Netflix lands global streaming deal for ‘The Walking Dead’
Netflix just signed a massive new licensing agreement worth $500 million to bring The Walking Dead Universe to international markets.
The Download: climate tech companies to watch and AI’s discovery problem
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Nscale buys Anyscale as it seeks to own more of the AI compute stack
British AI neocloud Nscale is buying software startup Anyscale, which helps companies scale their AI workloads across data centers and servers.
Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1 billion as the startup moves toward its first commercial fusion power plant.
Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession
A new study estimates only 2,000 U.S. engineers have the expertise to deliver meaningful AI ROI, as enterprises race to hire forward-deployed engineers to implement AI at scale.
In the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI’s hacker was noisy and fast — but not unstoppable
Cybersecurity experts told TechCrunch that one of the biggest lessons to be taken from the OpenAI hack against HuggingFace has nothing to do with AI, but traditional cybersecurity defense.
A Couple Was Sent Cockroaches and a Bloody Pig Mask by eBay Employees. They Just Won a $48 Million Settlement.
Former eBay employees sent live cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask to silence a couple’s reporting.
Personal Bankruptcies Are Up Nearly 50% Over the Past Three Years, But Is That a Bad Thing? ‘People Don’t Understand How Good a Deal It Is’
More than half a million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy last year, and researchers say the stigma is fading.
How Cereal Milk Matcha and Pink Mermaid 7 Fizz Are Fueling 7 Brew’s Biggest Growth Yet: ‘The Industry Hasn’t Been Disrupted in a Long Time’
7 Brew didn’t exist in 2017. It’s now closing in on 1,000 locations with customer volume one franchisee calls ‘insane.’
This Startup Wants to Build the Weirdest-Looking Passenger Jet Since the Concorde. The U.S. Government Just Invested $3 Billion In It.
With four aisles and no windows, the airliner would be the first real challenger to Boeing’s U.S. monopoly in decades.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s biggest stage features leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, with much more to come
The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for more than a decade.