TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says TechCrunch By: Aisha Malik 18 August 2026 at 22:03 If rolled out, the feature would use the social media serviceβs TikTok Pay offering, which is already available in Southeast Asia for TikTok Shop purchases.
Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch TechCrunch By: Zack Whittaker 18 August 2026 at 18:39 A new feature added to Comcast's newest routers can detect if there is motion inside your home without needing traditional motion sensors.
Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack TechCrunch By: Zack Whittaker 18 August 2026 at 17:59 This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.
Appleβs new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 18 August 2026 at 15:28 A video in a macOS Tahoe release candidate version shows a user wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and talking to Siri.
Daniel Ekβs body-scanning startup Neko HealthΒ opens first US office, in New York TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 18 August 2026 at 15:00 The scanning and bloodwork health startup founded by Spotify's founder will officially launch in New York in about a month.
Anthropicβs annualized revenue surges to $65B TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 18 August 2026 at 01:56 The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B TechCrunch By: Dominic-Madori Davis 17 August 2026 at 21:04 Higgsfield, founded by former Snap exec Alex Mashrabov, lets users create AI images and videos.