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Apr 27 – May 3, 2026
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO (techcrunch.com)
Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India (techcrunch.com)
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending (techcrunch.com)
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B (techcrunch.com)
On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets (techcrunch.com)
Meta is still burning money on AR/VR (techcrunch.com)
Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it (techcrunch.com)
Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained (techcrunch.com)
Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One (techcrunch.com)
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix (techcrunch.com)
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise (techcrunch.com)
Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality (techcrunch.com)
More Gemini features are coming to Google TV (techcrunch.com)
Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government (techcrunch.com)
Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report (techcrunch.com)
Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI (techcrunch.com)
Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court (techcrunch.com)
Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals (techcrunch.com)
Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry (techcrunch.com)
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field (techcrunch.com)
BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun (techcrunch.com)
Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats (techcrunch.com)
Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation (techcrunch.com)
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public (techcrunch.com)
Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp. (techcrunch.com)
How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world (techcrunch.com)
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship (techcrunch.com)
Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS (techcrunch.com)
Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages (techcrunch.com)
Match Group invests $100 million in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men (techcrunch.com)
Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal (techcrunch.com)
Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says (techcrunch.com)
US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of ‘geofence’ search warrants (techcrunch.com)
Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax (techcrunch.com)
Lovable launches its vibe coding app on iOS and Android (techcrunch.com)
Founder of Shark Tank-backed startup Scholly sues his acquirer Sallie Mae (techcrunch.com)
Apple introduces a cheaper option for App Store subscriptions (techcrunch.com)
Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app (techcrunch.com)
YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers (techcrunch.com)
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables (techcrunch.com)
Red Hat’s OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer (techcrunch.com)
Otter’s new feature lets users search across their enterprise tools (techcrunch.com)
Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1% (techcrunch.com)
India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up (techcrunch.com)
Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner (techcrunch.com)
Consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal (techcrunch.com)
DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data (techcrunch.com)
Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to U.S. (techcrunch.com)
Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch (techcrunch.com)
Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs (techcrunch.com)
What’s behind Europe’s efforts to ditch U.S. software in favor of sovereign tech (techcrunch.com)
China vetoes Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps (techcrunch.com)
Critical infrastructure giant Itron says it was hacked (techcrunch.com)
Spotify’s next frontier: fitness content (techcrunch.com)
Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space (techcrunch.com)
Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures (techcrunch.com)
Apr 20 – Apr 26, 2026
The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world . . . will probably read this book and try even harder (techcrunch.com)
Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything (techcrunch.com)
What Tim Cook built (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission (techcrunch.com)
To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity (techcrunch.com)
SpeakOn’s dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce (techcrunch.com)
Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI CEO apologizes to Tumbler Ridge community (techcrunch.com)
The climate tech IPO window could finally be cracking open (techcrunch.com)
Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha (techcrunch.com)
Why Tokyo is the most important tech destination of 2026 (techcrunch.com)
Apps to distract you from the endless cycle of doomscrolling (techcrunch.com)
Apple under Ternus: what comes next for the tech giant’s hardware strategy (techcrunch.com)
India’s Snabbit seeks fresh funding at a $400M valuation, sources say (techcrunch.com)
Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say (techcrunch.com)
Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’ (techcrunch.com)
Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes (techcrunch.com)
Cohere acquires, merges with German-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’ (techcrunch.com)
Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage (techcrunch.com)
Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines gain (techcrunch.com)
X-energy stock pops 27% on first day of trading following upsized IPO (techcrunch.com)
ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media (techcrunch.com)
X launches standalone XChat app on iOS (techcrunch.com)
Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute (techcrunch.com)
Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI (techcrunch.com)
Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO (techcrunch.com)
Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps (techcrunch.com)
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event (techcrunch.com)
Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now? (techcrunch.com)
Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool (techcrunch.com)
DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models (techcrunch.com)
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs (techcrunch.com)
