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Image Credits:Wayve 7:04 PM PDT · June 30, 2026 Wayve, a U.K.-based self-driving tech startup, is allowing its employees to sell a portion of their vested equity. The $85 million tender offer — essentially a structured opportunity for employees to sell shares back to investors — is being led by the company’s existing and new…

Apple iPhone 17Getty ImagesJune 30 update: this post, first released on June 29, was updated to reflect Apple’s confirmation that this update was issued early as a response to hackers. Apple’s latest iPhone software has just been released, almost a month after iOS 26.5.1, which was exclusively for iPhone 17 series handsets and iPhone Air.…

Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images 4:00 PM PDT · June 30, 2026 What if one pitch changed everything? The last time TechCrunch brought Startup Battlefield to Sydney, two little-known startups stepped onto the stage. What happened next led to more than $85 million raised. If you want your shot, applications close in just a…

China’s Zhipu AI says its newest model can find software security bugs as well as Anthropic’s most tightly restricted system. The claim landed this week with no benchmark paper behind it, just a viral post. That hasn’t stopped it from rattling a market already nervous about what’s propping up …

Base44, the vibe coding platform that Wix acquired for $80 million just one year ago — when the company was barely six months old and had a team of eight — has started rolling out its own AI model to support its users in creating apps with natural language. The move comes as the discussion…

Nearly every vehicle on the market today is offered with some type of cloud-based subscription services.©2026 Michael Harley/Schnell Auto, Inc.Your next car may send you a monthly billing reminder—nagging you for a dozen other fees you didn’t know you’d signed up for. The industry’s quiet pivot toward subscriptions and software‑locked features is changing what it…

Microsoft’s internal AI transformation offers a valuable lesson for every organization: adding AI tools is only the beginning.Adobe StockThe biggest mistake leaders can make with AI is to treat it like another software rollout. That was one of the clearest messages from Bosch Connected World 2026 in Berlin, where Katy George, Corporate Vice President of…

In Brief Posted: 1:55 PM PDT · June 29, 2026 Image Credits:Brian Ach / Getty Images for TechCrunch Chamath Palihapitiya, best known for his venture capital firm Social Capital and the All-In podcast, announced Monday that the AI coding startup he founded raised a sizable Series A. The company, 8090 Labs, closed a $135 million…

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