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Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.

These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation.

TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week’s U.S. snowstorm.

How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?

For years, Tether’s CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over.

While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it’s unlikely to make a profit in theaters.

Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

New Delhi’s latest move comes as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft expand data center investments in India.

Elon Musk’s reported merging of SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla harkens back to the heyday of General Electric — or maybe the robber barons of the Gilded Age.

From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January.

Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion.

SpaceX’s filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun’s full power.”

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.”

The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use.

Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm.

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who’ve been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.

This isn’t the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business.

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name.

The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unnamed central African government, the U.K., and the United States.

Since the feature’s launch in 2018, users haven’t been able to remove themselves from someone else’s Close Friends list.

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.

To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies.

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more … Read more

The company says you can use plug-ins to “tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes.”

Bluesky’s first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.

The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.

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The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.