Porsche is adding an all-electric Cayenne coupe to its lineup (techcrunch.com)
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit (techcrunch.com)
Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400k on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation (techcrunch.com)
Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring (techcrunch.com)
These are the countries moving to ban social media for children (techcrunch.com)
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment (techcrunch.com)
Instagram tests a new ‘Instants’ app for sharing disappearing photos (techcrunch.com)
Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you (techcrunch.com)
Trump’s pick to run US cyber agency CISA asks to drop out (techcrunch.com)
Don’t stop hiring humans — stop hiring the wrong humans, Artisan’s founder says (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘superapp’ (techcrunch.com)
Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky now supports better quality photos (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of U.S. employees (techcrunch.com)
Era computer raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets (techcrunch.com)
Meta is revamping its cross-app management system (techcrunch.com)
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam (techcrunch.com)
Salmon raises $100M in equity and debt to bring digital credit to underbanked Filipinos (techcrunch.com)
Vercel says some of its customers’ data was stolen prior to its recent hack (techcrunch.com)
Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco (techcrunch.com)
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident (techcrunch.com)
Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues (techcrunch.com)
Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package (techcrunch.com)
WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags (techcrunch.com)
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch (techcrunch.com)
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say (techcrunch.com)
Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls (techcrunch.com)
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI (techcrunch.com)
India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains (techcrunch.com)
Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English (techcrunch.com)
Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going. (techcrunch.com)
Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’ (techcrunch.com)
Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds (techcrunch.com)
LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes (techcrunch.com)
Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions (techcrunch.com)
NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale (techcrunch.com)
How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer (techcrunch.com)
France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs (techcrunch.com)
Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones (techcrunch.com)
From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? (techcrunch.com)
Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia (techcrunch.com)
Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace (techcrunch.com)
Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it. (techcrunch.com)
Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement (techcrunch.com)
Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises (techcrunch.com)
AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work (techcrunch.com)
Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory (techcrunch.com)
Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records (techcrunch.com)
Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI  (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses (techcrunch.com)
UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people’s phones (techcrunch.com)
Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator, fund (techcrunch.com)
Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund (techcrunch.com)
X makes it more expensive to post links through its API (techcrunch.com)
Amazon Music partners with Bandsintowns for concert listings (techcrunch.com)
AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter. (techcrunch.com)
Snap Map’s new ‘Place Loyalty’ badges will show the spots you visit most often (techcrunch.com)
Duolingo is now giving free users access to advanced learning content (techcrunch.com)
Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI (techcrunch.com)
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 (techcrunch.com)
Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal (techcrunch.com)
Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business (techcrunch.com)
Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models (techcrunch.com)
Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic’s exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims (techcrunch.com)
SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion (techcrunch.com)
Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple. Here’s a look at his 15-year legacy, from new products and services to China expansion. (techcrunch.com)
Apple’s John Ternus will run one of the world’s most powerful companies; the job is a minefield (techcrunch.com)
AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans (techcrunch.com)
Apple’s Cal AI crackdown signals it’s still policing the App Store (techcrunch.com)
SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal room with 60,000 people (techcrunch.com)
ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text (techcrunch.com)
Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’ (techcrunch.com)
A look at Tim Cook’s 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple (techcrunch.com)
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says (techcrunch.com)
Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra — and it’s actually good (techcrunch.com)
AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs (techcrunch.com)
Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang (techcrunch.com)
Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit (techcrunch.com)
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities (techcrunch.com)
Amazon taps Sweden’s Einride for its electric big rigs (techcrunch.com)
Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO (techcrunch.com)
What’s the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says (techcrunch.com)
Cash App is targeting a new kind of customer: 6-12 year olds (techcrunch.com)
GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists (techcrunch.com)
With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance (techcrunch.com)
