TechCrunch
Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot | TechCrunch
With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
Latest Tech News
Stay informed with curated technology, AI, and developer news from top sources around the world.
ZDNet
Why France just dumped Teams and Zoom for homegrown videoconferencing
Aiming to replace all US videoconferencing services by 2027, the deployment is the EU's latest policy move in support of digital sovereignty. And there's more to come.
The Verge
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company
SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The merger would help with SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publication…
TechCrunch
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge, report says | TechCrunch
This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.
The Verge
Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’
Apple's biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-year-old AI audio startup. Apple did not disclose the terms, but Financial Times reports that Apple is spending $2 billion …
Wired
AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment
Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place. Are they cathartic or just adding to a stew of misinformation?
Wired
A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI
As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something different in pursuit of AI that can mimic the human brain.
TechCrunch
Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up
Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company's second-largest acquisition to date.
SiliconANGLE News
RobCo nabs $100M to scale autonomous industrial robotics platform
RobCo Inc., an artificial intelligence-driven robotics company, announced today that it has raised $100 million in a Series C funding to advance its automation roadmap and enterprise presence in markets within the United States. Lightspeed Venture Partners an…
TechCrunch
I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator | TechCrunch
Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini.
ZDNet
Moltbot is a security nightmare: 5 reasons to avoid using the viral AI agent right now
Handing your computing tasks over to a cute AI crustacean might be tempting - but before you join the latest viral AI trend, consider these security risks.
The Verge
Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows
Windows is in a weird spot. In its 40-year history, the operating system has weathered its fair share of missteps, but Windows 11 is testing the patience of its users in new ways. Persistent bugs, performance issues, intrusive prompts, ads, and bloatware have…
TechCrunch
OpenAI's Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch | TechCrunch
OpenAI's Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
The Verge
Linux gaming developers join forces to form the Open Gaming Collective
Gaming on Linux has already come a long way over recent years, with improvements to Valve's Proton and more gamers switching to Linux, but the newly-formed Open Gaming Collective (OGC) is aiming to take it even further. Universal Blue, developer of the gaming…
TechCrunch
Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over 'flagrant piracy' of 20,000 works | TechCrunch
Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.
Wired
Nvidia’s Campaign to Sell AI Chips to China Finally Pays Off
Beijing reportedly approved the sale of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese AI companies—the culmination of a dramatic shift in US tech policy.
The Verge
Deezer opens its AI music detection tool to other platforms
The music streaming service Deezer is giving other companies access to its AI song-detecting tool. The tool, which identifies, tags, and excludes AI-generated music from algorithmic recommendations, is now available for businesses to purchase and use, accordi…
SiliconANGLE News
GPU cluster marketplace PaleBlueDot AI raises $150M at $1B valuation
PaleBlueDot AI, a Silicon Valley-based cloud platform offering scalable unified graphics processing unit clusters across the globe for artificial intelligence inference and long-duration workloads, announced Thursday it raised $150 million in early-stage fund…
TechCrunch
India is teaching Google how AI in education can scale | TechCrunch
With the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, India is emerging as a key market shaping Google's approach to AI in education.
TechCrunch
Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI | TechCrunch
A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.
The Verge
Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to
On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking about the bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery, which is the biggest story in the entertainment industry right now, and for good reason. It has pretty much everything you could want in a buzzy Hollywood saga — big…
The Verge
Sen. Warren pushes Altman for guarantee OpenAI isn’t seeking government bailout
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pushing OpenAI for assurances it won't seek a government bailout if it doesn't turn a profit. In a letter to CEO Sam Altman, Warren says she is concerned that the company is preparing to fall back "on the classic strategy of…
SiliconANGLE News
Lorikeet launches Coach: an analytics agent to perk up AI customer support
San Francisco-based Lorikeet, an artificial intelligence support platform for regulated industries, today announced the general availability of Coach, a self-service analytics agent that evaluates support tickets to help organizations diagnose AI problems. Th…
The Verge
Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs
This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let me create bad knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds. Check out my version of something like Super Mario 64: I didn't like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but it's better than my version of a Metroid Prime experience: Or …
The Next Web
AI isn’t coming for your job, it’s coming for your justification
AI adoption is creating a clear divide among employees. Some see AI as a tool to increase their impact, while others see it as a threat to their role. So, where does the truth lie between these two mindsets? Let’s explore. AI doesn’t eliminate roles, it remov…
TechCrunch
Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building 'runtime' cloud security | TechCrunch
The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.
The Next Web
Beyond the click: How brands can influence visibility in AI-generated answers
The way people discover information online is quietly but fundamentally changing. Instead of scrolling through links and choosing which article to open, users are increasingly asking large language models to answer directly. Tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity …
ZDNet
AI assistant Moltbot is going viral - but is it safe to use?
Early users praise Moltbot as a more useful and proactive form of AI. However, relying on this tool could bring security risks.
ZDNet
The best e-commerce software of 2026: Expert tested
ZDNET tested the most reliable e-commerce software to help you build your store, manage payments, automate shipping, and scale your business faster in 2026.
TechCrunch
Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI-generated music | TechCrunch
Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and
SiliconANGLE News
UK government to allow publishers to opt out of Google data scraping for AI Overview
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority today issued a press release recommending measures that will give publishers more freedom in deciding how their content is used by Google LLC’s artificial intelligence systems. About 90% of online search queries in…
SiliconANGLE News
Google DeepMind open-sources AlphaGenome medical research model
Google DeepMind today open-sourced AlphaGenome, an artificial intelligence model that researchers can use to study biological processes. The Alphabet Inc. unit first debuted the algorithm in June. Until now, it was only accessible through an application progr…
SiliconANGLE News
Meta’s stock surges on strong earnings, revenue and bullish guidance
Meta Platforms Inc. beat Wall Street’s expectations today as it delivered its fourth-quarter financial results, following up with bullish guidance for first-quarter sales, sending its stock higher in extended trading. The social media giant reported earnings …
SiliconANGLE News
Tesla earnings top estimates as Musk pivots company from cars to robots
Shares in Tesla Inc. were up slightly in after-hours trading today after the company beat expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced major changes that will shift Tesla’s identity beyond car manufacturing. For th…
TechCrunch
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunch
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
SiliconANGLE News
Decagon AI raises $250M at $4.5B valuation to scale AI concierge platform
Artificial intelligence concierge for every customer company Decagon AI Inc. today revealed that it had raised $250 million in new funding on a $4.5 billion valuation to expand its conversational AI platform and accelerate growth as it scales deployments of i…
SiliconANGLE News
Microsoft’s stock declines after cloud growth dips below 40%
Shares of Microsoft Corp. dropped more than 5% in extended trading today after the technology giant reported better-than-expected financial results. The company delivered second-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $4.14 per sha…
The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse dreams seem to have been replaced by a new vision: an AI-generated social feed. In an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated his belief that AI will become the next big media format, making feeds "more immersive…
SiliconANGLE News
Waabi raises $750M as Uber separately commits up to $250M for robotaxi partnership
Canadian autonomous truck startup Waabi Innovation Inc. announced today that it had raised $750 million in new funding and had secured a separate, milestone-based future investment of up to $250 million from Uber Technologies Inc. to support a new partnership…
SiliconANGLE News
OpenAI, Anthropic reportedly raising billions of dollars in new funding
OpenAI Group PBC and Anthropic PBC are reportedly seeking new funding rounds that could significantly boost their respective valuations. Both companies are expected to go public as early as this year. That means the investments under discussion may be the las…
TechCrunch
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 | TechCrunch
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
SiliconANGLE News
Dynatrace Intelligence aims to advance autonomous software operations
Artificial intelligence observability platform company Dynatrace Inc. today announced a set of platform updates at its Perform Conference in Las Vegas that included the debut of Dynatrace Intelligence, a new agentic operations system designed to bring enterpr…
TechCrunch
Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk's xAI | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.
