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Amazons Melania documentary stumbles in second weekend

After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, box office for Amazons Melaniafell 67%.

9 Feb 2026 4:11 am
Crypto.com places $70M bet on AI.com domain ahead of Super Bowl

The purchase rewrites the domain record books -- not that the crypto industry has ever been accused of restraint when it comes to spending.

9 Feb 2026 1:49 am
9 Feb 2026 1:06 am
TechCrunch Mobility: Is $16B enough to build a profitable robotaxi business?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

8 Feb 2026 10:35 pm
San Franciscos pro-billionaire march draws dozens

A march supporting Californias billionaires didnt exactly draw a huge crowd on Saturday.

8 Feb 2026 10:19 pm
India has changed its startup rules for deep tech

India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success.

8 Feb 2026 9:00 am
The kids picked last in gym class gear up for Super Bowl

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple's Tim Cook, too.

8 Feb 2026 6:56 am
NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor

Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi.

8 Feb 2026 3:00 am
New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers

Although the bills prospects are uncertain, New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers.

7 Feb 2026 11:53 pm
Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras

Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016.

7 Feb 2026 10:53 am
7 Feb 2026 6:30 am
Industry season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now

This latest season of the TV show Industry takes a look at the world of money and power through the eyes of a fintech baron.

7 Feb 2026 5:36 am
Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT

Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months.

7 Feb 2026 5:23 am
From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads

From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic's beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX.

7 Feb 2026 4:13 am
It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site

WordPress users can now leverage Claude to analyze web traffic or find information about other internal site metrics.

7 Feb 2026 3:34 am
Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors

The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch's review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice.

7 Feb 2026 2:53 am
Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor

The acquisition could mark the beginning of consolidation in the carbon-removal market since removal costs remain higher than buyers would like to pay.

7 Feb 2026 1:56 am
Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.

7 Feb 2026 1:56 am
How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his$800 billionnet worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GEs peak market cap,and Musk being vocal about his view that tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation, the questionisntwhether apersonal conglomeratecan be built, but rather how far Musk himself is []

7 Feb 2026 12:16 am
Reddit says its looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere

Reddit said during earnings it's looking to buy 'capabilities' and 'companies.'

7 Feb 2026 12:03 am
Heres how Robloxs age checks work

The company says it has continuous age check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy.

6 Feb 2026 11:58 pm
Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over CIA activities

The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.

6 Feb 2026 11:32 pm
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools

The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.

6 Feb 2026 5:23 am
A16z VCwants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers

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.

6 Feb 2026 2:58 am
OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own

The new model is build to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.

6 Feb 2026 1:31 am
Googles subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue

The company said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million users three months earlier.

5 Feb 2026 6:01 pm
Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features

Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks.

5 Feb 2026 5:30 pm