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Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup

The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and market the startup.

TechCrunch • Aug 13, 2026 • Aisha Malik
Technology Aug 13, 2026

Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works

The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier

One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously

Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting s...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s c...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500-Words—and Barely Says Anything

AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with th...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs

Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deploy...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Netflix is closing two game studios

Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed t...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

NP-Overrated

Article URL: https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-13/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49291268 Points: 9 # ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

This school-friendly laptop from HP is $300 off

With memory prices still high and showing no signs of dropping, we’re always happy to find a good deal on a budget-fri...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

How Gödel's Proof Works

Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-godels-proof-works-20200714/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals

Trump memo is first time gov't has authorized private sector to perform cyber attacks. ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

How Organizations Use AI: Evidence from ChatGPT [pdf]

Article URL: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/how-organizations-use-chatgpt.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

IBM plans to train and certify tens and thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship

Will it be the VSS... Horizon, Explorer, Ascend or Apeiron?

Technology Aug 13, 2026

The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks

The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against foreig...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Understanding is the new bottleneck

Article URL: https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2026/07/02/understanding-is-the-new-bottleneck Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes

Article URL: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/40262 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4929021...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

HN: Xenon, open source dashboard for a second screen, tablet or phone

Article URL: https://xenon-app.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290180 Points: 7 # Comments: 0...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Hello, me. It's been a while

Article URL: https://themech.net/2026/08/hello-me-its-been-a-while/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game

Ukrainian drone pilots teach the US military and NATO hard battlefield lessons. ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

I finally found a robot lawnmower I’d trust with my yard

Robot lawnmowers are finally good enough to take a lot of work out of maintaining a yard, but they’re still not set-it...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions

Article URL: https://unric.org/en/ais-environmental-costs-threaten-water-land-and-climate/ Comments URL: https://news.y...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Show HN: OpenCode Senses, An insanely fast and highly accurate vision plugin

The vision plugin for OpenCode that truly understands images. Inspect, read, and reason about any screenshot or picture...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say

Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse.