Skip the upgrade? iPhone 18 Pro aperture about as unrepairable as it gets, iFixit finds
Fiddly mechanical bits around the new camera, and a repeated design choice forcing internal repairs to go through a screen with a potentially fragile frame, led the iFixit team to conclude that, even with some…
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This YouTube bug has been affecting landscape viewing for months, and there's no fix in sight
While it has faced its fair share of bugs recently, the YouTube team has also spent enough time fixing some of them . Unfortunately, not all of them have been quashed yet, with an issue first discovered several months…
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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
Called the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence , the group is meant to give mathematicians more input into the company’s math-oriented research. “This group will serve as a bridge to the…
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1.58-million-staff Amazon will soon have more Nvidia GPUs than employees — AWS to buy more than 3 million additional chips before 2029 in addition to thousands of existing H100, H200
By mid-2028, Amazon Web Services expects to have taken delivery of roughly twice that many new Nvidia GPUs, based on a recent deal it made with Nvidia. The latest deal was announced on August 26 , the same afternoon…
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Does your iPhone's Safari browser privacy features actually make you safer?
The iPhone's default Safari browser has gained a reputation for being private, especially as an alternative to Chrome for those who don't want to turn over their entire life history to Google. According to the Safari…
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Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic
"Each person stays in control of their Muse and decides how much access it gets," the ad biz declared, echoing prior expansive claims about the privacy of its data gathering business . But Meta's musing about Muse…
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The EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use
The European Union's regulatory arm has proposed rules that would force data center operators to disclose their energy and water use through a common rating system. The European Commission says this will cover data…
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X now tells users when local laws have reduced their posts' visibility
Social media network X has added more transparency surrounding some of its visibility practices, which could further reduce claims that the platform engages in shadowbanning. The company announced that its Under the Hood…
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Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
Grab your ticket savings before prices go up on September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Plus, get a second of the same ticket type at 50% off. Register now. Reason No. 1: Discovery Part of the value of Disrupt has always been…
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
According to just- released estimates from market intelligence provider Apptopia , Muse’s app on mobile devices has been downloaded more times during its first 12 days on the market than ChatGPT was in the 12 days after…
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