We are at a unique moment for AI companies to build their own foundational models. First, there’s a whole generation of industry veterans who made their names at big tech companies and are now going it alone. You also have legendary researchers with vast experience but vague commercial aspirations. There is a clear possibility that … Read more
Food carts are a New York City dining staple, offering everything from dosas and doner kebabs to dogs and short-order dim sum. But no matter how enticing a cart’s food aroma is, the smelly gas generators that keep the lights burning threaten customers to stop their meals. Cart owners and customers no longer have to … Read more
Time flies – and so will these savings. The lowest ticket price for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026Along with Monopoly 50% off Plus-One Pass for first 500 registrationsalmost gone If you’ve been looking at which tech conferences to lock onto your calendar this year, now is your moment. Register now Save up to $680 on your pass … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman plans to visit India in mid-February, his first visit to the country in nearly a year, TechCrunch has learned. The visit comes as New Delhi hosts a major AI summit expected to attract top executives from Meta, Google and Anthropic. India is hosting its first major AI event — the India … Read more
with Change in TikTok ownershipTikTok users in the US are collectively panicking over the company’s update Privacy Policy After being alerted to the change via an in-app message. The revised document details the US joint venture’s terms of use of the service, including location-specific information it may collect. There are many users Also social media … Read more
Apple’s iPhone is rapidly gaining ground in India, shipping around 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Yet the country’s overall smartphone market was almost flat at around 152-153 million devices. This means that for the full year of 2025, Apple’s shipment market share will increase by a record … Read more
Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that makes tools for creating product demos, videos and guides — as the company continues its aggressive expansion amid intense competition in the legal tech market. Hexus founder and CEO Sakshi Pratap, who previously held engineering roles at Walmart, Oracle and Google, … Read more
Emily is a college student by day, but she works the night shift at a strip club to pay her tuition — she doesn’t think anyone will ever figure out her secret, until one day, her mysterious English teacher shows up! Did she recognize him? Will his secret come out? Pay 60 “tokens” to see … Read more
Microsoft has provided recovery keys to the FBI to unlock encrypted data on three laptop hard drives as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported this information on Friday. Many modern Windows computers rely on full-disk encryption, called Bitlocker, which Enabled by default. This type of technology will prevent anyone other than the owner of … Read more
Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos This year feels differentAnd not just because Meta and Salesforce have taken over storefronts on the main promenade AI dominated the conversation in a way that overshadowed traditional topics like climate change and global poverty, and CEOs weren’t far behind. There was public criticism of trade … Read more