June 08, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Uber, Wayve and Waymo are headed towards a robotaxi showdown in London: Uber customers in the UK can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve robotaxi. Read More

Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?: We're likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public. Read More

TechCrunch Mobility: Inside GM's $900M EV battery gamble: Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri's highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates: Apple's WWDC nears: Here's what you can look forward to. Read More

Eventbrite and Vimeo owner Bending Spoons files to go public: Bending Spoons say its app caters to a user base of over 500 million monthly active users. Read More

Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far: From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026. Read More

Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data: The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people's precise location data across the state. Read More

Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption: Notion's head of product said he was "astonished" at “the amount of people RT-ing this." Read More

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