free display, is just 5.4 mm thick, and weighs only 400 g. It’s also 40% faster when writing or turning pages.

California’s ban on self-driving trucks could soon be over

TechCrunchTechnology2 hours ago
Revised rules in California would allow self-driving trucks to test on public highways. The rules also close a loophole allowing police to issue tickets for driverless vehicles.

Why Day One Ventures’ Masha Bucher thinks VCs and storytelling go hand-in-hand

TechCrunchTechnology2 hours ago
Day One Ventures' Masha Bucher doesn't just invest in startups — she also tells their stories. Her integrated model aligns incentives and proves conviction matters more than contracts.

Meta centralizes Facebook and Instagram support, tests AI support assistant

TechCrunchTechnology2 hours ago
The new support hub will connect users to security tools, account recovery options, and an AI assistant.

Amazon reportedly considering dropping USPS and building a competing postal service

TechCrunchTechnology2 hours ago
Amazon is the USPS' biggest customer, and the e-commerce giant's potential break from the postal agency comes as the two sides are negotiating a new deal.

TikTok rolls out a ‘Nearby Feed’ to display local content in select countries

TechCrunchTechnology3 hours ago
While TikTok is already known for its recommendation algorithm, which is able to target users with highly personalized content, the addition of a Nearby Feed gives it the ability to display even more relevant content to its users.

Daily coffee may slow biological aging in mental illness

Science dailyScience3 hours ago
Researchers studying people with major psychiatric disorders found that drinking up to four cups of coffee a day is associated with longer telomeres. This suggests a potential slowing of biological aging by about five years. However, drinking five or more cups showed no benefit and may even contribu...

Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%

TechCrunchTechnology3 hours ago
The proposal reflects the overall lack of interest in products like Meta's social virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds.

Spotify says Wrapped 2025 is its biggest yet, with 200M+ users in its first day

TechCrunchTechnology3 hours ago
After last year's flop, Spotify Wrapped engagement is up 19% and shares were up 41%, the company says.

A simple oxygen hack creates 7 new ceramic materials

Science dailyScience3 hours ago
Penn State researchers created seven new high-entropy oxides by removing oxygen during synthesis, enabling metals that normally destabilize to form rock-salt ceramics. Machine learning helped identify promising compositions, and advanced imaging confirmed their stability. The method offers a flexibl...

Astronomers find a planet orbiting at a wild angle no one can explain

Science dailyScience4 hours ago
A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches on the star’s surface and rapid changes tied to its rotation. By combining multicolor transit observations with months of high-cadence brightness monitoring, researchers nail...

3.3 billion-year-old crystals reveal a shockingly active early Earth

Science dailyScience4 hours ago
Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction. Ancient melt inclusions and advanced simulations point to continents forming far earlier than expected. The findings overturn long-held assumptions about the planet’s inf...

Anthropic signs $200M deal to bring its LLMs to Snowflake’s customers

TechCrunchTechnology4 hours ago
AI research lab Anthropic inked a $200 million deal with Snowflake to bring its AI models to Snowflake's 12,600 customers.

EU investigating Meta over policy change that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp

TechCrunchTechnology5 hours ago
The European Commission is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta's move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users.

AI finds its way into Apple’s top apps of the year

TechCrunchTechnology5 hours ago
Although Apple has continued to avoid naming a dedicated AI app or AI chatbot as its app of the year, AI was showcased among this year's winners.

Aisuru botnet turns Q3 into a terabit-scale stress test for the entire internet

The registerSecurity6 hours ago
Cloudflare data shows 29.7 Tbps record-breaker landed amid 87% surge in network-layer attacks The internet has spent the past three months ducking for cover as the Aisuru botnet hurled record-shattering DDoS barrages from an army of up to 4 million infected machines.…

Hornet-eating frog shows remarkable venom resistance

Science dailyScience8 hours ago
Experiments reveal that pond frogs can eat highly venomous hornets without suffering noticeable damage, even after repeated stings. Most frogs successfully consumed hornets, including the notorious Asian giant hornet. This unusual resilience suggests that frogs may have evolved mechanisms to block t...

Porn site fined £1m over age checks has never responded to Ofcom

BBC TechnologyTechnology8 hours ago
The regulator tells the BBC it has been emailing AVS Group Ltd without reply since July.

Nexus isn’t going all in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
Nexus Venture Partners manages $3.2 billion in capital across its funds and has invested in more than 130 companies over the years.

Scientists capture flu viruses surfing into human cells in real time

Science dailyScience10 hours ago
Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenza’s stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing that the cells aren’t just helpless victims. Using a groundbreaking imaging technique, researchers discovered that our cells actually reach out and “grab” the virus a...

Gemini was Google’s top trending search term in 2025

TechCrunchTechnology11 hours ago
Every year, Google releases a report highlighting the top trending searches, offering a snapshot of what captured our collective curiosity, spanning pop culture, entertainment, internet trends, and news events. Gemini wasn’t the only AI chatbot to make the list, as DeepSeek ranked seventh among th...

Surprising optics breakthrough could transform our view of the Universe

Science dailyScience13 hours ago
FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power. By using custom thermal patterns, it preserves mirror shape without introducing noise, allowing detectors to operate at higher sensitivities. This leap enables future observa...

New unicorn Brevo raises $583M to challenge CRM giants

TechCrunchTechnology15 hours ago
Brevo, a customer relationship management company headquartered in Paris, is now a unicorn. The U.S. currently represents 15% of Brevo’s revenue — one of its three largest markets along with France and Germany.

