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…

Level up at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 roundtables

August 21, 2023
You won’t have to search very hard or go very far to engage in compelling conversations next month at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. In fact, you’ll find more than two dozen in the agenda — just look for the roundtable discussions. One of the most popular attractions at Disrupt, roundtables are expert-led, small-group conversations focused on […]

The Download: reusing heat from computers, and period research

August 21, 2023
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. This startup has engineered a clever way to reuse waste heat from cloud computing The idea of using the wasted heat of computing to do something else has been mooted plenty of times…

3 Smart Insurance Stock Picks for the Week Ahead

August 21, 2023
The insurance industry is known to thrive in a rising interest rate environment. Although inflation has eased significantly, it remains well above the Fed’s 2% target, making room for more…

An X glitch is breaking native images, links posted before December 2014

August 21, 2023
A glitch on X, formerly Twitter, seems to have broken links and images posted using the social network’s native service before December 2014. Over the weekend, a few people speculated that images — including the famous Oscar selfie — were deleted from the service. However, other users pointed out that images are still on the […]

Tesla says data breach impacting 75,000 employees was an insider job

August 21, 2023
Tesla has said that insider wrongdoing was to blame for a data breach affecting more than 75,000 company employees. Tesla, the electric car maker owned by Elon Musk, said in a data breach notice filed with Maine’s attorney general that an investigation had found that two former employees leaked over 75,000 individuals’ personal information to […]

BeReal gets more social with ‘friends of friends’ feature

August 21, 2023
BeReal is trying to be real. And if we’re being real, what’s the point of that Discovery feed, anyway? The once-a-day, spontaneous photo sharing app, BeReal differentiates itself from other social apps by inviting us to connect with our friends, not a wider audience. There’s no such thing as a BeReal influencer or celebrity, and […]

Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its inventory financing offering in Kenya

August 21, 2023
Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing inventory financing to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $11.2 million debt-equity funding in a pre-Series A round led by Beyond Capital Ventures and Variant Investments. Founders Factory Africa, AAIC Investment, Google Black Founders Fund, and existing investor Launch Africa also participated in the round. This brings total debt-equity […]