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Community Health Center, a Connecticut-based healthcare provider, has disclosed a recent data breach affecting over 1 million people in the U.S.

Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” by the OSI’s formal “definition,” then that software is open source. But waters muddy when you get into the nuts and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Don’t let busted pipes or an overflowing washing machine dampen your day. These WIRED-tested smart water sensors can help you catch problems quicker.

This innovative cleaning solution includes a robot vacuum, a cordless stick vacuum, and a handheld vacuum in one.

Headed into the backcountry alone? The Atko is the best tent I've ever used.

Answers to each clue for the February 8, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Fine art auction house, Christie’s, has sold AI-generated art before. But soon, it plans to hold its first show dedicated solely to works created with AI, an announcement that has been met with mixed reviews. The auction, which Christie’s is calling ‘Augmented Intelligence,’ will feature artwork from artists including Mat Dryhurst, the founder of AI […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

If you do your makeup on the go, this portable lighted makeup mirror makes a fantastic base station.

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

Time and boundaries dissolve in these spaces while people become charged with stress, anxiety, and excitement. Throw in a drink or two, and it’s no wonder people aren’t themselves.

The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world—until Elon Musk showed up.

Ring Fit Adventure can help you hit your fitness goals if you’re allergic to the gym.

Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise blames Russian government hackers for a breach, and more.

The TruePeopleSearch.com website works for landline and cellphone numbers, allowing you to do a reverse phone lookup for any type of phone number.

Plus: Sonos’ next play is a streaming box, Amazon’s souped-up Alexa may land this month, VW’s cheapest ever EV, and Comcast adds Dolby support to its 4K Super Bowl stream.

Sellers and shoppers on the two sites say they saw items disappear and prices go up after President Donald Trump implemented tariffs on Chinese imports.

Scientists found that a substance in human blood can be used to draw out alien microbes, if they exist, from their extraterrestrial environments.

After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.

Other big technology companies have been boisterous in their courtship of the new administration. But Nvidia and Microsoft have avoided the Washington spotlight.

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized.

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The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth will likely go up before they go down, astronomers say. The object has a low chance of hitting our planet in 2032.

Reproductive health access faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration, and the president's tech allies may make it worse.

Get a 2017 MacBook Air with an Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, and 128GB SSD — lightweight, powerful, and easy on your wallet.

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Get a lifetime subscription to 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan and access writing, design, video, and productivity tools powered by AI models.

Replace Microsoft 365 subscriptions with a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows for only $59.97 (reg. $219).

Get lifetime access to 4,000+ ad-free documentaries on MagellanTV for just $139.97 with code SAVE30 through February 23.

Mashable editor Anna Iovine describes how she found her partner on X, formerly Twitter.

After extensive hands-on testing, we have four laptops to recommend in the under-$500 price range. Yes, we have an option for gamers too.

Amazon's Prime Video offers the romantic comedies you love: "Red, White & Royal Blue ," "His Girl Friday," "Charade," "Runaway Bride," and much more.

Don't worry — they'll arrive in time for the big day.

Looking for love (or something else)? Our February 2025 roundup of the best dating apps for men will point you in the right direction.

After testing, these big-screen 4K TVs have been pinpointed as the best ones to buy in categories like QLED, OLED, and mini LED. Browse options on sale with same-day pickup.

The 2025 Oscars air on ABC on March 2. If you don't have cable access, here are the best streaming deals to watch live.

An apparent breakthrough in efficiency from the Chinese start-up did not make tech’s biggest companies question their extravagant spending on new data centers.

Get lifetime access to 10TB of cloud storage from Internxt on sale for a limited time at the Mashable Shop.

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The Kindle remains the most popular reader on the market, but which is the best model for you?

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1329 on February 8, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

You just spent a lot of money on a new Samsung phone. Keep it safe with these cases and screen protectors.

The Southern California start-up, which builds flying drones and missiles, is set to raise up to $2.5 billion.

Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei claims DeepSeek generated sensitive bioweapons data in a safety test it ran. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI is expanding its footprint to Germany. According to a press release issued Friday, the ChatGPT maker plans to open an office in Munich in the coming months. “Germany is renowned for its technical expertise, academic excellence, and industrial innovation,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a statement. “Opening our first office in Germany means we […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Just six months after defense tech Anduril raised a massive $1.5 billion round that valued the company at $14 billion, it’s in talks to raise another $2.5 billion, at a valuation of up to $28 billion, sources told CNBC. The deal would, not surprisingly, be led by Founders Fund, which is reportedly writing a $1 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Department of Transportation has paused funding for a $5 billion EV charging infrastructure program that Tesla has received at least $31 million from. The move is widely viewed to be illegal. It’s the latest attempt from the Trump administration to hack away at federally funded renewable energy projects around the country, a clear priority […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Rapyd Financial Network is reportedly looking to raise $300 million in a new funding at a steep valuation cut from its 2021 high. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

On the same day that President Donald Trump delayed ending a trade exemption targeting certain Chinese imports, ecommerce company Shopify published a blog post making its stance on U.S. trade policy clear. In the post, Shopify endorsed “open trade,” calling for regulators to give online merchants the “freedom to expand without constraints imposed by geopolitical […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.

After DOGE staffer Marko Elez's racist social media posts were outed, Elez resigned. But Elon Musk may bring him back.

