August 26, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

How do we explain OpenAI's executive exodus?: Was Greg Brockman the right executive all along? Read More

Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a 'global disruption' to its operations: The company won't say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated. Read More

Google's Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI: Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture. Read More

Afternoon Must-Reads

Apple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9: The event is expected to be a notable one, as Apple is rumored to unveil its long-awaited foldable iPhone. It'll also be the first Apple event with John Ternus as CEO, who is scheduled to take the reins of the tech giant from Tim Cook on September 1. Read More

Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children: The lawsuit alleged that Meta knowingly designed platforms like Instagram and Facebook to addict children, despite knowing about the harms the platforms could pose to young users. Read More

Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and 'Human Reserved' jobs to mitigate harms from AI: Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before. Read More

Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model: Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon. Read More

OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach: The report, which spans several discrete cybersecurity compromises, is the most complete accounting of the incident to date. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them: Runable says 60% to 70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers. Read More

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