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…

Angry Miao’s AM AFA R2 is part sculpture, part keyboard

August 28, 2023
Whether you love their keyboards or not, there can be no doubt that Angry Miao doesn’t do things halfway. The AM 65 Less is an exercise in building a high-quality 65% keyboard that replaced the cursor keys with a touch panel. The Am Hatsu looks like it was imported from the future, while the Cyberboard […]

Free dating app Cosmic uses personality quizzes to make a profile for you

August 28, 2023
A new dating app called Cosmic wants to shake up the market by not charging for basic features like seeing who likes you or undoing your last swipe, while also making it easier for users to build profiles that better reflect their personalities using a combination of personality quizzes and machine learning technology. Now available […]

Subletting app Kiki raises $6M by using dating app concepts to match listings and renters

August 28, 2023
Kiki (formerly Easy Rent), a subletting startup that matches listers with people looking to rent for up to six months, recently closed a $6 million seed round, its co-founder Toby Thomas-Smith exclusively told TechCrunch. The funding will go toward Kiki’s upcoming relaunch in New York City this fall. Blackbird Ventures led the round with $4.5 […]

We don’t have to reinvent the wheel to regulate AI responsibly

August 28, 2023
Daniel Marcous Contributor Share on Twitter Daniel Marcous is the co-founder and CTO of april, an AI-driven tax platform. Daniel was previously the CTO of AI-driven navigation platform Waze, which was acquired by Google in 2013. We are living through one of the most transformative tech revolutions of the past century. For the first time […]