Yelp’s updated AI assistant can answer questions and book a restaurant or service in one conversation (techcrunch.com)
Blue Energy raises $380M to build grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards (techcrunch.com)
Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO? (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return (techcrunch.com)
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries (techcrunch.com)
Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over (techcrunch.com)
Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes (techcrunch.com)
It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing (techcrunch.com)
North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft (techcrunch.com)
Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack (techcrunch.com)
FAA orders investigation into Blue Origin’s New Glenn mishap (techcrunch.com)
NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud (techcrunch.com)
WhatsApp is testing a premium subscription, put it is mainly cosmetic (techcrunch.com)
CEO and CFO suddenly depart AI nuclear power upstart Fermi (techcrunch.com)
Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated (techcrunch.com)
App host Vercel confirms security incident, says customer data was stolen via breach at Context AI (techcrunch.com)
Rivian’s factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch (techcrunch.com)
Apr 13 – Apr 19, 2026
OpenAI’s existential questions (techcrunch.com)
The 12-month window (techcrunch.com)
Blue Origin’s New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch (techcrunch.com)
Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon (techcrunch.com)
Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era (techcrunch.com)
Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom (techcrunch.com)
Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever (techcrunch.com)
Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston (techcrunch.com)
VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’ (techcrunch.com)
AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing (techcrunch.com)
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why (techcrunch.com)
Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other (techcrunch.com)
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. (techcrunch.com)
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’ (techcrunch.com)
Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation (techcrunch.com)
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges (techcrunch.com)
“Tokenmaxxing” is making developers less productive than they think (techcrunch.com)
Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations (techcrunch.com)
Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meeting (techcrunch.com)
Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive (techcrunch.com)
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why (techcrunch.com)
Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals (techcrunch.com)
Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby (techcrunch.com)
With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky confirms DDoS attack is cause of continued app outages (techcrunch.com)
Netflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations (techcrunch.com)
SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news (techcrunch.com)
Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere? (techcrunch.com)
Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions (techcrunch.com)
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets (techcrunch.com)
Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises (techcrunch.com)
Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project (techcrunch.com)
Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board (techcrunch.com)
Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report (techcrunch.com)
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught (techcrunch.com)
From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product (techcrunch.com)
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop (techcrunch.com)
European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product (techcrunch.com)
It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down (techcrunch.com)
Everything we like is a psyop (techcrunch.com)
Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode (techcrunch.com)
Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme (techcrunch.com)
InsightFinder raises $15M to help companies figure out where AI agents go wrong (techcrunch.com)
AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too (techcrunch.com)
Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence (techcrunch.com)
Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games (techcrunch.com)
Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors (techcrunch.com)
You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant. (techcrunch.com)
Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster (techcrunch.com)
Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage (techcrunch.com)
Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you (techcrunch.com)
Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet (techcrunch.com)
This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI (techcrunch.com)
DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice (techcrunch.com)
Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO (techcrunch.com)
Ford EV and tech chief leaving automaker (techcrunch.com)
Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation? (techcrunch.com)
Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends in with an acquisition by Caterpillar (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents (techcrunch.com)
Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI (techcrunch.com)
LinkedIn data shows AI isn’t to blame for hiring decline… yet (techcrunch.com)
Feds will require data centers to show their power bills (techcrunch.com)
AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment (techcrunch.com)
Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers (techcrunch.com)
Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac (techcrunch.com)
This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M. Now, it’s aiming for more. (techcrunch.com)
Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets (techcrunch.com)
India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now (techcrunch.com)
Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India (techcrunch.com)
Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world (techcrunch.com)
After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI (techcrunch.com)
Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant (techcrunch.com)
Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point) (techcrunch.com)
Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce (techcrunch.com)
Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate (techcrunch.com)
Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks (techcrunch.com)
Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million (techcrunch.com)
This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off (techcrunch.com)
Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup (techcrunch.com)
Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder (techcrunch.com)
This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant (techcrunch.com)
HBO Max comes to India via exclusive JioHotstar deal (techcrunch.com)
Fathom adds a bot-less meeting mode in a bid to take on Granola (techcrunch.com)
Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts (techcrunch.com)
AI datacenter startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report (techcrunch.com)
Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plugins used in thousands of websites (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump adminstration on Mythos (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos (techcrunch.com)
London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Waymo begins testing (techcrunch.com)
YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe (techcrunch.com)
Max Hodak’s Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain (techcrunch.com)
Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows (techcrunch.com)
How the rewards app Freecash scammed its way to the top of the app stores (techcrunch.com)
Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z (techcrunch.com)
In just a couple weeks, StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together (techcrunch.com)
Google brings its Gemini Personal Intelligence feature to India (techcrunch.com)
Adobe fixes PDF zero-day security bug that hackers have exploited for months (techcrunch.com)
Tesla adds ‘streaks’ and other stats to track how often drivers use Full Self-Driving software (techcrunch.com)
Instacart acquires Instaleap to expand its enterprise platform internationally (techcrunch.com)
How vibe coding app Anything is rebuilding after getting booted from the App Store twice (techcrunch.com)
Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz (techcrunch.com)
Lucid Motors names new CEO, lands more money from Uber and Saudis (techcrunch.com)
Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments (techcrunch.com)
An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro (techcrunch.com)
Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month (techcrunch.com)
Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive — listen now (techcrunch.com)
IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent (techcrunch.com)
Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else (techcrunch.com)
FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims (techcrunch.com)
Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data (techcrunch.com)
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge (techcrunch.com)
Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion (techcrunch.com)
Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans (techcrunch.com)
Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat (techcrunch.com)
The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business (techcrunch.com)
Apr 6 – Apr 12, 2026
Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model (techcrunch.com)
Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses (techcrunch.com)
X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent? (techcrunch.com)
From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms (techcrunch.com)
At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude (techcrunch.com)
Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup (techcrunch.com)
Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India’s quick commerce startups (techcrunch.com)
Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case (techcrunch.com)
AMC will stream ‘The Audacity’ premiere in 21 parts on TikTok (techcrunch.com)
Sam Altman responds to ‘incendiary’ New Yorker article after attack on his home (techcrunch.com)
Nvidia-backed SiFive hits $3.65 billion valuation for open AI chips (techcrunch.com)
NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in ‘perfect’ landing for Moon mission (techcrunch.com)
How to watch NASA’s Artemis II splash back down to Earth (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude (techcrunch.com)
Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy (techcrunch.com)
Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it (techcrunch.com)
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech (techcrunch.com)
YouTube Premium and YouTube Music are getting more expensive (techcrunch.com)
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M (techcrunch.com)
Last 24 hours: Save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass (techcrunch.com)
PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing (techcrunch.com)
Snap gets closer to releasing new AI glasses after years-long hiatus (techcrunch.com)
Florida AG to probe OpenAI, alleging possible connection to FSU shooting (techcrunch.com)
ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan (techcrunch.com)
EFF is the latest organization to leave X (techcrunch.com)
What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery (techcrunch.com)
Volkswagen drops all-electric ID.4 in the US in pivot back to gas SUVs (techcrunch.com)
Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)
StubHub to pay $10M to settle FTC allegations over ‘deceptive’ ticket pricing (techcrunch.com)
After data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month (techcrunch.com)
Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch (techcrunch.com)
Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic? (techcrunch.com)
Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership (techcrunch.com)
How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless (techcrunch.com)
You can now edit your Instagram comments (techcrunch.com)
Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over (techcrunch.com)
Avec’s Tinder-styled email app allows you to swipe through your inbox (techcrunch.com)
X brings back Voice Notes to X Chat (techcrunch.com)
Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment (techcrunch.com)
Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter (techcrunch.com)
Final 2 days to save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket (techcrunch.com)
