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Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit

The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive, and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.

TechCrunch 24 Apr 2026 5:41 am

Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation

The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket.

TechCrunch 24 Apr 2026 5:02 am

Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring

Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.

TechCrunch 24 Apr 2026 4:14 am

Instagram tests a new Instants app for sharing disappearing photos

The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

TechCrunch 24 Apr 2026 1:33 am

Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you

Noscroll wants to cure doomscrolling with an AI bot that reads the internet for you.

TechCrunch 24 Apr 2026 1:08 am

Trumps pick to run US cyber agency CISA asks to drop out

Sean Plankey has requested to withdraw his name to run the U.S. cybersecurity agency after a tumultuous year of chaotic temporary leadership.

TechCrunch 24 Apr 2026 1:03 am

Meta is revamping its cross-app management system

Meta's Accounts Center will transition to the Meta Account, which is supposed to make it easier to manage your experience on various Meta apps and devices.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 9:30 pm

Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets

Era thinks that we will see many form factors of AI hardware, including glasses, rings, and pendants

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 9:30 pm

X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam

X Communities are no more. Only a fraction of X users were using Communities, and much of that use was spam, the company said.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 9:02 pm

Salmon raises $100M in equity and debt to bring digital credit to underbanked Filipinos

Salmon is targeting underbanked Filipinos, with little to no credit history, as well as people unhappy with the incumbent lenders' reliability issues.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 8:25 pm

Vercel says some of its customers data was stolen prior to its recent hack

The app and website hosting company has found evidence of a second compromise of customer accounts after expanding its initial investigation following a breach in early April.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 8:13 pm

Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident

TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 7:30 pm

Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco

StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Nows the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 7:30 pm

Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues

Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers held a rally at the companys Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea on Thursday to signal they are prepared to walk off the job for an 18-day strike next month.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 7:29 pm

WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags

WhatsApp is rolling out prepaid phone recharges to its 500 million users in India via PayU.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 6:58 pm

AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch

Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track peoples phone locations, researchers say

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 5:31 pm

Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls

Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 5:30 pm

Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI

Topics can range from School, Entertainment, and Lifestyle to Travel, Writing, and Health and Wellbeing, among others, Meta says.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 4:30 pm

Indias app market is booming but global platforms are capturing most of the gains

Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 10:08 am

Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English

Shade has its own filesystem that lets you stream files directly to your local drive

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 9:47 am

Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Heres where the money is going.

Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 5:26 am

Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true Full Self-Driving

The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 4:09 am

Hands on with Xs new AI-powered custom feeds

X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 3:55 am

LinkedIns CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes

Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn's CEO after six years running the world's largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company's COO, takes over immediately.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 3:07 am

Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions

Sales rebounded a bit from the first quarter of 2025, as Tesla throws a ton of money at massive bets like robotics, AI, and its own chip fab.

TechCrunch 23 Apr 2026 2:27 am

Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory

The company's all-important mass-market EV is just about ready to start heading to customers.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 9:17 pm

Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records

The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total number of customers affected.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 9:08 pm

Cathie Woods ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra and it isnt AI

Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive eSports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn't easy.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 8:30 pm

OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses

Infosys said the integration will be used to help its clients modernize software development, automate workflows and deploy AI systems, initially focusing software engineering, legacy modernization, and DevOps.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 7:52 pm

X makes it more expensive to post links through its API

Posting links on X through its API is now 1,900% more costly

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 7:12 pm

Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown for concert listings

Users will be able to see live events of an artist on their Amazon Music profile

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter.

10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

Snap Maps new Place Loyalty badges will show the spots you visit most often

If youre in the top 25% of users who visit a certain place, youll see your ranking on the Snap Map and can choose to share it with others.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia's latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 5:30 pm

Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI

Generative AI is being infused into Google's popular feature within Maps.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 5:30 pm

Duolingo is now giving free users access to advanced learning content

Duolingo is opening up its advanced language learning content offering to free users, allowing them to acquire skills that were previously reserved to paid subscribers.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 5:30 pm

The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next2026

Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 5:30 pm

Meta will record employees keystrokes and use it to train its AI models

Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 5:15 am

Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropics exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims

Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 4:56 am

SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion

Only Elon would do this before an IPO.

