This week, reports indicate the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is in dire shape following a year of budget cuts, layoffs, and furloughs under the Trump administration. The agency has now replaced its top acting leader. The move to…
OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each…
Weeks after stepping down as CEO from food delivery service Zomato and its parent Eternal, Indian entrepreneur Deepinder Goyal is back with a $54 million raise for wearable startup Temple. This is part of what the 43-year-old earlier described as…
Today is the day. When the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT, the lowest ticket rates of the year for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will be gone. There are no extensions and no second chances. The same access will cost more tomorrow.…
After years of appeals, Google has finally received conditional approval to export high-precision geographic information out of South Korea. This move opens the door for the company to provide proper Google Maps services in the country, including features like walking…
Ultrahuman unveiled a new smart ring on Friday. The Ring Pro is the Bengaluru-based wearable maker’s third-generation device, featuring a longer battery life and a redesigned form factor. This launch is part of an effort to revive its U.S. business,…
Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users’ bank accounts for payments and data verification, has allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an eight billion dollar valuation. The company confirmed this transaction on Thursday. This new…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on Thursday that he cannot in good conscience accede to the Pentagon’s request for unrestricted military access to its AI systems. In a statement, Amodei wrote that while Anthropic understands the Department of Defense makes…
Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. On Thursday, Dorsey announced that Block, the payments company he founded that operates Square, Cash App, and Tidal, is cutting…
The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has concluded. Paramount, owned by David Ellison, will acquire the media giant. This decision came after Warner Bros. Discovery’s board declared a revised offer from Paramount Skydance of $31 per share to be…
