timef 05/14/2026
- Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution techcrunch.com2026-05-14 23:42:18
Spotify will let creators distribute and monetize video podcasts on Apple Podcasts using Apple’s HLS streaming technology, without changing their existing workflows.
- Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded techcrunch.com2026-05-14 23:20:18
Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.
- How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared techcrunch.com2026-05-14 23:06:39
While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way to turn off the feature, especially those who have ended up accidentally sending images to others not fully understanding how the feature works.
- A spyware investigator exposed Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts techcrunch.com2026-05-14 22:07:40
A group of likely Russian government hackers tried to hack a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks. He was then able to turn the tables on the hackers and reveal details of their espionage campaign.
- Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’ techcrunch.com2026-05-14 22:01:14
This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.
- Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs techcrunch.com2026-05-14 22:00:00
Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs.
- Two weeks left: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 techcrunch.com2026-05-14 22:00:00
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K equity-free funding is running out. Deadline to apply is May 27. Apply now.
- Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations techcrunch.com2026-05-14 21:43:27
Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027.
- Who decides what AI tells you? Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, has thoughts techcrunch.com2026-05-14 14:05:31
"The conversation is sort of happening in Silicon Valley around one thing, and a totally different conversation is happening among consumers."
- Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante techcrunch.com2026-05-14 13:24:39
Legal tech startups, including Clio, which just hit $500 million in ARR, are seeing massive customer adoption.
- Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents techcrunch.com2026-05-14 05:45:09
Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.
- Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center techcrunch.com2026-05-14 03:49:42
Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.
- Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are techcrunch.com2026-05-14 03:28:06
The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.
- This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives techcrunch.com2026-05-14 02:12:29
What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of the other?
- This is what some of the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives techcrunch.com2026-05-14 02:12:29
What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of the other?
- Geothermal startup Fervo Energy pops 33% in IPO debut fueled by AI data center demand techcrunch.com2026-05-14 01:42:20
Fervo Energy's IPO was upsized several times after potential investors asked why the enhanced geothermal startup wasn't raising more money.
- X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles techcrunch.com2026-05-14 01:16:32
X’s new History tab combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and read articles into a single place, expanding the app’s role as a save-it-for-later tool.
- Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal techcrunch.com2026-05-14 00:57:40
The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.
- Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M techcrunch.com2026-05-14 00:34:21
Mind Robotics, which was first revealed in late 2025, has now raised more than $1 billion to date.
- Who trusts Sam Altman? techcrunch.com2026-05-14 00:31:04
"I believe I am an honest and trustworthy business person," Altman testified in federal court.
- Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders techcrunch.com2026-05-14 00:22:01
Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.
- Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners techcrunch.com2026-05-14 00:00:00
Anthropic is looking to broaden its customer base from larger enterprise customers to smaller and mid-sized businesses.
