January 28, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees: This is Amazon's second layoff after the company cut 14,000 corporate jobs in October. Read More

The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down: ASML's record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers. Read More

Anthropic, Apple, OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump: Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message. Read More

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Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber: Waabi has secured a $750 million Series C round to accelerate autonomous trucking, and another roughly $250 million commitment from Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis exclusively on its platform. Read More

Snap gets serious about Specs, spins AR glasses into standalone company: The social media company's smartglasses are set to be released to the public later this year. Read More

Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan: Users can describe their edits in natural language to modify an image. Read More

Trump's acting cybersecurity chief uploaded sensitive government docs to ChatGPT: A report cited officials as saying that Homeland Security sought to determine if there was any harm to government security as a result of the lapse. Read More

Redwood attracts Google for its $425M Series E as AI power needs rise: Google is the latest investor to back Redwood Materials as the battery recycling startup scales a new energy storage venture to power AI data centers and other industrial sites. Read More

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LinkedIn will let you show off your vibe coding chops with a certificate: LinkedIn is partnering with Descript, Lovable, Replit, and Relay.app at launch Read More