Moments before a bankruptcy judge was expected to approve the sale of Luminar’s lidar business, an unidentified party submitted an offer that apparently blew away…
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Jennifer Garner's Once Upon a Farm resumes IPO plans |
In Brief Posted: 11:09 AM PST · January 28, 2026 Organic food company Once Upon a Farm, known for its baby food and kids’ snacks,…
WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy |
11:18 AM PST · January 28, 2026 Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are…
Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks |
Last year, a swarm of AI browsers from companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, Opera, and The Browser Company launched with the aim to replace Chrome with…
Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November |
9:45 AM PST · January 28, 2026 Creator platformPatreon is taking issue with Apple’s new mandate that forces all creators to move to a subscription…
SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange |
In Brief Posted: 10:06 AM PST · January 24, 2026 The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded…
A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money? |
We’rein a unique moment for AI companies building their own foundation model. First, there is a whole generation of industry veterans who made their name…
Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech |
9:27 PM PST · January 23, 2026 Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that builds tools for creating…
Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat |
Apple’s iPhone is gaining ground fast in India, shipping about 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Yet the…