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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people
24 Feb 2026, 2:09 pm by Zack Whittaker
The number of people affected by a data breach at government contractor giant Conduent is growing, as millions of people continue to receive notices warning them that hackers stole their personal data.
Waymo robotaxis are now operating in 10 US cities
24 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Kirsten Korosec
Waymo launched services today in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando.
New Relic launches new AI agent platform and OpenTelemetry tools
24 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Rebecca Szkutak
New Relic is giving enterprises more observability tools, letting them create and manage AI agents, and better integrate OTel data streams.
It’s time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids
24 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Tim De Chant
Plug-in hybrid vehicles are rarely charged, according to a new study. Why are automakers still producing them?
Mogul says it has tracked $1.5B in music royalties, raised $5M in funding
24 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Ivan Mehta
Mogul, which helps artists track royalties and value their catalogs, raised $5 million in a round led by the Yamaha Music Innovations Fund.
Nimble raises $47M to give AI agents access to real-time web data
24 Feb 2026, 1:00 pm by Ram Iyer
Nimble uses AI agents to search the web, verify and validate the results, and then clean and structure the information into neat tables that can then be queried like a database.
Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing
24 Feb 2026, 7:39 am by Ivan Mehta
With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement.
Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments
24 Feb 2026, 5:30 am by Jagmeet Singh
Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow’s $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million.
A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inboxÂ
24 Feb 2026, 12:57 am by Julie Bort
The viral X post from an AI security researcher reads like satire. But it’s really a word of warning about what can go wrong when handing tasks to an AI agent.
Tesla’s battle with the California Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t over after all
24 Feb 2026, 12:36 am by Kirsten Korosec
Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the California DMV in the ongoing battle around Autopilot.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
