timef 05/26/2026
- Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’ techcrunch.com2026-05-26 23:44:23
The move to block the acquisition of the cloud company that hosts the Dutch digital ID service comes as Europe continues to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology.
- Ghost hackers: the cybersecurity mystery that nobody has solved techcrunch.com2026-05-26 23:27:12
A shadowy group that stole and dumped the NSA’s most powerful hacking tools still has implications for how companies think about digital risk today.
- Iranian hackers blamed for breach of Los Angeles transit system that took weeks to recover techcrunch.com2026-05-26 23:26:27
An Israeli cybersecurity firm said Iran’s government is behind Ababil of Minab, a fake hacktivist persona that has claimed a series of data breaches after the start of the war in Iran.
- Ferrari’s first EV is not for you techcrunch.com2026-05-26 23:16:34
The Ferrari Luce seems to be more aimed at regulatory compliance and China, putting a lot of pressure on the Jony Ive-designed EV.
- Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music techcrunch.com2026-05-26 22:55:05
For years, UMG has pushed platforms, streaming services, and AI companies to implement stricter content moderation policies
- Spotify now lets you stream narrated magazine articles, too techcrunch.com2026-05-26 22:38:05
Spotify is adding narrated magazine articles to its app as it expands beyond music into audiobooks, podcasts, AI audio, and more.
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket rates end May 29 techcrunch.com2026-05-26 22:00:00
Save up to $410 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass before prices increase on May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here to join the tech epicenter in San Francisco.
- 7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data techcrunch.com2026-05-26 21:04:56
The data breach included names, dates-of-birth, postal addresses, and Social Security numbers, according to a state government listing.
- Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation techcrunch.com2026-05-26 20:00:00
Stord was founded in 2015 by then-college students CEO Sean Henry and CTO Jacob Boudreau while they were still at Georgia Tech.
- What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work techcrunch.com2026-05-26 00:00:00
The nine-year-old startup is replacing hundreds of employees with thousands of AI agents.