ZDNet
CachyOS vs. EdeavorOS: Which spinoff makes Arch Linux easier to use?
They're quite different - with one faster than the other - but both are a great introduction to Arch.
TechCrunch
Elon Musk teases a new image-labeling system for X…we think? | TechCrunch
Elon Musk teases a new image-labeling system for X…we think? | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
TechCrunch
Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch
The company's sales fell for a second year in a row, as Tesla looks to AI and robotics, including a new $2B investment in CEO Elon Musk's company xAI.
TechCrunch
ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic | TechCrunch
ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.
The Verge
Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of losses
Tesla just reported its second consecutive year of declining revenue and profits, further complicating Elon Musk's $1 trillion effort to transform his company into a leader in AI and robotics. Meanwhile, the global EV market continues to grow, seemingly in sp…
SiliconANGLE News
Amazon lays off 16,000 employees to prioritize growth areas
Amazon.com Inc. today announced a round of layoffs that will affect about 16,000 employees. The restructuring comes a few weeks after the company let go 14,000 workers across multiple business units. Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of people expe…
The Verge
YouTube’s top AI slop channels are disappearing
YouTube appears to have taken down two of the most popular AI slop channels on its platform, along with several others. A report from Kapwing found that a channel called CuentosFacianantes no longer exists on the platform after amassing more than 5.9 million …
TechCrunch
Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid | TechCrunch
An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was "substantially higher" than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it's not clear he was behind it.
The Verge
Half of developers think gen AI is bad for the gaming industry
While generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, a new survey suggests that developers increasingly think the technology is bad for the industry. According to the most recent survey from the Game Developers Conference, 52 percent of…
Wired
Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
ZDNet
Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds
Linus plans to live forever. But just in case he doesn't, there's now a succession plan (though no actual successor).
Wired
The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means
Catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation is declining, and swift action is needed from global leaders to correct course.
The Verge
I used Claude to vibe-code my wildly overcomplicated smart home
I am not, by any definition, a coder, but when I started seeing people's vibe-coded smart home projects all over my social feeds this month, I was intrigued. From a "master command center" built on a Lutron system to AI controlling a smart oven, people were u…
SiliconANGLE News
Customer service is emerging as the proving ground for enterprise AI, says Zendesk CEO
Across large enterprises, AI adoption is shifting from experimentation to operational pressure, with customer service often emerging as the first system that must work at scale. The difference between pilots and production is no longer theoretical — it shows …
TechCrunch
WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy | TechCrunch
WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
TechCrunch
AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others | TechCrunch
AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
ZDNet
Google's new 'Aluminium OS' just leaked - here's what we learned
The long-rumored merger of ChromeOS and Android gets fresh confirmation in a leaked bug report.
The Verge
Spotify says it paid out $11 billion in royalties in 2025
Today, Spotify announced that it had paid out more than $11 billion to the music industry in 2025. It's an impressive-sounding number that's a full $1 billion more than it paid last year. And, according to Spotify, that accounts for roughly 30 percent of the …
The Verge
Process Zero II will let you do a little processing, if you want
Popular iPhone camera app Halide is debuting a major update today: Halide Mark III. It's been years in the making, and it'll be available as a "Public Preview," letting users get their hands on new features while design is finalized. This update includes the …
ZDNet
Your Google Chrome browser just got a useful autopilot feature - here's how it works
Google's new Auto Browse feature aims to handle your digital chores by taking actions on your behalf.
SiliconANGLE News
Google lets the browser take control with major updates to Gemini in Chrome
Google LLC today introduced major updates to Gemini in Chrome, the company’s flagship artificial assistant in its major web browser, that will allow users to access the experience in new ways. With the new updates, users will be able to multitask on the web w…
TechCrunch
Modelence raises $13 million to smooth out the vibe-coding stack | TechCrunch
How do you build tooling for the AI software stack? A company called Modelence has an interesting answer.
TechCrunch
Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B open source LLM from scratch to best Meta's Llama | TechCrunch
30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.
SiliconANGLE News
Sentra.app raises $5M to build AI teammate to organize enterprise memory
Sentra.app, also known as Dynamis Labs Inc., today raised $5 million in seed funding co-led by a16z speedrun and Together Fund to build an artificial intelligence teammate to organize enterprise knowledge. Additional investors in the round included Parable, P…
TechCrunch
With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to aid creation, not replace it
Apple’s Creator Studio Pro leverages AI to help creators with tedious tasks—like finding clips or building slides—without trying to do the work for them
SiliconANGLE News
Pecan AI unveils a predictive agent that automates business forecasting
Pecan AI Ltd. today announced the launch of its Predictive AI Agent, an agentic artificial intelligence system designed to help businesses forecast shifts in revenue, customer sentiment, demand and other metrics early enough to take action. The new agent lets…
ZDNet
KDE Plasma 6.6 is almost here, and this Linux distro gave me an early look - here's how
If you're looking to see what's coming in KDE Plasma 6.6, your best bet is to give KDE Neon Unstable a try.
SiliconANGLE News
Assembled rolls out automated schedule generation for customer support
Assembled Inc., a unified platform for customer support orchestration powered by artificial intelligence, today announced the general availability of agentic AI schedule generation, allowing teams to eschew manual workforce management. The company currently o…
TechCrunch
The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down | TechCrunch
The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
TechCrunch
LinkedIn will let you show off your vibe coding chops with a certificate | TechCrunch
LinkedIn will let you show off your vibe coding chops with a certificate | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
TechCrunch
Standard Nuclear raises $140M as nuclear power enters its gold rush era | TechCrunch
Investors including a16z are betting that nuclear industry suppliers will be the big winners of the AI demand-driven nuclear renaissance.
SiliconANGLE News
Mesh Security raises $12M to scale cybersecurity mesh execution platform
Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture platform startup Mesh Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $12 million in new early-stage funding. The money will be used to advance its autonomous, agentic capabilities, expand how the platform reasons over cross-d…
TechCrunch
Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees | TechCrunch
This is Amazon's second layoff after the company cut 14,000 corporate jobs in October.
TechCrunch
Snap gets serious about Specs, spins AR glasses into standalone company | TechCrunch
Snap gets serious about Specs, spins AR glasses into standalone company | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
SiliconANGLE News
The biggest AI bottleneck isn’t GPUs. It’s data resilience
When Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. set out to build a suite of analytical capabilities anchored in artificial intelligence three years ago, it confronted a problem that has become common across the enterprise AI landscape: how to scale up AI workflows withou…
SiliconANGLE News
Abstract Security partners with Netskope to bring real-time detection into security data streams
Security data operations company Abstract Security Inc. today announced a new partnership with cloud security company Netskope Inc. to give joint customers the ability to bring detection directly into the data stream and to help eliminate indexing delays for …
SiliconANGLE News
Adaptive6 scores $28M in early funding to find and fix cloud cost inefficiencies
Cloud cost governance and optimization startup Adaptive6 Inc. says it’s ready to help large enterprises save millions of dollars on their cloud infrastructure spending after closing on a $28 million early-stage round of funding today. The Series A round, whic…
SiliconANGLE News
Datatruck raises $12M to scale AI-native operating system for long-haul trucking
Datatruck Inc., a startup that offers an artificial intelligence-native operating system for North American truckers, announced today that it has raised $12 million in early-stage funding to accelerate product development and extend its technology as carriers…
SiliconANGLE News
Apiiro introduces Guardian Agent to secure AI-driven software development
Application security posture management company Apiiro Ltd. today announced the launch of Guardian Agent, a new artificial intelligence application security agent that guards AI models and prevents vulnerable and noncompliant code before it’s generated. Guard…
SiliconANGLE News
Platform Engineering brings multicloud support to its formae infrastructure-as-code platform
Infrastructure-as-code startup Platform Engineering Labs Inc. today announced a big update to its open-source formae platform, adding beta support for four new public clouds as it looks to expand its influence beyond Amazon Web Services environments. Platform…
The Next Web
Bonjour Visio: France turns digital sovereignty into policy
In a bold turn of phrase and deed, Paris has quietly told Silicon Valley “au revoir.” On January 26, 2026, France’s Ministry of Finance announced that by 2027, all public servants will switch from U.S. video apps like Microsoft Teams and Zoom to a homegrown …
SiliconANGLE News
Rein Security launches with a focus on real-time production application security
Application security startup Rein Security Inc. formally launched today with a promise to address critical blind spots in application and artificial intelligence security. Founded by industry veterans and backed by investors including Glilot Capital Partners …
Wired
Google’s Smart Glasses Will Have the Best Software. But They’ll Have to Win on Style Too
When Google releases its smart glasses in the coming months, the strength of its AI-powered software will be its biggest leg up on its rivals. But will people want to be seen wearing them?