Spotify now lets everyone turn off all videos in its app (techcrunch.com)
Instagram expands its movie inspired content restrictions for teens internationally (techcrunch.com)
Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups (techcrunch.com)
Waymo robotaxis are tracking potholes and sharing that data with Waze users (techcrunch.com)
Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements (techcrunch.com)
This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit’ (techcrunch.com)
Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine (techcrunch.com)
WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account (techcrunch.com)
A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage (techcrunch.com)
Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text (techcrunch.com)
Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions (techcrunch.com)
A self-driving car in Austin killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage (techcrunch.com)
AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict (techcrunch.com)
Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices (techcrunch.com)
Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a ‘ground-up overhaul’ of its AI (techcrunch.com)
Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups (techcrunch.com)
Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)
Volkswagen begins testing its self-driving microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of launch with Uber (techcrunch.com)
These are the countries moving to ban social media for children (techcrunch.com)
British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto (techcrunch.com)
Astropad’s Workbench reimagines remote desktop for AI agents, not IT support (techcrunch.com)
Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI releases a new safety blueprint to address the rise in child sexual exploitation (techcrunch.com)
Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account (techcrunch.com)
Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’ (techcrunch.com)
As YouTube grows on TV, it eyes more interactive video across formats (techcrunch.com)
Final 3 days to save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass (techcrunch.com)
Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence (techcrunch.com)
X is rolling out automatic translation and photo editing powered by Grok (techcrunch.com)
How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power (techcrunch.com)
Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline (techcrunch.com)
I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee (techcrunch.com)
VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups (techcrunch.com)
Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, U.S. agencies warn (techcrunch.com)
Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI datacenter builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation (techcrunch.com)
Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chips project (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative (techcrunch.com)
Apple’s foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says (techcrunch.com)
Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords (techcrunch.com)
Chrome is finally getting vertical tabs (techcrunch.com)
Binge is a movie tracking app that warns you of jump scares in real time (techcrunch.com)
Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazon’s AI chips (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom amid skyrocketing demand (techcrunch.com)
Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI (techcrunch.com)
A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me. (techcrunch.com)
4 days left to save close to $500 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes (techcrunch.com)
Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million (techcrunch.com)
Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps (techcrunch.com)
The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets  (techcrunch.com)
Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students (techcrunch.com)
Waymo opens robotaxi service in Nashville, partners with Lyft (techcrunch.com)
Hermeus raises $350M to build autonomous hypersonic fighters (techcrunch.com)
Hermeus raises $350M to build unmanned hypersonic fighters (techcrunch.com)
Spotify’s prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too (techcrunch.com)
AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost (techcrunch.com)
AI design platform Picsart launches a creator monetization program (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund  (techcrunch.com)
Gas prices aren’t the only factor fueling used EV sales (techcrunch.com)
Google quietly releases an offline-first AI dictation app on iOS (techcrunch.com)
Netflix launches a standalone app for kids’ games (techcrunch.com)
Why safety regulators closed their investigation into Tesla’s remote parking feature (techcrunch.com)
Iran threatens ‘Stargate’ AI data centers (techcrunch.com)
Apple plans Supreme Court appeal in Epic Games App Store battle — again (techcrunch.com)
Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker (techcrunch.com)
North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI’s vision for the AI economy: public wealth funds, robot taxes, and a four-day work week (techcrunch.com)
Startup Battlefield 200 applications open: A chance for VC access, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K (techcrunch.com)
How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others (techcrunch.com)
Ticket savings of up to $500 this week for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)
Convicted spyware maker Bryan Fleming avoids jail at sentencing (techcrunch.com)
Spain’s Xoople raises $130 million Series B to map the Earth for AI (techcrunch.com)
The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has some impressive add-ons that make snapping photos really fun (techcrunch.com)
Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2026
Polymarket took down wagers tied to rescue of downed Air Force officer (techcrunch.com)
Copilot is ‘for entertainment purposes only,’ according to Microsoft’s terms of service (techcrunch.com)
As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Mobility: ‘A stunning lack of transparency’ (techcrunch.com)
Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX? (techcrunch.com)
In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants (techcrunch.com)
Unpacking Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars (techcrunch.com)
Embattled startup Delve has ‘parted ways’ with Y Combinator (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw support (techcrunch.com)
