February 03, 2026

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Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics: The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations. Read More

The Minneapolis tech community holds strong during 'tense and difficult time': Founders and investors in the Minneapolis tech industry told TechCrunch they've put much of their work on hold to help out their community. Read More

Skyryse lands another $300M to make flying, even helicopters, simple and safe: Skyrsye, now valued at $1.15 billion, is pushing to get FAA certification for its universal operating system for flight. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Intel will start making GPUs, a market dominated by Nvidia : Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs. Read More

French police search X office in Paris, summon Elon Musk for questioning: The Paris prosecutor's office announced that it is expanding a criminal investigation into X for alleged crimes, including the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material. Read More

PayPal hires HP's Enrique Lores as its new CEO: PayPal is appointing CFO and COO Jamie Miller as interim CEO until March 1. Read More

Fitbit founders launch AI platform to help families monitor their health: Luffu uses AI in the background to gather and organize family information, learn day-to-day patterns, and flag notable changes so families can stay aligned and address potential well-being issues. Read More

Lotus Health nabs $35M for AI doctor that sees patients for free: This AI doctor is licensed in all 50 states, the startup says. The deal was led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Agentic coding comes to Apple's Xcode with agents from Anthropic and OpenAI: Xcode 26.3 offers agentic coding capabilities with Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex. Read More