Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! It’s been a minute, folks! As you might recall, the newsletter took a little holiday break. We’re back and well into 2026. And a lot has happened … Read more
HBO We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. HBO has maintained its status as a premier platform in premium cable networks and prestige television overall for decades. The best HBO original series of all time rank among the best television shows ever produced and … Read more
Microsoft has identified issues upon installing the January 2026 Windows security update. To address these issues, an out-of-band (OOB) update was released today, January 17, 2026. – Connection and authentication failures in remote connection applications: This issue affects multiple platforms including Windows 11, version 25H2; Windows 10, version 22H2 ESU; and Windows Server 2025. See … Read more
AMC When “Breaking Bad” was at its peak, everyone wanted a piece of that AMC pie, including Marvel Cinematic Universe legend Samuel L. Jackson. While the Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” might have hampered the MCU more than helped it, Jackson’s Nick Fury played a significant part within the most successful … Read more
The weather in Las Vegas wasn’t looking good. The plan had been that each employee of YC-backed Bucket Robotics would carry parts of their booth in their luggage to the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. But CEO and founder Matt Puchalski didn’t want to take the chance that one (or all) of their flights would be delayed. So he rented a Hyundai Santa Fe and packed it up. “It was… it was tight,” he said with a laugh on the show floor. … Read more
European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane delivered a warning that most markets treated as European housekeeping: the ECB can stay on its easing path for now, but a Federal Reserve “tussle” over mandate independence could destabilize global markets through higher US term premiums and a reassessment of the dollar’s role. Lane’s framing matters because … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chaotic defection of Robert Jenrick, a pretender to the Conservative Party leadership, to Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK opens a battle for the future of the right in British politics. For the struggling Conservatives … Read more
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains key plot points from the season two finale of Paramount+‘s Landman. Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris is once again faced with coyotes in the season two finale of Landman. Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace dug into all of the topics you’d expect in the second season of their Paramount+ drama: … Read more
When Sea NY launched in New York back in 2006, the world was on the cusp of a digital revolution. A new social networking site, TheFacebook, had been launched two years prior by an unknown Harvard undergrad – in the same year, e-commerce platform Net-a-Porter turned a profit for the first time. A year later, … Read more
If you’re at all concerned about privacy, the rise of AI personal assistants can feel alarming. It’s difficult to use one without sharing personal information, which is retained by the model’s parent company. With OpenAI already testing advertising, it’s easy to imagine the same data collection that fuels Facebook and Google creeping into your chatbot … Read more