After fighting malware for decades, this cybersecurity veteran is now hacking drones (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party (techcrunch.com)
Lucid blames dip in Q1 sales on seat supplier issue (techcrunch.com)
The anonymous social app that thinks it can work in Saudi Arabia (techcrunch.com)
Tesla’s Texas factory workforce reportedly shrunk 22% in 2025 (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’ (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: reports (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC (techcrunch.com)
Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier (techcrunch.com)
AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? (techcrunch.com)
AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? (techcrunch.com)
People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center (techcrunch.com)
The final days of the Tesla Model X and S are here. All bets are on the Cybercab. (techcrunch.com)
Europe’s cyber agency blames hacking gangs for massive data breach and leak (techcrunch.com)
The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era (techcrunch.com)
Amazon hits sellers with ‘fuel surcharge’ as Iran war roils global energy markets (techcrunch.com)
Telehealth giant Hims & Hers says its customer support system was hacked (techcrunch.com)
Artemis II is NASA’s last Moon mission without Silicon Valley  (techcrunch.com)
Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show (techcrunch.com)
Flipboard’s new ‘social websites’ help publishers and creators tap into the open social web (techcrunch.com)
ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music generation app (techcrunch.com)
NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models (techcrunch.com)
Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver’s licenses and passports to the open web (techcrunch.com)
Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app (techcrunch.com)
ICE says it bought Paragon’s spyware to use in drug trafficking cases (techcrunch.com)
United’s mobile app now shows TSA wait times at select airports (techcrunch.com)
Tesla’s cheaper vehicles aren’t helping its declining sales (techcrunch.com)
Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue (techcrunch.com)
Diverse teams start with diverse VCs (techcrunch.com)
Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon (techcrunch.com)
Cash App launches ‘pay later’ feature for P2P pay transfers (techcrunch.com)
Cash App launches ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for P2P pay transfers (techcrunch.com)
De-fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic took down thousands of Github repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident (techcrunch.com)
The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse (techcrunch.com)
‘System failure’ paralyzes Baidu robotaxis in China (techcrunch.com)
A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working) (techcrunch.com)
Startup funding shatters all records in Q1 (techcrunch.com)
Apple releases security fix for older iPhones and iPads to protect against DarkSword attacks (techcrunch.com)
Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota (techcrunch.com)
Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity (techcrunch.com)
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app that was actually government spyware (techcrunch.com)
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try (techcrunch.com)
SpaceX files confidentially for IPO in mega listing potentially valued at $1.75 trillion, report says (techcrunch.com)
Hasbro says it was hacked, and may take ‘several weeks’ to recover (techcrunch.com)
Less than a month: StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together (techcrunch.com)
Lucid Motors recalls over 4,000 Gravity SUVs citing improperly welded seat belts (techcrunch.com)
Nothing’s AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds (techcrunch.com)
Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project (techcrunch.com)
Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’ (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic is having a month (techcrunch.com)
Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features (techcrunch.com)
Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise (techcrunch.com)
It’s not your imagination: AI seed startups are commanding higher valuations (techcrunch.com)
Yupp.ai shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon (techcrunch.com)
Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what? (techcrunch.com)
Go play this secret game in your TikTok DMs (techcrunch.com)
Caller ID app Truecaller hits 500 million monthly users (techcrunch.com)
Social gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down (techcrunch.com)
Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub (techcrunch.com)
Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion (techcrunch.com)
Uber and WeRide ramp up robotaxi operations in Dubai (techcrunch.com)
Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai (techcrunch.com)
Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware (techcrunch.com)
FedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strategy (techcrunch.com)
Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles (techcrunch.com)
Health data giant CareCloud says hackers accessed patients’ medical records (techcrunch.com)
Rivian spinoff Also will build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash (techcrunch.com)
Roku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99 streaming service (techcrunch.com)
Meta launches two new Ray-Ban glasses designed for prescription wearers (techcrunch.com)
The company behind ClassPass and Mindbody just got a lot bigger with a $7.5B merger (techcrunch.com)
Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups (techcrunch.com)
Waymo starts robotaxi services at San Antonio International Airport (techcrunch.com)
Speechify’s Windows app uses local models for transcription and dictation (techcrunch.com)
With its new app store, Ring bets on AI to go beyond home security (techcrunch.com)
Google is now letting users in the US change their Gmail address (techcrunch.com)
Airbnb is introducing a private car pick-up service (techcrunch.com)
The Silicon Valley congressional race is getting ugly (techcrunch.com)
Allbirds is selling for $39 million. It raised nearly 10 times that amount in its IPO. (techcrunch.com)
15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll (techcrunch.com)
Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve (techcrunch.com)
Former Coatue partner raises huge $65M seed for enterprise AI agent startup  (techcrunch.com)
15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss (techcrunch.com)
