timef 02/12/2026
- Apple acquires all rights to Severance, will produce future seasons in-house techcrunch.com2026-02-12 23:34:11
The show is expected to run for four seasons, with the possibility of spin-offs, a prequel, and foreign versions.
- US FTC airs concerns over allegations that Apple News suppresses right-wing content techcrunch.com2026-02-12 22:40:03
In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited reports from Media Research Center, a right-leaning think tank, which accused Apple of excluding right-leaning outlets from the top 20 articles in the Apple News feed.
- Eclipse backs all-EV marketplace Ever in $31M funding round techcrunch.com2026-02-12 22:00:09
The San Francisco-based startup says its AI-first approach has allowed it to scale faster.
- xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands techcrunch.com2026-02-12 07:29:08
On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available.
- AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say techcrunch.com2026-02-12 06:48:35
General Catalyst is in talks to lead the round for the four-year-old startup, according to our sources.
- OpenAI disbands mission alignment team, which focused on ‘safe’ and ‘trustworthy’ AI development techcrunch.com2026-02-12 05:57:18
The team's leader has been given a new role as OpenAI's Chief Futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company.
- Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again techcrunch.com2026-02-12 05:19:46
Apple has been promising a new-and-improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024.
- Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation techcrunch.com2026-02-12 05:07:37
Uber Eats launched a new AI feature, “Cart Assistant,” that can automatically add items to your cart based on text or image prompts.
- Who will own your company’s AI layer? Glean’s CEO explains techcrunch.com2026-02-12 04:49:07
Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the AI layer that powers all of it? Glean, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into what it calls an “AI work assistant,” aiming to sit underneath other AI […]
- Microsoft says hackers are exploiting critical zero-day bugs to target Windows and Office users techcrunch.com2026-02-12 04:46:40
Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by clicking a malicious link or opening a file. Patch now.
- How to get into a16z’s super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program techcrunch.com2026-02-12 03:58:01
TechCrunch spoke to a16z partner Joshua Lu for some tips on standing out for the Speedrun program.
- Cash App adds payment links so you can get paid in a DM techcrunch.com2026-02-12 03:50:41
The new feature allows users to share payment requests in a variety of digital settings.
- Amazon’s new eero Signal keeps you connected to the internet when outages occur techcrunch.com2026-02-12 03:30:14
A new device from eero will keep you online even if your ISP goes down.
- The search is on: 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award nominations are open techcrunch.com2026-02-12 03:30:00
Nominations for the 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award are open, inviting SMBs with groundbreaking innovation a chance to win scaling opportunities. Last day to apply is February 13.
- Activist investor Ancora publicly opposes the WBD-Netflix deal techcrunch.com2026-02-12 03:20:50
An investment group is trying to sway Netflix shareholders to reject the WBD deal in favor of Paramount.
- DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing ‘millions of computers and devices’ techcrunch.com2026-02-12 02:41:41
The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government among its customers.
- Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal techcrunch.com2026-02-12 02:15:21
A 1 Gw orbital data center would cost roughly $42.4B—almost three times its ground-bound equivalent.
- Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed techcrunch.com2026-02-12 02:00:00
The platform's new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.
- Google releases the first beta of Android 17, adopts a continous developer release plan techcrunch.com2026-02-12 02:00:00
Google is changing how developers get access to new APIs and features of the latest version.
- How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP techcrunch.com2026-02-12 01:51:37
Amanda Silver is a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within enterprises.
- UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth techcrunch.com2026-02-12 01:47:15
Upscrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including user names and hashtags that contain racial slurs.
- Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy techcrunch.com2026-02-12 00:39:49
At least nine engineers, including two cofounders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.
- Twilio co-founder’s fusion power startup raises $450M from Bessemer and Alphabet’s GV techcrunch.com2026-02-12 00:29:43
Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world's most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.
- Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce techcrunch.com2026-02-12 00:00:00
The startup, Monaco, has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.
- Upside Robotics is reducing fertilizer use and waste in corn crops techcrunch.com2026-02-12 00:00:00
Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.
- Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company techcrunch.com2026-02-11 09:50:00
Whatever the cause of the departures, the cumulative impact is alarming. There is a lot of work left to do at xAI, and an IPO will bring more scrutiny than the lab has ever faced before.
