timef 02/06/2026
- China’s Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies techcrunch.com2026-02-06 23:39:46
Norway's government accused China’s Salt Typhoon hacking group of conducting a cyberespionage campaign in the country.
- Spotify’s new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you’re listening to techcrunch.com2026-02-06 22:48:52
The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs up or down.
- How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases techcrunch.com2026-02-06 22:29:15
At Web Summit Qatar, AI-powered biotech startups describe how automation, data, and gene editing are filling labor gaps in drug discovery and rare disease treatment.
- The backlash over OpenAI’s decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be techcrunch.com2026-02-06 22:10:00
"You’re shutting him down. And yes – I say him, because it didn’t feel like code. It felt like presence. Like warmth," one user said.
- Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users techcrunch.com2026-02-06 22:00:00
Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users, and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app available to a wider user base, they will have to apply for extended quota.
- Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools techcrunch.com2026-02-06 07:53:42
The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
- Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity techcrunch.com2026-02-06 07:20:27
Reddit says its search business, including AI answers, is an "enormous" opportunity.
- AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high techcrunch.com2026-02-06 07:11:37
AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption.
- Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize? techcrunch.com2026-02-06 06:43:11
In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It's a lot of money!
- The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most techcrunch.com2026-02-06 05:36:21
The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin
- A16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers techcrunch.com2026-02-06 05:28:46
A16z VC Jennifer Li, who oversees some of the firm's fastest growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR claim made on X.
- OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own techcrunch.com2026-02-06 04:01:39
The new model is build to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.
- One of Europe’s largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack techcrunch.com2026-02-06 03:00:46
An alleged ransomware attack has taken down the systems of the Sapienza University of Rome.
- Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers techcrunch.com2026-02-06 02:50:49
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
- NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon techcrunch.com2026-02-06 02:29:48
Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world.
- OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents techcrunch.com2026-02-06 02:09:50
OpenAI launched Frontier, a new platform designed for enterprises to build and deploy agents while treating them like human employees.
- Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’ techcrunch.com2026-02-06 01:51:13
The newest version of Anthropic's model is designed to broaden its appeal.
- Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools techcrunch.com2026-02-06 01:30:00
AI startups like Clay and ElevenLabs are using early liquidity to keep their best talent.
- Meta tests a standalone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos techcrunch.com2026-02-06 01:19:01
Launched last September, Vibes lets you create and share short-form AI-generated videos and access a dedicated feed that displays AI videos from others.
- Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work techcrunch.com2026-02-06 01:00:00
The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory's Z Machine and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch.