As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results (techcrunch.com)
What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026 and how to put your best application forward (techcrunch.com)
Delve whistleblower strikes again, with alleged receipts about ‘fake compliance’ (techcrunch.com)
Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance (techcrunch.com)
Apple will hide your email address from apps and websites, but not cops (techcrunch.com)
Uber is buying Berlin startup Blacklane to bolster its ‘Elite’ offering (techcrunch.com)
Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem (techcrunch.com)
ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand (techcrunch.com)
AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round (techcrunch.com)
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris (techcrunch.com)
Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales (techcrunch.com)
Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space (techcrunch.com)
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora (techcrunch.com)
Mar 23 – Mar 29, 2026
The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great (techcrunch.com)
YouTube CEO says the best YouTubers will ‘never leave their home’ (techcrunch.com)
‘Project Hail Mary’ becomes Amazon MGM’s biggest box office hit (techcrunch.com)
Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Mobility: When a robotaxi has to call 911 (techcrunch.com)
SXSW rebounds as a top networking, ideas festival for founders and VCs (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds (techcrunch.com)
Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE (techcrunch.com)
Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI (techcrunch.com)
These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing (techcrunch.com)
What will power the grid in 2035? The race is wide open (techcrunch.com)
Let’s take a look at the retro tech making a comeback (techcrunch.com)
From Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day (techcrunch.com)
Whoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom (techcrunch.com)
Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again (techcrunch.com)
Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO (techcrunch.com)
Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO (techcrunch.com)
Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart (techcrunch.com)
European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach  (techcrunch.com)
Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation (techcrunch.com)
Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen (techcrunch.com)
Iranian hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email account (techcrunch.com)
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court (techcrunch.com)
David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga (techcrunch.com)
You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini (techcrunch.com)
Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing (techcrunch.com)
Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp (techcrunch.com)
Netflix confirms it’s raising prices again (techcrunch.com)
16 of the most interesting startups from YC W’26 Demo Day (techcrunch.com)
Google Translate’s real-time headphone translations feature expands to iOS and more countries (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT’s erotic mode (techcrunch.com)
Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills (techcrunch.com)
Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation, up 140%, after U.S. Air Force deal (techcrunch.com)
Apple made strides with iOS 26 security, but leaked hacking tools still leave millions exposed to spyware attacks (techcrunch.com)
Google is launching Search Live globally (techcrunch.com)
Silicon Valley’s two biggest dramas have intersected: LiteLLM and Delve (techcrunch.com)
ByteDance’s new AI video generation model, Dreamina Seedance 2.0, comes to CapCut (techcrunch.com)
Why hiring the weirdos works (techcrunch.com)
A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones at risk. Here’s what you need to know (techcrunch.com)
Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems (techcrunch.com)
Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription (techcrunch.com)
WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations (techcrunch.com)
A ‘pound of flesh’ from data centers: one senator’s answer to AI job losses (techcrunch.com)
Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation (techcrunch.com)
A little-known Croatian startup is coming for the robotaxi market with help from Uber (techcrunch.com)
A little-known Croatian startup is coming for the robotaxi market with help from Uber (techcrunch.com)
The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now (techcrunch.com)
Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India (techcrunch.com)
Delve did the security compliance on LiteLLM, an AI project hit by malware (techcrunch.com)
The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead (techcrunch.com)
Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks (techcrunch.com)
Who’s driving Waymo’s self-driving cars? Sometimes, the police. (techcrunch.com)
Google unveils TurboQuant, a lossless AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’ (techcrunch.com)
Melania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your child (techcrunch.com)
Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing (techcrunch.com)
Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial (techcrunch.com)
Meta is cutting several hundred jobs (techcrunch.com)
Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools (techcrunch.com)
Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction (techcrunch.com)
DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party (techcrunch.com)
Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model (techcrunch.com)
Russia arrests alleged owner of cybercrime forum LeakBase, report says (techcrunch.com)
Waymo relies on firefighters and police to bail out stuck robotaxis (techcrunch.com)
Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior (techcrunch.com)
How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business (techcrunch.com)
Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down (techcrunch.com)
Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app (techcrunch.com)
Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption (techcrunch.com)
Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid (techcrunch.com)
Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook (techcrunch.com)
Sony and Honda give up on their joint EV project (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk pauses changes to X’s creator revenue-sharing program after backlash (techcrunch.com)
