Apple acquires all rights to ‘Severance’ and will produce future seasons in-house | TechCrunch

Apple has become the first to acquire the intellectual property and all rights to the popular series ‘Severance’ from its original studio, Fifth Season. reported by Deadline. Under the deal, which was worth just under $70 million, Apple’s in-house studio will produce future seasons of the show. The fifth season remains executive produced. The deal […]

Taiwan to invest $250 billion in US semiconductor production | TechCrunch

The Trump administration signed a landmark multi-billion dollar trade deal with Taiwan aimed at helping the United States boost domestic semiconductor production. Under the deal announced by the US Commerce Department on Thursday, Taiwanese semiconductor and technology companies have agreed to make direct investments of $250 billion in the US semiconductor industry. These investments will […]

Wearable health devices could generate one million tons of electronic waste by 2050 | TechCrunch

This week in Las Vegas at CES 2026, tech companies are unveiling the latest wearable health devices: glucose monitors, blood pressure monitors, fitness trackers. Probably not During the show, it was mentioned that these gadgets could cause a huge environmental problem. It’s not something that gets a lot of attention, but a new study from […]

ServiceNow to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Armis for $7.75 Billion | TechCrunch

Enterprise software company ServiceNow agreed to acquire nine-year-old cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. The deal represents a huge valuation jump for the company. Just last month, Armis raised a $435 million pre-IPO funding round, valuing the company at $6.1 billion. Armis co-founder and CEO Yevgeny Dibrov had told TechCrunch last month that […]

John Carreyrou and other authors file new lawsuit against six major AI companies | TechCrunch

A group of writers, including Theranos whistleblower and ‘Bad Blood’ author John Carreyrou, are filing a lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI and Perplexity, accusing the companies of training their models on pirated copies of their books. If this sounds familiar, that’s because another group of authors has already filed a class action lawsuit […]