April 14, 2026

Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows: Google is adding “Skills” to Chrome, letting users save and reuse AI prompts across websites. The feature builds on Gemini’s browser integration. Read More

How the rewards app Freecash scammed its way to the top of the app stores: Freecash was removed from Apple's App Store after TechCrunch reached out for comment. Read More

Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites: Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner. Read More

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Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz: Amazon on Tuesday agreed to buy satellite company Globalstar, known for powering Apple's "Emergency SOS" feature, for $11.57 billion in cash. Read More

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z: Pillar hopes to offer sophisticated, institutional-grade tools to small and medium-sized enterprises. "Our goal is to make hedging as accessible and ubiquitous as payments or accounting software," he said. Read More

How vibe-coding app Anything is rebuilding after getting booted from the App Store twice: Anything is planning to launch a desktop companion app to aid mobile app development after its App Store removal. Read More

Lucid Motors names new CEO, lands more money from Uber and Saudis: The search for a new CEO, which lasted over a year following the sudden resignation of Peter Rawlinson, is finally over. Read More

Tesla adds 'streaks,' other stats to track how often drivers use Full Self-Driving software: Tesla has also made it easy to subscribe to the advanced driver assistance system. Read More

StrictlyVC kicks off the series in SF on April 30. Be in the room for unfiltered fireside chats on fundraising and AI accuracy with industry leaders like Forum AI founder Campbell Brown, Replit co-founder Amjad Masad, and more. Make high-value connections that actually move the needle. Tickets are limited.

AI datacenter startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report: Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic. Read More

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