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Hilary Ong

Hello, from one tech geek to another. Not your beloved TechCrunch writer, but a writer with an avid interest in the fast-paced tech scenes and all the latest tech mojo. I bring with me a unique take towards tech with a honed applied psychology perspective to make tech news digestible. In other words, I deliver tech news that is easy to read.
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Anthropic Debuts Claude AI Agent Built for Chrome

Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is launching a research preview of its new browser-based AI agent, Claude for Chrome. The test rollout will be available to 1,000 subscribers on the…

Legal Battle Begins as 4chan Takes Ofcom to U.S. Court

Lawyers for online forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., seeking to block the UK communications regulator Ofcom from enforcing the Online Safety Act against…

HSBC Restores Services After App and Online Banking Outage

HSBC says it has resolved an issue that left customers in the UK unable to access its online banking services or mobile app on Wednesday. The disruption began at around…

Google Risks Losing $26B Search Deals, But Analysts See Boost for AI Push

A federal judge is expected to issue a decision soon that could reshape one of Silicon Valley’s most profitable arrangements: Google’s default search contracts. These deals generate over $26 billion…

Coinbase CEO Defends Firing Engineers Who Hesitated to Adopt AI

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed that several engineers were dismissed after refusing to adopt AI coding assistants, despite the company purchasing enterprise licenses for GitHub Copilot and Cursor. Speaking on…

Fed Pushes Back on Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook, Citing ‘Cause’ Requirement

The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it would follow any court decision on whether President Donald Trump has the authority to remove Governor Lisa Cook from the Board of Governors. A…

IBM and AMD Turn to Quantum as They Trail in Generative AI

IBM and AMD have announced a strategic collaboration to develop new computing architectures that merge IBM’s quantum systems with AMD’s chips specialized in artificial intelligence. The partnership is designed to…

Trump Suggests Some Americans Want a Dictator — Including His Own Supporters

President Donald Trump on Monday rejected accusations that he wants to be a dictator. “And they say … ‘He’s a dictator. He’s a dictator,’” Trump said of his critics. “A…

Intel Warns Trump Deal Poses Risks to Shareholders and Global Sales

Intel has warned of potential “adverse reactions” from investors, employees, and international partners following the Trump administration’s decision to take a 10% stake in the company. In a Securities and…

Galaxy S26 Ultra Leaks Leave Samsung Fans Underwhelmed

Samsung is still months away from officially unveiling the Galaxy S26 lineup at its expected February Galaxy Unpacked event, but leaks are already surfacing — and not all of them…

YouTube Rolls Out ‘Hype’ Globally to Help Smaller Creators Grow

YouTube’s “Hype” feature — a tool designed to help fans boost visibility for their favorite creators — is now launching worldwide, the company said Tuesday. First introduced in 2024 at…

Parents File Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Blame ChatGPT in Son’s Death

The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine are filing the first known wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, according to a report by The New York Times. Raine died by suicide after…

Report Says Meta Leveraged National PTA to Highlight Child Safety Campaigns

Since losing her 15-year-old son Riley to suicide after a sextortion scheme through Meta’s Messenger app, Mary Rodee has been calling for stronger online protections. She blames Meta directly: “They…

Spotify Rolls Out Messaging to Boost Social Features

Spotify on Tuesday introduced a messaging feature that lets users chat with friends directly inside the app. The move is designed to keep conversations and shared content in one place,…

Trump Urges Supreme Court to Halt Billions in Foreign Aid

The Trump administration on Tuesday filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a dispute over billions of dollars in foreign aid. The Justice Department warned that…

Apple Could Mark iPhone’s 20th Anniversary With Curved Glass Design

Apple made headlines in 2017 when it introduced the iPhone X — its first all-screen device with a notch and no physical home button. Now, ten years later, the company…

No Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting Planned, Russian Official Says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a new interview that no summit between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is currently planned, despite President Donald Trump’s calls…

Microsoft Copilot Brings AI Playcalling and Live Data Analysis to NFL Games

Microsoft and the National Football League (NFL) have renewed their long-standing partnership, expanding the deal to introduce Copilot AI into the league’s technology ecosystem. For more than a decade, Microsoft…

Google Warns Fox Channels May Leave YouTube TV Without New Deal

YouTube TV announced Monday that it may drop major Fox channels — including Fox Broadcast Network, Fox News, and Fox Sports — if it fails to reach a new distribution…

Musk’s xAI Sues Apple, OpenAI Over Alleged Anticompetitive Practices Harming X and Grok

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI filed a lawsuit on Monday against Apple and OpenAI, accusing both companies of colluding to stifle competition in artificial intelligence. The case, filed in the…