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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fifa-world-cup-stadium-tv-camera.jpg?resize=1200,800″] A security researcher said she was able to access several internal FIFA platforms due to a simple security flaw, which allowed her to watch and have full control of the TV stream of every World Cup game.  The researcher, who goes by BobDaHacker, said she simply registered as a player agent on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gemini-app-GettyImages-2276204472.jpg?w=1024″] Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system, as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel devices, is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop, bringing new features that include support for the latest AI models,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/mobileye-robotaxi.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Mobileye has pitched itself as an autonomous vehicle technology supplier. Now it wants the operator label, too. The Intel subsidiary and publicly traded company said Tuesday it plans to launch a robotaxi service in a U.S. city in 2027, marking an expansion beyond its supplier strategy. Mobileye didn’t name the U.S. city.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/54963494624_a51a85222d_k.jpg?resize=1200,800″] In this episode, Connie Loizos and Alex Gove talk with Goodwater Capital co-founder Chi-Hua Chien, whose career spans some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology shifts, from helping source Accel’s investment in Facebook as a young associate to backing a new generation of consumer and AI startups. While much of the venture world…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217198328.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] The Department of Justice on Monday sided with xAI in a lawsuit that sought to stop the company’s use of dozens of unpermitted natural gas turbines near its Memphis data centers, according to Wired. The DOJ said if the NAACP, which filed the lawsuit in April, prevails, the result would undermine “American…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SilverBlack-Plaud-Note-Pro.jpeg?resize=1200,675″] There aren’t many success stories to refer to when it comes to AI hardware. Plaud, which makes AI-powered notetakers, is trying to become one by targeting professionals who take a lot of meetings. The company said it has sold more than 2 million of its devices, including Plaud Pins and credit-card-styled gadgets…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/robinhood-volatility.jpg?resize=1200,675″] It appears using AI as a cover story for cutting jobs is fast falling out of fashion. Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs this year citing the need to restructure their teams to make the most of AI, Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/probably-peter-elias.png?resize=1200,800″] As LLMs have grown more powerful, hallucinations have proven stubbornly difficult to avoid. Errors pop up in even the smartest models, and while there are ways to catch those errors, the industry is still figuring out the best way to do it. Probably, which just raised $9 million in seed funding from…