With Sift Stack, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor (techcrunch.com)
After pivoting, Y Combinator grad Glimpse raises $35M led by a16z (techcrunch.com)
Harbinger’s next product will be hybrid emergency vehicles (techcrunch.com)
Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem (techcrunch.com)
Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing drones  (techcrunch.com)
A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters (techcrunch.com)
Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots (techcrunch.com)
With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI (techcrunch.com)
New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching (techcrunch.com)
Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down (techcrunch.com)
Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort (techcrunch.com)
Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center (techcrunch.com)
Anthropic hands Claude Code more control, but keeps it on a leash (techcrunch.com)
Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists (techcrunch.com)
Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product (techcrunch.com)
Crusoe makes big battery buys for its data centers (techcrunch.com)
Arm is releasing its first in-house chip in its 35-year history (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI’s plans to make ChatGPT more like Amazon aren’t going so well (techcrunch.com)
Google TV’s new Gemini features keep fans updated on sports teams and more (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI adds open source tools to help developers build for teen safety (techcrunch.com)
Talat’s AI meeting notes stay on your machine, not in the cloud (techcrunch.com)
BRK Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders (techcrunch.com)
BKR Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders (techcrunch.com)
Crunchyroll confirms data breach after hacker claims unauthorized access (techcrunch.com)
Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP (techcrunch.com)
Apple Music partners with Ticketmaster to power its concert discovery feature (techcrunch.com)
Meet the former Apple designer building a new AI interface at Hark (techcrunch.com)
Epic Games cuts 1000 jobs, says Fortnite engagement is down (techcrunch.com)
Flighty’s new update gives you real-time alerts about airport disturbances (techcrunch.com)
Ads are coming to Apple Maps, as Apple expands its business offerings (techcrunch.com)
Roku’s $3 Howdy subscription service launches on Prime Video (techcrunch.com)
FCC bans import of new consumer routers made overseas, citing security risks (techcrunch.com)
Spotify’s new SongDNA feature maps how your favorite songs are connected (techcrunch.com)
Mirage raises $75M to continue building models for its AI video editing app Captions (techcrunch.com)
Zoox brings its robotaxis to Austin and Miami (techcrunch.com)
TikTok ads are about to get a tad more disruptive (techcrunch.com)
Cauldron Ferm has turned microbes into nonstop assembly lines (techcrunch.com)
Pinterest launches a new feature to promote a Pin (techcrunch.com)
Snapchat’s new ‘AI Clips’ Lens format turns photos into five-second videos (techcrunch.com)
Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind (techcrunch.com)
Ultrahuman ramps up U.S. push with Ring Pro as Oura tightens its grip (techcrunch.com)
Insight Partners scrubs investment post about Delve amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations (techcrunch.com)
Delve halts demos, Insight Partners scrubs investment post amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations (techcrunch.com)
Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick (techcrunch.com)
Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M: its third round in 18 months (techcrunch.com)
Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund (techcrunch.com)
Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund (techcrunch.com)
Apple Maps may be about to get ads (techcrunch.com)
Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones (techcrunch.com)
Zipline snaps up another $200M to fuel its drone delivery expansion (techcrunch.com)
Bernie Sanders’ AI ‘gotcha’ video flops, but the memes are great (techcrunch.com)
Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today (techcrunch.com)
Bipartisan bill seeks to ban sports betting on Kalshi and Polymarket (techcrunch.com)
Vibe-coding startup Lovable is on the hunt for acquisitions (techcrunch.com)
Apple sets June date for WWDC 2026, teasing “AI advancements” (techcrunch.com)
DoorDash introduces relief payments for drivers as the Iran-US war drives up gas prices (techcrunch.com)
Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has passed away (techcrunch.com)
Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen (techcrunch.com)
Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way (techcrunch.com)
Grab to buy Foodpanda Taiwan from Delivery Hero for $600 million (techcrunch.com)
Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’ (techcrunch.com)
FBI says Iranian hackers are using Telegram to steal data in malware attacks (techcrunch.com)
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks to sell power to OpenAI (techcrunch.com)
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI (techcrunch.com)
Federal immigration agents filmed making airport arrests as Trump calls in ICE to ease security line delays (techcrunch.com)
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The SEC drops its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future (techcrunch.com)
Do you want to build a robot snowman? (techcrunch.com)
Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla (techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once (techcrunch.com)
Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’ (techcrunch.com)
An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple  (techcrunch.com)
Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business? (techcrunch.com)
It’s been 20 years since the first tweet (techcrunch.com)
Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns (techcrunch.com)
Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference (techcrunch.com)
How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it (techcrunch.com)
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows (techcrunch.com)
What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet (techcrunch.com)
Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada (techcrunch.com)
Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16 (techcrunch.com)
Why scientists can’t get a laugh (techcrunch.com)
A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava (techcrunch.com)