Scientists discover why anacondas stayed giants for 12 million years

Science dailyScience16 hours ago
Ancient anaconda fossils show that the snakes became giants soon after emerging in Miocene South America. Their size has stayed stable for over 12 million years, even though other huge reptiles went extinct. Surprisingly, warmer periods didn’t make anacondas bigger—just more widespread. Today th...

Gas stoves are filling millions of homes with hidden toxic air

Science dailyScience17 hours ago
Stanford researchers found that gas stoves expose Americans to surprisingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide—often matching or exceeding outdoor pollution. For millions, cooking alone pushes NO2 over long-term safety thresholds. Smaller homes, renters, and rural households face the highest concentr...

Day One Ventures’ Masha Bucher on why every founder needs to be an influencer

TechCrunchTechnology18 hours ago
Tech is racing ahead while society struggles to keep up. Masha Bucher, founder and GP of Day One Ventures, built her firm around closing that gap by combining venture capital with hands-on PR to help portfolio companies not just raise money, but actually break through t...

Amazon hopes to jump-start its AI coding tool Kiro by giving it away to startups

TechCrunchTechnology19 hours ago
Can Kiro win the hearts of startup founders above the many AI coding tools they already have? Amazon hopes a free year will tempt them.

All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025

TechCrunchTechnology19 hours ago
Amazon Web Services' giant tech conference re:Invent 2025 is happening this week with news ranging from chips to AI services.

Meta poaches Apple design exec Alan Dye to lead new creative studio in Reality Labs

TechCrunchTechnology19 hours ago
Dye led Apple's user interface team for the last decade.

New homes delayed by 'energy-hungry' data centres

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.

A routine shingles shot may offer powerful defense against dementia

Science dailyScience1 days ago
A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in dementia among seniors who received the shingles vaccine. The protective effect held steady across multiple analyses and was even stronger in women. Evidence also suggests benefi...

JWST finds a Milky Way twin born shockingly early in the Universe

Science dailyScience1 days ago
A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier than astronomers believed such well-structured galaxies could form. With sweeping spiral arms, rapid star formation, and an orderly disk resembling our Milky Way, it defies lo...

The solar mission that survived disaster and found 5,000 comets

Science dailyScience1 days ago
For thirty years, SOHO has watched the Sun from a stable perch in space, revealing the inner workings of our star and surviving crises that nearly ended the mission. Its long-term observations uncovered a single global plasma conveyor belt inside the Sun, detailed how solar brightness subtly shifts ...

A common constipation drug shows a surprising ability to protect kidneys

Science dailyScience1 days ago
A surprising link between constipation and kidney decline led researchers to test lubiprostone, revealing that it can protect kidney function. The results point toward gut-based, mitochondria-boosting therapies as a promising new avenue for CKD care.

Production halted at Chinese factory making 'childlike' sex dolls

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
The issue is in the spotlight after Shein announced a global ban on the sale of sex dolls with a childlike appearance.

Scientists reveal what really drives the “freshman 15”

Science dailyScience1 days ago
College life creates a perfect storm for overeating, as students consume more calories when surrounded by friends, eating in dining halls, or following unstructured schedules. A four-week study using a mobile app revealed that students often underestimate how much they eat, especially in social or f...

India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.

Early Earth’s sky may have created the first ingredients for life

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules linked to life. These sulfur-rich compounds, including certain amino acids, may have formed naturally in the sky. The results suggest early Earth wasn’t starting from zero...

Here’s your worst nightmare: E-tailer can only resume partial sales 45 days after ransomware attack

The registerSecurity1 days ago
Japan’s Askul still can’t run all its sites, but at least the fax line held up OK Japanese e-tailer Askul has resumed online sales, 45 days after a ransomware attack.…

Doomed ants send a final scent to save their colony

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and disinfect them with formic acid, stopping the infection before it can spread. Although the treatmen...

A tiny citrus pest is hiding a biological mystery never seen before

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not typically found in bacteria. The discovery reshapes ideas about bacterial evolution and internal archit...

A long-overlooked weak point in your DNA has just been revealed

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the earliest stages of embryonic development. These mosaic mutations often go undetected yet can still be passed on and cause disease. Large-scale genome analyses show that genes ti...

Is your gut being poisoned? Scientists reveal the hidden impact of everyday chemicals

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Researchers discovered that 168 common chemicals can disrupt the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, with some also promoting antibiotic resistance. Many of these substances—found in food, water, and household items—weren’t previously suspected of affecting living organisms. A new machine learn...

A 70-year-old pregnancy drug just revealed a hidden weakness in brain cancer

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery behind how a common pregnancy drug lowers blood pressure. It turns out the medication blocks a fast-acting “oxygen alarm” inside cells. That same alarm helps brain tumors survive, meaning the drug unexpectedly weakens them, too. The discovery could...

Scientists boost lifespan by 70% in elderly male mice using simple drug combo

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Scientists found that combining oxytocin with an Alk5 inhibitor revitalized extremely old male mice, boosting their lifespan and strength. Female mice showed only short-term improvements, highlighting a major sex difference in aging biology. The therapy restored youthful protein patterns in blood an...

Tech Life

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
How AI is used in songwriting and fashion. Plus, a warning on how it’s used in toys.

Dell family to seed Trump accounts for kids with $250

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
The donation will help seed new Trump-branded investment accounts.

University of Pennsylvania joins list of victims from Clop's Oracle EBS raid

The registerSecurity2 days ago
Ivy League school warns more than 1,400 people after attackers siphon data via zero-day The University of Pennsylvania has become the latest victim of Clop's smash-and-grab spree against Oracle's E-Business Suite (EBS) customers, with the Ivy League school now warning more than a thousand individual...