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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps
24 Apr 2026, 2:17 pm by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known to sell this type of software.
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event
24 Apr 2026, 2:00 pm by TechCrunch Events
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.
Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
24 Apr 2026, 1:41 pm by Ivan Mehta
Nothing’s new on-device dictation tool supports over 100 languages.
DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
24 Apr 2026, 1:30 pm by Ram Iyer
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost “closed the gap” with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
24 Apr 2026, 12:00 pm by Julie Bort
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon’s homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.
Porsche is adding an all-electric Cayenne coupe to its lineup
24 Apr 2026, 4:01 am by Kirsten Korosec
Porsche will start selling the Cayenne Coupe Electric in late summer.
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
24 Apr 2026, 12:11 am by Marina Temkin
The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive, and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
