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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers working for Russian military intelligence targeted Western technology and logistics companies involved in shipping assistance to Ukraine, the U.S. National Security Agency said.The hackers were trying to obtain details about the type of assistance entering Ukraine and, as part of the effort, sought access to the feeds of internet-connected cameras near Ukrainian border crossings, according to the NSA’s report on the cyberattack, which was issued late Wednesday. The cyber campaign sought to penetrate defense, transportation and logistics companies in several Western countries, including the U.S., as well as ports, airports and rail systems. The report didn’t…

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNick Pinto is a marketing director at his family’s law firm in New Jersey. He’s also a crypto trader who spent enough money on Donald Trump’s meme coin to win a spot at a private black-tie dinner with the president scheduled for Thursday night.”I was kind of early in bitcoin and ethereum, so I’ve always been trading crypto,” said the 25-year-old Pinto, who claims he finished number 72 on the leaderboard for the token contest. “Once I saw the announcement that Trump was releasing a coin, I immediately started to purchase it.”Pinto said in…

Senate Republicans have voted 51 to 44 to overturn a waiver that allowed California to set stricter air pollution standards for vehicles. The state has received waivers more than 100 times since federal laws granted the right some 50 years ago. Sixteen other states and the District of Columbia follow California’s emissions standards, and most of them have implemented fossil fuel vehicle phase-outs. Other Senate votes today repealed waivers that allowed California to set stricter emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. California’s EV mandate is actually a zero-emissions standard. Beginning in 2026, the state was to begin requiring increased…

General Medicine founders TJ Parker, Ashwin Muralidharan and Elliot Cohen.General MedicineAfter selling online pharmacy PillPack to Amazon seven years ago, the founding team is launching a new company that aims to make the experience of getting medical care “as easy as shopping online.”PillPack founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen on Thursday launched a new venture called General Medicine. Parker and Cohen are joined by Ashwin Muralidharan, who most recently served as the technical adviser, or “shadow,” to Amazon’s top health executive Neil Lindsay.General Medicine is an online health-care marketplace, where users can get connected with a provider based on specific medical…

Faye Iosotaluno, the CEO of Tinder, will step down from her role in July, according to a post she published on LinkedIn.  Isootaluno served less than a year in the role, and spent nearly eight years overall at the company, which is owned by Match Group. In her post, she said she was “especially proud to build and work alongside an exceptional team.” She said what is next for her is “deeply personal.” “The consumer tech landscape is evolving in exciting, unpredictable ways – and so are my own ambitions,” she wrote. “Building upon the headway and lessons I’ve learned…

It’s not an official holiday – yet – but for many cryptocurrency enthusiasts “Bitcoin Pizza Day” is still special. Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of the first known use of cryptocurrency to buy real-world goods.The 10,000 bitcoin that software developer Laszlo Hanyecz paid for two Papa John’s pizzas delivered to his Florida home on May 22, 2010, were worth about $41 at the time. Today they’re worth $1.1 billion, as bitcoin hits record high prices. Several cryptocurrency companies are announcing promotions and other celebrations to mark Bitcoin Pizza Day. Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it’s giving away pizzas to…

As a kid, Diane Hoskins always loved building. Legos, Barbie Dreamhouses, the racecar sets that her brother got but didn’t have the patience to put together himself when it took reading along with an hour’s worth of instructions.”Whatever it was … I just love putting things together and building things,” Hoskins, global co-chair of architectural firm Gensler, told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin in a recent CNBC Changemakers interview.That childhood building bug also made Hoskins the atypical example of a person who knew exactly what they wanted to do from an early age. “It led me to want to be an architect,”…

After what felt like an age of tech industry tea-leaf reading, OpenAI has officially snapped up “io,” the much-buzzed-about startup building an AI device from former Apple design guru Jony Ive and OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman. The price tag? $6.5 billion.OpenAI put out a video this week talking about the Ive and Altman venture in a general sort of way, but now, a few more tidbits about what they’re actually cooking have slipped out.And what are they planning with all that cash and brainpower? Well, the eagle-eyed folks at The Washington Post spotted an internal chat between Sam Altman and…

Hinge Health signage outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Hinge Health popped in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the digital physical therapy company raised about $273 million in its IPO.The stock opened at $39.25, rising 23% from its $32 IPO price. Hinge sold 8.52 million shares in the offering, while the total offering was for 13.7 million shares, with the balance being sold by existing shareholders.Hinge, founded in 2014, uses software…

We’re ecstatic to announce that Kisson Lin, founder and CEO of Tanka, will be joining us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI for a provocative — and instructive — interview titled “Your Next Co-Founder Will Be AI.” She’s among the many excellent speakers joining the AI conference on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, and there’s still plenty of time to register to get your seat at the table to learn from their expertise — with up to $600 in savings. If you don’t already know Lin, her company powers an AI messenger with long-term memory that self-learns and evolves with…