Expect Extreme Heat in Much of the US Starting This Weekend. How to Stay Safe Heat can be very dangerous. Staying hydrated and cool are essential. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic shifts and everyday challenges to help...

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ In Brief Posted: 1:32 PM PDT · June 20, 2026 Image Credits:TechCrunch Asked about the privacy implications of chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, Signal President Meredith Whittaker answered, “These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings....

Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil In Brief Posted: 8:48 AM PDT · June 18, 2026 Image Credits:TechCrunch Apple announced on Thursday that developers in Brazil are now allowed to distribute their iOS apps through alternative app stores and process payments for digital goods and services outside the App Store. The...

Cash App is targeting a new kind of customer: 6-12 year olds Tech companies are constantly on the hunt for new customers, and Cash App, the fintech company owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, believes it has found a promising new demographic: children. The company, which already offers financial services to teens, said this week that it is expanding its youth-focused services in an effort to build a...

'Euphoria' Season 3, Episode 6: Release Date and Time on HBO MaxThe HBO drama Euphoria is premiering new episodes. It may be hard to believe that the previous season wrapped up in 2022. On my TikTok "For You" page, I still regularly see clips from early episodes. Season 3 takes place five years after season 2 (see our finale recap here), well after high school. The new season...