Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork

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View this email online in your browser  January 30, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork: The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes." Read More Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands: Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold. Read More SpaceX's IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime: To unpack what SpaceX's IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today's pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies. Read More Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! A message from Antigravity Antigravity A1: Sees in Every Direction The world's first 360 drone, offering a flight experience like no other. One flight, infinite angles, total immersion. Available nationwide across major channels. From Jan 26 to Feb 9, enjoy 15% off all A1 bundles. Check out A1 Afternoon Must-Reads Elon Musk's SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI in talks to merge, according to reports: This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation. Read More Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a 'personal hacker': The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unnamed central African government, the U.K., and the United States. Read More Russian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says: The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords. Read More Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI: If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy. Read More The iPhone just had its best quarter ever: Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever. Read More A message from TechCrunch Events Disrupt 2026: +1 pass 50% off ends tonight Save 50% on a +1 ticket — offer ends tonight or when the first 500 passes are gone! Lock in Disrupt tickets at Super Early Bird pricing now and join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators Oct 13–15 in San Francisco for curated networking, 250+ speakers, 200+ sessions, and 300+ startup demos. Register Now You missed these chats from Disrupt: Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens. Watch on Cheddar.com Watch on Streaming Last but Not Least Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump: Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

The iPhone just had its best quarter ever

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View this email online in your browser  January 30, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 The iPhone just had its best quarter ever: Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever. Read More How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short: The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets. Read More Guys, I don't think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI: One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you. Read More Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! A message from PulpaTronics What if we turned paper into conductive circuits? PulpaTronics offers fully recyclable, metal-free RFID tags for inventory tracking. Unlike 45 billion single-use tags made with metal antennas, we transform paper into conductive circuits to cut CO2 emissions by 60% and costs by 30%. We're fundraising to scale up manufacturing. Join us so we can help you achieve your ESG goals and better margins. Learn More Morning Must-Reads Elon Musk's SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI in talks to merge, according to reports: This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation. Read More Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up: Q.ai is an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments. Read More I built marshmallow castles in Google's new AI-world generator: Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google's latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini.  Read More Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI: If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy. Read More Microsoft won't stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says : Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more. Read More A message from TechCrunch Events Disrupt 2026: +1 pass 50% off ends tonight Save 50% on a +1 ticket — offer ends tonight or when the first 500 passes are gone! Lock in Disrupt tickets at Super Early Bird pricing now and join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators Oct 13–15 in San Francisco for curated networking, 250+ speakers, 200+ sessions, and 300+ startup demos. Register Now You missed these chats from Disrupt: Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens. Watch on Cheddar.com Watch on Streaming Last but Not Least Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft's Copilot AI a lot  : With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107