Airbnb has taken its time to launch AI features within the app, but CEO Brian Chesky on Friday said the company is now planning to bake in features powered by large language models that would help users search for listings, plan their trips, and aid hosts in managing their properties. Speaking at the company’s fourth-quarter conference call, Chesky said the …

Two matches, two losses and their qualification hopes hanging by a thread – that sums up the situation for both Ireland and Oman at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. With a place in the Super Eight now looking unlikely, both teams are left trying to convince themselves that their performances have been better than the results suggest. Oman, in …

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it’s preparing to roll out the feature globally. If successful, the company believes that in a year’s time, more than 30% of its total customer support tickets will be handled by AI voice and chat in all the languages …

Cynthia Tee. (LinkedIn Photo) — Cynthia Tee has left Smartsheet, where she was chief technology officer at the work management software giant. Tee was CTO since February 2025; before that she was senior vice president of engineering for nearly four years. The Bellevue-based company has not publicly announced Tee’s departure or named a replacement. A spokesperson said via email: “We …

Killing Satoshi, an upcoming biopic about the elusive creator of Bitcoin, will reportedly rely heavily on artificial intelligence to generate locations and adjust actors’ performances, Variety reports. The film was announced in 2025 as being directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, The Edge of Tomorrow) and starring Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson in undisclosed roles, but its connection to …

Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, confirmed it experienced a data breach. On Friday, Figure spokesperson Alethea Jadick told TechCrunch in a statement that the breach originated when an employee was tricked with a social engineering attack that allowed the hackers to steal “a limited number of files.” The statement said the company is “with partners and those impacted,” and …

AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignment team to the firing of a policy exec who opposed its “adult mode” feature.  Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig …

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Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the message, the Japanese company said that “an unauthorized party gained access to the professional email account of one of our employees,” which gave the hacker access to the contents of the employee’s inbox. This access potentially allowed the hacker …

NordVPN is having a big sale on its two-year plans right now. The Complete tier, for example is 70 percent off, bringing the price of 24 months down to just $130. NordVPN regularly appears on Engadget’s list of the best VPN services thanks to its wide server network, strong security tools and consistent performance across devices. NordVPN’s latest promotion puts …

An upcoming update to Steam includes a helpful improvement to game reviews. As part of the Steam Client Beta update Valve released on February 12, users will now be able to attach information about their hardware specifications when they post a new game review or update an old one. It’s not uncommon to find negative reviews that complain about a …

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The opening keynote presentation at the 2017 Global Washington conference. (Megan Swann / Global Washington Photos) The nonprofit Global Washington announced on Friday it’s closing after 16 years of supporting philanthropy, technology, businesses and academics working in global development. The Seattle-based group includes more than 160 member organizations and individuals. GlobalWA has organized numerous events each year, including conferences and …

Ring is cancelling a partnership with Flock Safety that would have allowed law enforcement using Flock’s system to request footage from Ring camera owners for voluntary sharing through the Ring Neighbors app. (Ring Photo) Amazon-owned Ring has canceled its planned partnership with Flock Safety, the license-plate-recognition company, amid broader scrutiny of the potential for home security cameras to be used …

Prime Minister Shehbaz extended his felicitations to the people of Bangladesh on the successful conduct of the polls. Web Desk February 13, 2026 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone conversation with Tarique Rahman, chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and congratulated him on his party’s landmark victory in Bangladesh’s general elections. According to an official statement issued …