Every few months, it seems, we get another story that makes us do a double-take. A city councilor in Maine turns out to have an extensive criminal history. A congressman fabricated essentially his entire resume. A school board member lied about their credentials. And we’re left asking the same question: How did nobody check this? The latest example comes from...
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Are Food Companies Designing Products to Fight Weight Loss Drugs?
Are Food Companies Designing Products to Fight Weight Loss Drugs? A new frontier in the battle between Big Food and Big Pharma raises uncomfortable questions about consumer choice There’s something darkly ironic happening in America’s kitchens right now. Just as millions of people are turning to medications like Ozempic and Wegovy to curb their appetites and lose weight, whispers are...
America’s Oldest Foreign Policy Playbook Is Making a Comeback—Here’s Why That Matters
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- Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI securityby Rebecca Bellan on January 19, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Misaligned agents are just […]
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The metaverse is on its last […]
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How Did They Get Here? The Curious Case of America’s Unvetted Elected Officials
Every few months, it seems, we get another story that makes us do a double-take. A city councilor in Maine...
Are Food Companies Designing Products to Fight Weight Loss Drugs?
Are Food Companies Designing Products to Fight Weight Loss Drugs? A new frontier in the battle between Big Food and...
America’s Oldest Foreign Policy Playbook Is Making a Comeback—Here’s Why That Matters
America’s Oldest Foreign Policy Playbook Is Making a Comeback—Here’s Why That Matters By Dominick Calabro, Editor-in-ChiefNexfinityNews.com You probably haven’t thought...
The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions
The Unelected Empire: How NGOs Became the World’s Most Powerful Unaccountable Institutions Something strange has happened over the last few...
The Uncomfortable Truth About Genocide: Why We Only Remember Some Mass Atrocities
The Uncomfortable Truth About Genocide: Why We Only Remember Some Mass Atrocities We all know about the Holocaust. It’s taught...
The Simple Fix to America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis
The Simple Fix to America’s Healthcare Affordability Crisis We’ve overcomplicated healthcare in America. What started as a system meant to...
How Fraud and Illegal Immigration Hit Your Wallet: The Hidden Costs of America’s Broken Border
The bill for our broken immigration system isn’t just landing on the desks of federal bureaucrats—it’s showing up in your...
The Great Under-16 Disconnect: Are Social Media Bans the Answer—or Just Good Business for Big Tech?
The Great Under-16 Disconnect: Are Social Media Bans the Answer—or Just Good Business for Big Tech? There’s something unprecedented happening...
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- Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI securityby Rebecca Bellan on January 19, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Misaligned agents are just one layer of the AI security challenge that startup Witness AI is trying to solve. It detects employee use of unapproved […]
- Well, there goes the metaverse!by Sarah Perez on January 19, 2026 at 4:00 pm
The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.
- BioticsAI, which won Disrupt’s Battlefield competition in 2023, gains FDA approval for its AI-powered fetal ultrasound product by Dominic-Madori Davis on January 19, 2026 at 3:00 pm
TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, BioticsAI, announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect […]
- Looking ahead to 2026: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200by Isabelle Johannessen on January 19, 2026 at 3:00 pm
See what to expect for Startup Battlefield 200 in 2026, the ultimate startup pitch competition on the global stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Join the […]
- Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FTby Connie Loizos on January 18, 2026 at 10:15 pm
Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. […]
- TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machineby Kirsten Korosec on January 18, 2026 at 5:05 pm
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”
- Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data showsby Sarah Perez on January 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces […]
- How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CESby Sean O'Kane on January 18, 2026 at 4:10 pm
Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising and striking commercial deals.
- Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPTby Russell Brandom on January 18, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can't be used for training or advertising.
- Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)by Connie Loizos on January 18, 2026 at 1:17 am
As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own.
- Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking aboutby Connie Loizos on January 17, 2026 at 10:45 pm
While it's easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth […]
- Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the gridby Tim De Chant on January 17, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior's […]