July 13, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI: Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint’s most eye-catching claims. Read More

Sam Altman's space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe: Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, "homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters." Read More

Investors send General Fusion soaring in debut as first publicly traded fusion company: General Fusion started trading on the Nasdaq following a reverse merger that saw high redemptions. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI: Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among AI enthusiasts in Silicon Valley — that the giant AI labs that sell proprietary models are somehow acting like Trojan horses. Read More

LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing 'serious concerns' over civil liberties and privacy: The LAPD, one of Flock's biggest government customers, is ending its contract with the company citing civil liberties concerns. Read More

Apple says former employee exploited 'rare' bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI: Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files from Apple's network long after he departed the company for rival OpenAI. Read More

Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the US: Claude users in India are starting to see Indian rupee-denominated subscription plans. Read More

Waze adds new AI-powered features and customization updates: Some of the new features are powered by Google's Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant's broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze to compete with rival services such as Apple Maps. Read More

Last but Not Least

Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo: Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo's competing views. Read More