TechCrunch 22 Apr 2026 4:28 am

A look at Tim Cooks 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple

Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 11:10 pm

Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says

The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid whose executives had invested in Clarifai to share data in 2014, according to court documents.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 10:41 pm

Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra and its actually good

Extra, from a team of former Pinterest designers and engineers, reimagines email around your life instead of the traditional inbox.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 9:30 pm

AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs

Latitude's new AI-native platform, Voyage, aims to help gamers create their very own role-playing game.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 9:30 pm

Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang

A former employee of a cybersecurity firm pleaded guilty to aiding ransomware criminals to maximize their profits, with the goal of taking a cut of the ransom.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 9:26 pm

YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities

YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection tool to celebrities, giving talent and their reps a way to find and remove deepfakes.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 8:32 pm

Amazon taps Swedens Einride for its electric big rigs

The agreement comes just as Einride is finalizing a merger with blank-check company Legato Merger Corp. to go public.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 7:39 pm

Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO

Fintech giant Revolut, which secured a full banking license in the U.K. in March after years of waiting, was most recently valued at $75 billion in a secondary share sale.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 7:11 pm

GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists

AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

Cash App is targeting a new kind of customer: 6-12 year olds

Tech companies are constantly on the hunt for new customers, and Cash App, the fintech company owned by Jack Dorseys Block, believes it has found a promising new demographic: children. The company, which already offers financial services to teens, said this week that it is expanding its youth-focused services in an effort to build a []

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

Whats the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says

AuX Labs says it has found a better way to make vegan cheese that tastes and feels like the real thing and costs the same.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 6:30 pm

Blue Energy raises $380M to build grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards

By building reactors in shipyards, Blue Energy says it will tame nuclear power's cost problems, giving it access to cheaper financing.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 3:30 pm

Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?

Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 6:32 am

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 3:30 am

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

The transition has been expected for some time and ends one of the longer and more impactful runs a CEO has had at any company. Cook had inherited a company that many industry watchers and enthusiasts struggled to separate from its famed founder. What he leaves behind is a $4 trillion business with annual revenue that has more than quadrupled on his watch.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 2:12 am

Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for quick fixes

You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 1:50 am

Its not just one thing its another thing

This sentence construction (It's not just this it's that) has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic it's almost a guarantee.

TechCrunch 21 Apr 2026 1:07 am

North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft

The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far.

TechCrunch 20 Apr 2026 10:34 pm

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.

TechCrunch 20 Apr 2026 10:28 pm

Rivians factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch

Nobody was hurt after an EF-1 tornado hit the part of the factory where the R2 SUV is supposed to be built.

TechCrunch 20 Apr 2026 7:17 pm

AvenuesAI Subsidiary Rediff Pre-Files DRHP

AvenuesAIs (formerly Infibeam Ventures) subsidiary Rediff has filed its IPO papers via the confidential route with SEBI. Rediff.com India Limited,

inc42 1 Apr 2026 3:44 pm

SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly

AMFI-registered mutual fund distributor's SIP guide: 21-35 yr olds 20K-75K. SEBI-compliant education on categories, allocation, step-up strategy. The post SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly appeared first on Startup Success Stories India - News & Updates for Indian Entrepreneurs .

Startup Success Stories 1 Apr 2026 2:25 pm

NODWINs Pre-IPO Round, Funding Tanks In Q1 2026 & More

NODWINs Pre-IPO Funding Meal NODWIN Gaming is moving beyond gaming and esports. Emerging from the shadows of its former parent

inc42 1 Apr 2026 8:00 am