Business & Economy

Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware

Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man suspected of stealing at least $220,000 in crypto through malware-infected Steam games, as reported ea…

Bethesda teases Fallout 5 soon after Xbox’s mass layoffs

Xbox is currently in a "reset" period that includes laying off around 3,200 employees over the next year, involving deep cuts at beloved studios like …

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores

The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are ov…

The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials

Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain them lag behind. More than half …

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn

With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court's full antitrust remedies.…

Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C

The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.…

Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as report…

The art and engineering of Sega CD Silpheed

Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/silpheed/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48893639 Points: 247 # Comments: 51…

A "disaster waiting to happen"? Industry officials worry about Crew Dragon availability.

"It's very clear that in the United States there is a big need for an additional crew vehicle."…

Hackers quickly prove that Neo Geo Doom ports are not "impossible"

Clever coding and graphical compromises get a classic game on more classic hardware.…

Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows

The biggest smartphone makers keep on trucking in the face of component shortages and economic uncertainty.…

Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

"homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."…

VW Group and unions disagree on plan to streamline the automaker

VW's plan calls for half as many models but didn't mention closures or job cuts.…

GPT‑Live

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-live/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834405 Points: 300 # Comments: 220…

Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed

As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "h…

Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible

It's another bad week for the video game industry. Microsoft outlined a series of layoffs on Monday that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described as "the most s…

You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

The new controls let you control how quickly Siri speaks and expressive its voice is.…

Inside the big business of the creator economy, with the agents making it happen

We’ve got another special episode of Decoder today, recorded at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the South of France. I’m talking with Ali Ber…

Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees today, and more than 30 percent of the job losses are in the company's Xbox division. The significant gaming c…

The fall of the theorem economy

Article URL: https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-the-theorem-economy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48758048 Points: 27…

Jon Prosser responds to Apple lawsuit by blaming the other guy

YouTuber Jon Prosser has finally filed a formal response to Apple's lawsuit made against him and another defendant over allegedly stealing iOS secrets…

The Honest Robot Cell Cost Stack: Every Line Item, Real Dollar Ranges & a Worked Payback Example

Robot Cell Total Cost of Ownership: The Complete Framework with Real Cost Breakdowns and Formulas

Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket

Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-foc…

Google loses long-running appeal of record EU fine, will have to cough up $4.7 billion

The EU went after Google for the practice of bundling its search engine and browser with Android.…

Sony is closing the PS3 and Vita digital stores

It's the end of an era for the PlayStation store on PS3 and PS Vita, with Sony now planning to shut down its digital distribution service on both cons…

Motorola Phones Now Have a Built-In Travel eSIM for Mobile Data Outside the US

Available in select markets thanks to a partnership with Gigs, Motorola phone owners have one less hurdle to clear when signing up for a data-only eSI…

Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together 10,000+ founders, startup operators, and investors for practical convers…

A good little EV you won't be able to buy soon: The Volvo EX30 Cross Country

Tariffs and anti-China policies killed this little Volvo in the United States.…

Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller

The actor and investor is joining forces with Morgan Beller, who was previously a GP at NFX, to invest in early-stage startups.…