timef 02/02/2026
- Ring brings its ‘Search Party’ feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners techcrunch.com2026-02-02 23:33:45
Ring's Search Party feature for finding lost dogs is now available across the U.S. — even if you don't own a Ring camera.
- Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants techcrunch.com2026-02-02 23:00:00
Carbon Robotics' Large Plant Model will allow farmers to kill new types of weeds without having to retrain the machines.
- Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual sexual content techcrunch.com2026-02-02 23:00:00
Nonprofits urge the U.S. government to suspend Grok in federal agencies after the xAI chatbot generated thousands of nonconsensual sexual images, raising national security and child safety concerns.
- UpScrolled’s founder says the social network has zoomed past 2.5M users techcrunch.com2026-02-02 22:29:22
Upscrolled founder said that the social network was launched six years ago and had 150,000 users until January
- Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps techcrunch.com2026-02-02 22:16:13
Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.
- These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings techcrunch.com2026-02-02 16:00:00
These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation.
- TikTok says its services are restored after the outage techcrunch.com2026-02-02 14:38:29
TikTok says it finally solved all issues related to outages caused by last week's U.S. snowstorm.
- AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’? techcrunch.com2026-02-02 06:15:53
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?
- Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now techcrunch.com2026-02-02 04:32:21
For years, Tether's CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over.
- Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary makes $7M on opening weekend techcrunch.com2026-02-02 03:16:27
While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations, it's unlikely to make a profit in theaters.
- Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok techcrunch.com2026-02-02 01:20:00
Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.
- TechCrunch Mobility: The great Tesla rebranding techcrunch.com2026-02-02 01:05:00
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
- India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI workloads techcrunch.com2026-02-02 00:30:00
New Delhi's latest move comes as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft expand data center investments in India.
