April 23, 2026

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say: The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world. Read More

Tesla drops Musk's $29B 'interim' award after Delaware court restored larger pay package: The company is following through on its promise to not let Musk "double dip" if he won his appeal to restore Tesla's 2018 compensation package, worth $56 billion. Read More

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern: Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system. Read More

Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum.

Investors don’t just listen to what you say - they look at how your company operates. Is ownership clear? Do your numbers match your story? Can you answer follow-up questions without digging through spreadsheets? The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips founders with the materials investors expect to see, before pressure is on. Because confidence in the room doesn’t come from slides. It comes from preparation. 

Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident: TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident. Read More

India's app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains: Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers. Read More

Tesla just increased its spending plan to $25B — here's where the money is going: Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year. Read More

Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI: Topics can range from "School," "Entertainment," and "Lifestyle" to "Travel," "Writing," and "Health and Wellbeing," among others, Meta says. Read More

AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch: Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack. Read More

StrictlyVC kicks off the event series in SF next week. Join unfiltered fireside chats on fundraising, what it takes to build a physical AI breakthrough, and more with industry leaders like Eclipse Ventures co-founder Lior Susan, Replit co-founder Amjad Masad, and more. Make high-value connections that actually move the needle. Tickets are limited.

WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags: WhatsApp is rolling out prepaid phone recharges to its 500 million users in India via PayU. Read More

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