Apple and Google ordered to purge 'nudify' apps from App Stores

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View this email online in your browser  July 17, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Apple and Google ordered to purge 'nudify' apps from App Stores: In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law. Read More I replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance: Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson's signature bladeless design. Read More Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation: The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices. Read More A message from CAST New: Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for tech debt AI agents are not only accelerating software delivery, but the creation of architectural technical debt. Learn how leading organizations are tackling it. Download your full complimentary copy.  Download here Afternoon Must-Reads FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims' crypto wallets: Prosecutors accused 21-year-old student Zyaire Wilkins of publishing on Steam several fake video games that contained malware, infecting thousands of victims, and stealing crypto from some of them. Read More Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars: Some Amazon customers logged on Friday to a surprise bill estimate claiming that they owed the tech and cloud giant billions in fees. Read More reMarkable's new Paper Pure is good. That's why I wrote this review on it.: Remarkable's Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good. Read More Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them: Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training. Read More SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition: The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses. Read More Last but Not Least Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal: A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack

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View this email online in your browser  July 17, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack: Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a hack. Read More Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos: Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images. Read More SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition: The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses. Read More A message from General Compute General Compute is making a $300m bet against GPUs General Compute raised $15m to build the worlds first ASIC cloud. By removing the GPU bottleneck, it runs frontier LLMs up to 16x faster than standard GPU clouds. ASIC silicon is also far more energy efficient, so it deploys in air-cooled data centers, making growth and expansion dramatically easier. Learn more here Morning Must-Reads Remarkable's new Paper Pure is good. That's why I wrote this review on it.: Remarkable's Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good. Read More Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal: A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals. Read More San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco: In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it's time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo. Read More Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app: Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt. Read More Newsletter platform Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI: Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics. Read More Last but Not Least Zoox issues software recall after a robotaxi got confused by heavy smoke: The recall comes as the top automotive safety regulator in the U.S. has warned AV companies about their vehicles interfering with first responders. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107