February 17, 2026

The Download: the rise of luxury car theft, and fighting antimicrobial resistance

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis Across the world, unsuspecting people are unwittingly becoming caught up in a new and growing type of organized criminal enterprise: vehicle transport fraud and theft. Crooks…

Is September the Time to Buy Coca-Cola (KO)?

August 31, 2023
Beverage giant Coca-Cola (KO) surpassed Wall Street estimates for the second quarter of 2023. Supported by the heightened demand for its innovative product lineup, KO is strategically positioned for impressive…

Malwarebytes lays off 100 employees ahead of business split

August 31, 2023
Cybersecurity giant Malwarebytes this week laid off 100 employees as it prepares for a major restructuring that will see the business split into two, TechCrunch has learned. The layoffs come almost exactly a year after Malwarebytes eliminated 14% of its global workforce. A former employee who asked not to be named told TechCrunch that the layoffs […]

TikTok’s ‘Effect House’ AR development platform exits beta

August 31, 2023
TikTok’s AR development platform called “Effect House,” which allows creators to build AR effects for use in the video app, is officially out of beta. Creators can now download Effect House 3.0 and join TikTok’s official Effect House community on Discord, where can be kept up-to-date on the latest events and challenges, office hours, and also […]

This startup wants to help landlords rethink risk when screening potential tenants

August 31, 2023
It’s long been argued that relying on credit scores for things such as evaluating rental applications is an old-fashioned model that needs to be done away with. But the question of how to determine whether or not a rental applicant is truly a risk has remained. One proptech startup has made it its mission to […]

Floworks is building an AI assistant to change how workers interact with software

August 31, 2023
About the time that Floworks co-founders Sudipta Biswas and Sarthak Shrivastava were starting at Y Combinator in the Winter 23 cohort, they had a chat with veteran investor Vinod Khosla, who encouraged the pair to think bigger. They said that that conversation had a huge influence on them as they were building Floworks, an AI […]