Google on Tuesday announced it’s adding a new way to create automated workflows to its vibe-coding app Opal. The company said that a new agent being introduced in Opal will allow users to create mini-apps that can let them plan and execute tasks using text prompts. The feature uses the…

The U.S. government announced on Tuesday sanctions against two companies that acquire and resell zero-day exploits, as well as sanctioning their founders and their associates. Officials with the U.S. Treasury told TechCrunch that the government was imposing sanctions against the brokers of zero-days — security vulnerabilities in software that are…

Instagram is expanding its Instagram for TV app to Google TV devices in the U.S., two months after its debut on Amazon Fire TV in December. The app first launched as a way to expand Reels viewing beyond mobile, and now users can also browse posts from their Instagram feeds…

Prosecutors in a lawsuit focused on whether or not social media apps, like Instagram, are addictive and harmful, wanted to know why it took so long for Meta to roll out basic safety tools, like a nudity filter for private messages sent to teens. In April 2024, Meta introduced a…

Anthropic has until Friday evening to either give the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI model or face the consequences, reports Axios. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a meeting Tuesday morning that the Pentagon will either declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — a…

Automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach in which the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers were stolen. Have I Been Pwned, a data-breach notification site provided by security researcher Troy Hunt, reported that 12.5 million CarGurus accounts were compromised in…

Google announced Tuesday that it will build a data center in Minnesota that’s backed by 1.9 gigawatts of clean power, including a massive 300-megawatt battery made by startup Form Energy. The new data center, Google’s first in Minnesota, will be located in Pine Island, about an hour southeast of Minneapolis.…

Consumers probably think of Uber as a ride-hailing and food delivery company. But in the eyes of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber is really just a giant code base with engineers that are “literally the builders of the company.” In fact, Uber’s engineers have gone so far as to replace Khosrowshahi…

Apple is launching new tools to comply with the growing number of age-verification laws both in the U.S. and abroad. As part of the changes, Apple will block the downloads of apps rated 18+ in Brazil, Australia, and Singapore, while also rolling out other features to comply with laws in…

Wayve’s self-driving tech has attracted a diverse set of investors in the company’s latest $1.2 billion funding round, including three automakers, top venture and institutional firms, and returning backers Microsoft, Nvidia, and Uber. The total raise could reach $1.5 billion thanks to another $300 million from Uber contingent on deploying robotaxis,…