Reddit says its looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere | TechCrunch

Reddit is gearing up for more M&A, the company told analysts on its fourth-quarter earnings call…

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over CIA activities | TechCrunch

A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the U.S. government’s most secretive operations has…

How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power | TechCrunch

Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With…

Chinas Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies | TechCrunch

The Norwegian government has accused the Chinese-backed hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking into…

EU says TikTok must disable addictive features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling…

OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch

On Monday, OpenAI launched Codexan agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched…

ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI

ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI…

Substack confirms data breach affects users email addresses and phone numbers | TechCrunch

Newsletter platform Substack has confirmed a data breach in an email to users. The company said…

Exclusive: Apeiron Labs gets $9.5M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots | TechCrunch

Most of what we know about the ocean just skims the surface, literally. We’ve gathered a…

Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch

The Department of Homeland Security has been quietly demanding tech companies turn over user information about…