Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different | TechCrunch

Flock CEO Garrett Langley said the company’s gunshot-detection microphones detect “just gunshots,” but Flock’s website paints a far broader picture of what other ambient audio also gets picked up. Speaking…

Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam

Nearly eight years after Epic took on Steam with its own Game Store and launcher, the Fortnite maker is deploying a new tool to give it an edge over Valve:…

Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids

OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT, as reported earlier…

NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping

NATO officials are also now weighing the possibility of moving existing anti-drone countermeasures to the region after receiving requests from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, diplomats told Politico. The three countries…

Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction efforts | TechCrunch

Colossal Biosciences announced Wednesday a new AI platform to help accelerate its efforts to bring back extinct species, TechCrunch can exclusively report.  The platform, called GenoMorph, uses advanced 3D morphology,…

Things are finally looking up for NASA’s first missions to Venus in a generation

The comeback of VERITAS is even more striking. “VERITAS is now funded with a launch date of November 2032, so this is great news for us,” said Dan Nunes, the…

Flock CEO: We haven’t ‘fired’ any police departments as customers | TechCrunch

Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that his company has not ended any contracts with its customers over abuse of its products. Speaking to TechCrunch editor-in-chief Connie Loizos at the Disrupt…

Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet

“Importantly, the FCC does not have the authority to terminate the E-Rate program. The E-Rate program is mandated by Congress, and the FCC is responsible for administering it,” the national…

Electric vehicle sales in the US are showing signs of life | TechCrunch

Don’t go writing the obituary for the U.S. electric vehicle just yet. After sales tanked following the cancellation of tax credits last year, they’ve been growing for the last three consecutive…

Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

Since January 2026, YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man have collectively enabled more than one billion malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 750 million messages geared…