{ "entity": "NewsDesktop", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "newsdesktop.com", "vertical": "Technology", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-07-12T05:10:40.232Z", "articles": [ { "title": "Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/11/reed-jobs-would-rather-talk-about-curing-cancer-than-his-last-name/", "summary": "When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing patent protection in r", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:16:06 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC’s heat wave", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/11/this-slushie-machine-was-a-lifesaver-during-nycs-heat-wave/", "summary": "Last weekend’s brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven for a slurpee. This time, though, I stayed home and put the new Ninja Slushi Twist to the test. Ninja’s latest slushie machine b", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/11/openai-bets-on-families-as-chatgpt-goes-deeper-into-households/", "summary": "ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:13:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/us-cyber-agency-cisa-had-to-build-its-incident-playbook-during-the-incident-agency-reveals/", "summary": "Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a CISA contractor had uploaded.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:01:28 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn/", "summary": "Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:29:25 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/meta-removes-controversial-ai-feature-on-instagram-after-backlash/", "summary": "\"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,\" the company said in a blog post. \"We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available.\"", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:55:07 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim/", "summary": "Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is \"all in\" on the unconventional social media platform.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:51:55 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft/", "summary": "Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI's senior leadership, including a longtime former employee.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:00:29 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/filing-college-app-fizz-accuses-vc-of-sharing-confidential-startup-information-with-rival-sidechat/", "summary": "Fizz has expanded its lawsuit against rival Sidechat, alleging that a Maveron VC shared its confidential information obtained during a fundraising meeting with the competing startup.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:42:36 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/sk-hynix-raises-26-5b-in-the-biggest-foreign-ipo-in-us-history-is-urged-to-build-new-us-fabs/", "summary": "The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S. factories.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:17:12 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "A new app, HyperTexting, turns the open web into a scrollable social media-like feed", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/a-new-app-hypertexting-turns-the-open-web-into-a-scrollable-social-media-like-feed/", "summary": "HyperTexting's new app aims to make the open web feel more like social media by turning websites, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts into a scrollable feed, while also making it easier to post to your own website.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:11:51 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/oratomic-raises-300m-to-build-a-viable-quantum-computer-that-needs-only-20k-qubits/", "summary": "The massive round was co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:00:09 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "EU threatens Meta with fines over addictive features on Facebook and Instagram", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/eu-threatens-meta-with-fines-over-addictive-features-on-facebook-and-instagram/", "summary": "The tech giant is in breach of the Digital Services Act by focusing on features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:19:40 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/florida-ransomware-negotiator-convicted-for-helping-ransomware-gang-extort-us-companies/", "summary": "A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:11:03 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/hugging-faces-ceo-on-why-companies-are-done-renting-their-ai/", "summary": "Open source AI is booming, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets, now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. Delangue has seen the sa", "source": "TechCrunch", "published": "Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups", "work", "fund", "angel" ], "_source_weight": 3, "_score": 24 }, { "title": "FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun", "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/963509/image-line-ceo-constantin-koehncke-fl-studio-interview", "summary": "If you're a music maker of a certain age, then you probably once dabbled with a pirated copy of a little app called Fruity Loops. These days it's called FL Studio, and Constantin Koehncke, is the man responsible for shepherding the pioneering digital audio workstation (DAW) throu", "source": "The Verge", "published": "2026-07-11T11:00:00-04:00", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "entertainment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "The perfect kit for all your tiny repairs", "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/964169/ifixit-repairs-kit-nothing-3a-installer", "summary": "Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 135, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, crank the AC, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about cold plunges and Colson White", "source": "The Verge", "published": "2026-07-11T08:00:00-04:00", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "entertainment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Beatbot AquaSense X Review: A Pool Robot That Cleans Itself", "url": "https://www.wired.com/review/beatbot-aquasense-x/", "summary": "The AquaSense X brings self-cleaning technology to pool robots for the first time, but is it worth nearly twice the price of Beatbot’s flagship cleaner?", "source": "Wired", "published": "Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "tech", "startups" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 } ] }