The Verge
Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer
Microsoft is getting ready to improve Windows 11's ability to resume Android apps on a PC. The software giant first introduced its cross-device resume last year, letting Windows 11 users resume OneDrive sessions from their Android device on a PC. Now, it's ex…
TechCrunch
Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber | TechCrunch
Waabi has secured a $750 million Series C round to accelerate autonomous trucking, and another roughly $250 million commitment from Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis exclusively on its platform.
SiliconANGLE News
MIND launches DLP for Agentic AI to secure data used by autonomous systems
Data loss protection company MIND Security Inc. today announced the launch of DLP for Agentic AI, a data-centric approach to artificial intelligence security that helps organizations safely achieve the business value of agentic AI by ensuring sensitive data a…
TechCrunch
Google pitches Gemini to students studying for India's most competitive college entrance exam | TechCrunch
Google pitches Gemini to students studying for India's most competitive college entrance exam | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
Dev.to
How to deprecate PHP code without breaking your users
Removing old code from your project or library without breaking existing users is tricky. This guide...
TechCrunch
Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan | TechCrunch
Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
The Verge
Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL
Across six top large language models, xAI's Grok performed the worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, according to a study published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. On the other end of the spectrum, Anthropic's Claude performed the …
TechCrunch
What you should know about the owners of US TikTok | TechCrunch
ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to
SiliconANGLE News
Social media giants head to court in landmark addiction trial
The world’s largest social media firms are in court this week in an unprecedented series of trials that could determine whether their platforms are responsible for harming young people’s mental health. With over 1,600 plaintiffs, including over 350 families a…
ZDNet
If these Samsung Galaxy S26 rumors are true, I might finally put my Google Pixel loyalty to rest
I've been a Google Pixel phone user for nearly a decade, but Samsung might have a compelling case for switching this year.
SiliconANGLE News
Flora raises $42M to unify generative AI design in a single platform
Flora, the creator of an “intelligent canvas” platform for creative professionals, has raised $42 million in an early-stage round with a goal to tackle the fragmentation around generative artificial intelligence design tools. Led by Redpoint Ventures, today’s…
SiliconANGLE News
Crypto payments startup Mesh raises $75M at $1B valuation
Crypto payment processing provider Mesh Connect Inc. today announced that it has closed a $75 million funding round at a $1 billion valuation. Dragonfly Capital led the Series C deal. It was joined by Coinbase Ventures, Japanese financial services giant SBI, …
TechCrunch
Everything you need to know about viral personal AI assistant Clawdbot (now Moltbot) | TechCrunch
Personal AI assistant Moltbot —formerly Clawdbot — has gone viral in a matter of weeks. But there’s more you should know before jumping on the bandwagon.
The Verge
Meta is spending millions to convince people that data centers are cool and you like them
Over the last few months of 2025, Meta spent $6.4 million on an ad campaign running in cities across the country, from Sacramento to Washington, with a clear mission: win over viewers on the construction of new data centers. As the New York Times reports, the…