Google pitches Gemini to students studying for India’s most competitive college entrance exam
Google’s launch of practice tests for JEE follows its recent move to offer full-length SAT practice tests in Gemini.
Moltbook was peak AI theater
For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots. As the website’s tagline puts it: “Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.” We observed! Launched on January 28 by Matt Schlicht,…
Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan
Users can describe their edits in natural language to modify an image.
India’s Shadowfax slips on listing, as client concentration spooks investors
Shadowfax shares fell about 9% on theirdebut, valuing the logistics firm near its last private valuation.
What you should know about the owners of US TikTok
ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to separate U.S. TikTok from its Chinese parent, addressing concerns about data privacy and foreign control. The move came after years of pressure from lawmakers, who feared the Chinese government’s potential access to Americans’ data. […]
Everything you need to know about viral personal AI assistant Clawdbot (now Moltbot)
Personal AI assistant Moltbot —formerly Clawdbot — has gone viral in a matter of weeks. But there’s more you should know before jumping on the bandwagon.
Fashion rental app By Rotation and Uber partner to help deliver ski clothing
By Rotation, one of the UK’s most popular peer-to-peer fashion rental platforms, is partnering with Uber to deliver ski clothes.
Anduril has invented a wild new drone flying contest where jobs are the prize
This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey, he tells TechCrunch.
Bluesky teases 2026 roadmap: a better Discover feed, real-time features and more
Bluesky is teasing new features and improvements ranging from the Discover feed to video support.
Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B
Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation, according to reports.
Amazon agrees to pay consumers $309M in returns policy settlement
The lawsuit, filed in 2023, alleged that Amazon caused “substantial unjustified monetary losses” for consumers who returned an item but were still charged for it.