Experts say Elon Musk could use DOGE data in dangerous ways.

Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director told senators he has no plans to divest his shares, which his financial disclosure form says were received in exchange for consulting services.

Elon Musk has reportedly picked fresh-faced six engineers to run DOGE. I spoke to one of them in 2023, when his life looked very, very different. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. “I’m very glad that Google has changed its stance,” Ng said during an on-stage interview Thursday evening with TechCrunch at the Military Veteran Startup Conference in San Francisco. Earlier this […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

If you need some help understanding the Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl, we have all the names, stories, and other info you need to know.

An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

Elon Musk doesn’t want Tesla to be just an automaker. He wants Tesla to be an AI company, one that’s figured out how to make cars drive themselves.  Crucial to that mission is Dojo, Tesla’s custom-built supercomputer designed to train its Full Self-Driving (FSD) neural networks. FSD isn’t actually fully self-driving; it can perform some […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A coalition of organizations and individuals have signed an open letter expressing concern at the U.K. government’s decision to appoint a former Amazon executive as chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The group, which includes U.S. tech outfits such as Yelp, DuckDuckGo, and Mozilla, say that the CMA must be “free from political […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google’s leading AI research lab, appears to have surpassed the average gold medalist in solving geometry problems in an international mathematics competition. The system, called AlphaGeometry2, is an improved version of a system, AlphaGeometry, that DeepMind released last January. In a newly published study, the DeepMind researchers behind […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Social network Bluesky will soon give its users more control over who can reply to their posts. Confirmed by Bluesky developer Paul Frazee, Bluesky will add a new “followers only” setting that users can configure to limit replies. In addition, he says, Bluesky will create a way for users to set their default reply settings. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A former iOS engineer, who was sued by Apple for leaking confidential information to journalists, has issued an apology after the lawsuit against him was dismissed. The lawsuit, which was filed last year, alleged that Andrew Aude sent thousands of messages to journalists at The Wall Street Journal and The Information about more than a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This first week of February was busy on the geopolitical front, as well as in the world of startups and VC news, with many announcements and significant […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A number of startups are racing to make vehicle inspections faster, easier, and cheaper. Self Inspection, a startup based in San Diego, thinks it has them all beat with its AI-powered service — and now it has convinced outside investors. Self Inspection, founded in 2021, is set to announce Thursday it’s raised $3 million in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.

The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank would invest up to $40 billion in the maker of the chatbot ChatGPT.

In newly unveiled patents, Nintendo has all but confirmed mouse functionality for the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons.

France’s public investment bank announced that it plans to invest as much as €10 billion (around $10.3 billion at current exchange rates) in the artificial intelligence ecosystem in France. This announcement comes a few days before heads of state and global tech leaders gather for the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris. Bpifrance has been […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

As of Feb. 7, get the Anker Zolo Magnetic Power Bank for 50% off at Amazon.

When you need to edit photos, you don't have to download expensive or complicated software. Photopea is free to use, easy to grasp, and does most of what you need.

Amazon is the latest tech company to remove references to “inclusion and diversity” from its 10-K report. The filing has removed reference to diversity and inclusion as it pertains to the workplace. In its 2023 10-K form, the company had a sentence that read “As we strive to be Earth’s best employer, we focus on investment and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Jackery Explorer 300 Portable Power Station is on sale for 35% off at Amazon.

Mark Zuckerberg was already spotted at the White House, just another instance of the Meta chief cozying up to President Donald Trump.

The Ooni Frya 12 wood pellet pizza oven is on sale for $249, down from the list price of $349. That's a 30% discount.

A Chinese startup has developed a robot, Mirror Me, that has run about 100 meters in under 10 seconds, pushing the boundaries of robotics and speed.

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Ghaffary is looking to fund startups using AI to create high-paying jobs, rather than replace them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers’ access to support the study of systemic risks — such as to elections and other democratic processes. But the Elon Musk-owned company formerly known as Twitter has been blocking civil society […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In this post, we explain the many Microsoft Copilots available and what they do, and highlight the key differences between each. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.

X-Energy is one of many nuclear startups to have benefitted from the AI-driven data center boom. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

ProFlowers is offering 15% off on select bouquets for delivery ahead of Valentine's Day.

As of Feb. 7, get a Fitbit Versa 4 for 25% off at Amazon.

Google is reportedly working on an "AI Mode" for Search, designed for answering open-ended questions. Here's what we know so far.

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Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of “at least” $20 billion, according to Reuters. It’s not clear how much Safe Superintelligence — which has yet to generate any revenue — is looking to secure, but it could be substantial. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Amazon Kindle Colorsoft is on sale for $229.99, down from the normal price of $279.99. That's an 18% discount.

Lego Botanicals are currently on sale for 20% off at Amazon, including a bouquet of roses, sunflowers, and an orchid.

The best Amazon deals on Feb. 7 include the Kindle Colorsoft, Bose QuietComfort Ultra, Luna controller, Echo Buds with ANC, and Kindle Paperwhite.

Scaling without a big budget is possible with the right strategies, according to these thriving business owners.

Small business owners juggle a lot on their own, but once you hit a certain point, it's time to consider hiring a bookkeeper. Here's when you'll know it's time.

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The real competition in AI isn’t about foundation models. It’s about apps built on top of those models.