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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections

After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work

OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Togethe…

OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools, the company released an internal report on how Codex is being used for knowledge work, finding its uses go […]

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands

Board, the startup building what it calls "together tech" designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults

The password manager giant said hackers were able to 'brute-force' its two-factor system, allowing them to access customer accounts and download their password vaults.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Turning your purse into a cyberdeck is the most fun way to resist big tech

The women building these over-the-top, bedazzled cyberdecks aren’t in it for the glitter alone. This trend is reaching its peak at a time when people feel powerless against big tech.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s

The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook

Meta told TechCrunch that it's considering ways to monetize the new feature, but didn't share specifics on what that could look like.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
X caters to creators with new ‘React with Video’ feature

X will now let you 'react with video' to posts.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries

Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its security vulnerability program, and access to Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries — targeting critical infrastructure in power, water, health…

Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its security vulnerability program, and access to Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries — targeting critical infrastructure in power, water, healthcare, and communications where a cyberattack could affect 100 million people.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Apple’s MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers

The MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in its first weeks on sale, IDC estimates, as Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream laptop market.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Amazon Prime Day 2026 takes place June 23-26

Groceries and household essentials will be a main focus of this year's deals event.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion

CEO Dave Limp said damage to the company's launchpad in Florida was not as bad as expected. But Blue Origin still hasn't shared the cause of last week's explosion.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves

A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI

Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 02, 2026
Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst

Pacific Fusion's sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless

Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there and why the opportunity starts well before the main stage.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to pay for AI buildout

The Google parent company plans to raise the funds by selling stock.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year

In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisitio…

In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisition.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP

If Nvidia has cracked a way to bring AI agents easily, safely and usefully to the masses, it could — and should — be big.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's p…

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's podcast for founders at every stage.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta's own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts.

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TechCrunch General Tech Jun 01, 2026
Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceX’s IPO

The company says it needs "significant" water resources to cool its data centers, and that access to abundant, affordable water is a challenge.