April 23, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say: The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world. Read More

India's app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains: Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers. Read More

Tesla drops Musk's $29B 'interim' award after Delaware court restored larger pay package: The company is following through on its promise to not let Musk "double dip" if he won his appeal to restore Tesla's 2018 compensation package, worth $56 billion. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident: TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident. Read More

Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco: StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30. Read More

Vercel says some of its customers' data was stolen prior to its recent hack: The app and website hosting company has found evidence of a second compromise of customer accounts after expanding its initial investigation following a breach in early April. Read More

Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls: Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more. Read More

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern: Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system. Read More

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