#United States
Finance
FICO Crashes As Trump Housing Chief Pulte Cracks Mortgage
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been instructed to immediately approve all lenders to use
Entertainment
‘Rose’ First-Look Clip: Sandra Hüller’s Silver Bear-Winning Drama Sets December 11 U.S. Release From MUBI
MUBI has released a first-look clip for Markus Schleinzer's historical drama "Rose" and scheduled its U.S.
Finance
Lowe's bets $250 million on jobs AI can't take
The Lowe’s Foundation has launched the Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition, the largest cross-sector skilled trades coalition in U.S.
Crypto
President Trump Signals Openness to Bitcoin in Trump Accounts, Calls Himself ‘a Big Fan of Crypto’
On July 6, 2026, during an Oval Office ceremony marking the launch of the Trump Accounts savings program, President Donald Trump stated that Bitcoin (BTC)
Crypto
SEC Crypto Custody Rewrite Enters White House Review
The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rewrite of custody rules for investment advisers and investment companies entered White House review
Tech
Xbox Lays Off 20% Of Staff, Cut Studios, Largely Impacting Acquired Devs It Promised It Wouldn’t Layoff
Xbox is laying off over 3,000 employees, representing approximately 20% of its division workforce.
AI
El gobierno de Trump apoya a OpenAI en caso de derechos de autor del New York Times
El gobierno del presidente Donald Trump, a través del Departamento de Justicia, ha intervenido en la demanda por derechos de autor de The New York Times contra
Tech
Next year’s iPhone Pro models will have larger screen sizes, per leak
According to leaker Digital Chat Station, Apple is testing larger screen sizes for next year's iPhone Pro models to mark the iPhone's 20th anniversary.
Tech
Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch has revealed the Builders Stage agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, scheduled for October 13-15 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Tech
T-Mobile is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free
T-Mobile has launched a weekend promotion offering the Apple iPhone 17, iPhone 17e, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air for free.
AI
Wispr Flow launches a Granola
On August 5, 2026, dictation app Wispr Flow officially launched its AI-powered meeting notetaker for Mac.
Tech
EA is now a private company
Electronic Arts (EA) has officially become a private company after successfully closing a $55 billion deal.
AI
June launches with $20M to speed up enterprise software projects
June.ai Technologies Inc., an AI startup founded last year by four former Salesforce executives, has officially launched with $20 million in pre-seed funding.
Tech
Xbox 360 games are reportedly coming to PC as well
According to a leaked Microsoft document shared with developers, Xbox 360 games are reportedly coming to PC, handheld systems, and the upcoming Project Helix
AI
Claude Code Creator Boris Cherny Advises Deleting CLAUDE.md for Better Precision
Boris Cherny, the creator of Anthropic's Claude Code, has advised developers to regularly simplify and rewrite system prompts, as well as delete obsolete
AI
Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by
In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it could help users with limited education create biological hazards.
AI
A Complete Guide to AI Red
Earlier this year, an autonomous AI agent successfully breached McKinsey's internal AI platform in less than two hours without credentials or human guidance.
Gaming
Paramount Skydance just paused its Warner Bros. Discovery merger, possibly until June 2027
Paramount Skydance has agreed to postpone its proposed $110 billion merger with Warner Bros.
AI
‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school
Teachers and local Native American residents are protesting a pilot program at Salamanca High School in New York that introduces a $57,590 Realbotix M-Series
Gaming
New Official DC Fighting Game Finally Confirmed for 2027
Developer Drop Fake has announced DCKO, an officially licensed DC fighting game scheduled to launch on iOS and Android in 2027.
AI
Opus 5 may have solved browser-based prompt injection, the biggest security flaw haunting AI agents
Anthropic's Opus 5 model, when combined with Auto Mode in products like Claude Cowork, achieved a zero percent prompt injection success rate across 129 browser