timef 02/28/2026
- Xiaomi launches 17 Ultra smartphone, an AirTag clone, and an ultra slim powerbank techcrunch.com2026-02-28 23:09:03
We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event.
- Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market techcrunch.com2026-02-28 23:00:00
China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.
- India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order techcrunch.com2026-02-28 11:51:52
India, one of Supabase’s biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order.
- OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets techcrunch.com2026-02-28 07:00:54
The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.
- President Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic after Pentagon dispute techcrunch.com2026-02-28 05:53:14
"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.
- Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk techcrunch.com2026-02-28 05:53:14
"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.
- Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’ techcrunch.com2026-02-28 03:42:00
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with non-consensual nude images.
- Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake? techcrunch.com2026-02-28 03:11:04
Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.
- ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users techcrunch.com2026-02-28 02:25:51
OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.
- AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue techcrunch.com2026-02-28 01:22:02
Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort.
- Apple and Netflix team up to air Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix techcrunch.com2026-02-28 01:17:18
As Netflix continues its live sports push, the company has partnered with Apple to air the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.
- Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models techcrunch.com2026-02-28 01:00:55
Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, "unifies every current AI capability into a single system."
- ‘Pokémon Winds and Waves’ are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027 techcrunch.com2026-02-28 00:57:21
The tenth generation starter Pokémon were revealed in the trailer: Browt (a grass bird), Pombon (a fire puppy), and Gecqua (a water gecko).
- Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027 techcrunch.com2026-02-28 00:57:21
The tenth generation starter Pokémon were revealed in the trailer: Browt (a grass bird), Pombon (a fire puppy), and Gecqua (a water gecko).
- Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter techcrunch.com2026-02-28 00:23:58
While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.
- CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job techcrunch.com2026-02-27 23:57:02
The U.S. cybersecurity agency's acting director Madhu Gottumukkala will be replaced, after a year of cuts, layoffs, and staff reassignments, and allegations of security lapses and claims he struggled to lead the agency.
