February 16, 2026

The Download: unraveling a death threat mystery, and AI voice recreation for musicians

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. Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake. In April 2024, a mysterious someone using the online handles “Waifu” and “Judische” began posting death threats on Telegram and Discord channels aimed…

This week in robotics: Amazon’s iRobot deal hits an EU snag as new funding keeps hot drone summer rolling

July 15, 2023

This week brought in good news for the robotics space in the form of new investment for nascent companies, but two established players within the space hit a snag. Amazon’s potential $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which had previously been approved by the U.K.’s antitrust regulators, is now getting an extensive review by the European […]

This week in robotics: Amazon’s iRobot deal hits an EU snag as new funding keeps hot drone summer rolling by Alyssa Stringer originally published on TechCrunch

Colleen Ballinger’s toxic gossip train won’t stop chugging on

July 14, 2023

The YouTuber apology video is an art form. A penitent creator must be remorseful, but not theatrical. Concise, but not rehearsed. Honest, but not defensive. Above all, an apology video cannot be memeable, or it’ll never be taken seriously.  Colleen Ballinger’s apology saga, however, will be one of the most memorable in YouTube history because […]

Colleen Ballinger’s toxic gossip train won’t stop chugging on by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch

First Amendment org challenges restrictions on TikTok at Texas universities

July 14, 2023

Through a new lawsuit, a free speech group and research coalition that studies technology’s effect on society are pushing back against a ban on TikTok affecting government devices in the state of Texas. In the lawsuit, filed by Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute on behalf of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, the allied […]

First Amendment org challenges restrictions on TikTok at Texas universities by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch