Year: 2026

5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/5-desk-gadgets-that-can-make-your-workday-better/

New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/04/new-google-commercial-imagines-a-declaration-of-independence-written-with-help-from-ai/

Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/04/midjourney-wants-hollywood-studios-to-reveal-the-details-of-their-ai-usage/

Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/04/alibaba-reportedly-bans-employees-from-using-claude-code/

Netherlands adopts software-first strategy for military drones in multimillion-euro Intelic partnership The Dutch Ministry of Defence has signed a strategic partnership worth tens of millions of euros with Dutch defence technology company Intelic to build the software foundation for its future unmanned systems ecosystem, making the Netherlands the first country

Starling Bank to axe 130 jobs Starling Bank is set to cut around 130 jobs, as it looks to simplify its operations and cut duplication amid an AI push across the UK challenger bank. The cuts follow a dip in profits and revenues at Starling, one of the UK’s most

Danish VC Climentum Capital secures €60M first close for climate hardware investments Danish investment firm Climentum Capital has raised €60 million in a first close for its second climate tech fund, backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), Denmark’s export and investment fund EIFO, and the Danish Society of Engineers

Pytorch: the software layer underpinning Europe’s AI ambitions Europe has emerged as one of the world’s leading centres for open-weight AI, with companies including Mistral, Black Forest Labs and Helsing contributing to a growing ecosystem focused on open models and AI sovereignty.  Much of that ecosystem relies on PyTorch, the

Assets of ten Genesis companies will remain frozen until the case is resolved. Court order Assets of ten Genesis companies will remain frozen until the conclusion of hearings in the FTC case. This is stated in a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, reports

Cloudflare will automatically block mixed web crawlers that collect data for AI companies Cloudflare will change its policy for web crawlers?Web crawlers — specialized automated programs that systematically scan the web, follow hyperlinks and collect information., which both index sites for search engines and are used to train or operate