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Amazon is closing its physical Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores Amanda Silberling 8:21 AM PST · January 27, 2026 RIP, Amazon convenience stores: gone and probably soon forgotten. Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will close its brick-and-mortar Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores and will...

Airtable gets into the AI agent game with Superagent Connie Loizos 7:00 AM PST · January 27, 2026 It might sound crazy to some, launching an entirely new product line while your flagship business has shed two-thirds of its paper value. But Howie Liu, the founder and CEO of Airtable , suggests...

Samsung announced on Tuesday that its Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone will go on sale January 30 with a steep price tag of $2,899. The phone’s display unfolds twice to reveal a 10-inch display, which is the largest screen ever on a Galaxy phone. It measures 3.9 millimeters at its thinnest point and...

Android phones are getting more anti-theft features Sarah Perez 9:00 AM PST · January 27, 2026 Google on Tuesday announced an expanded set of Android theft-protection features, designed to make its mobile devices less of a target for criminals. Building on existing tools like Theft Detection...

Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting Julie Bort 1:49 PM PST · January 26, 2026 To understand the stance of an unwavering Trump loyalist after a federal border patrol agent shocked the nation this weekend by shooting another American citizen in Minneapolis, look...

Some international attendees are skipping 2026 GDC due to safety fears and growing ICE presence Lauren Forristal 2:47 PM PST · January 26, 2026 The 2026 Game Developers Conference is shaping up to be a little less international this year if commentary on social media platforms like LinkedIn is...

Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok’s US takeover Aisha Malik 12:11 PM PST · January 26, 2026 In the wake of TikTok’s U.S. ownership change last week, some users are seeking out alternative platforms. One app gaining traction is UpScrolled , a social network that...

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Zack Whittaker 1:00 PM PST · January 26, 2026 President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term in the White House, promising an unprecedented...

Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti Rebecca Bellan 8:26 AM PST · January 26, 2026 More than 450 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to call the White House and demand...

Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools Russell Brandom 10:00 AM PST · January 26, 2026 Claude users will now be able to call up interactive apps within the chatbot interface, thanks to a new feature announced by Anthropic on Monday. In keeping with...

Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference Lucas Ropek 8:00 AM PST · January 26, 2026 Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest chip, the Maia 200, which the company describes as a silicon workhorse designed for scaling AI inference. The 200, which follows the company’s Maia...

SpaceX eyes mid-March for first test of upgraded Starship rocket Sean O'Kane 7:16 AM PST · January 26, 2026 The delayed first test of SpaceX’s upgraded Starship rocket is now slated for mid-March, according to a post from CEO Elon Musk on his social media site X. This third version of Starship...

Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out Anna Heim 1:00 AM PST · January 26, 2026 British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from...

Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago Tim De Chant 6:00 AM PST · January 26, 2026 In the run-up to the winter storm currently pummeling much of the U.S., weather forecasts for some regions were all over the map, with snowfall predictions varying wildly. Nvidia...

This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine Connie Loizos 3:20 PM PST · January 25, 2026 Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies , doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. His company builds fire...

Science fiction writers, Comic-Con say goodbye to AI Anthony Ha 1:53 PM PST · January 25, 2026 In recent months, some of the major players in science fiction and popular culture have been taking firmer stances against generative AI. Separate decisions by San Diego Comic-Con and the Science...

TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo Kirsten Korosec 9:06 AM PST · January 25, 2026 Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click...

Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it Rebecca Bellan 2:11 PM PST · January 25, 2026 AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like...

What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about Eventbrite’s acquirer Anna Heim 8:25 AM PST · January 25, 2026 Twelve-year-old Milan-based tech conglomerate Bending Spoons has quietly become one of the tech industry’s most prolific buyers, now owning Meetup, WeTransfer and many others, but it...

Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify's AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands. -- Sarah Perez