TECHNOLOGYHands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My BoyfriendGoogle’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me.Wired·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYHands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My BoyfriendGoogle’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me.Wired·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSo you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix thatThe rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.TechCrunch·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSo you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix thatThe rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.TechCrunch·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWhat happens when companies become too AI-pilled?The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs iTechCrunch·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYTech companies desperately want to film you doing choresThis week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers' homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there's a catch. There's always a catch. In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants fooThe Verge·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYAfter Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650MChipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.TechCrunch·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMicrosoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigationA public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.TechCrunch·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWe Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go WellA book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.Wired·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYCognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humansCognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers.TechCrunch·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThe Vatican’s Man Inside AnthropicPope Leo XIV may not be able to disarm AI, but he’s got the attention of the industry.Wired·May 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYToday is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026Submit your session topic before today ends for a chance to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Apply now to share your insight and help shape the conversations defining the tech industry.TechCrunch·May 29, 2026