With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI In Brief Posted: 5:47 PM PDT · March 24, 2026 Image Credits:Handout / Handout / Getty Images Kleiner Perkins, the prominent U.S. venture firm, announced on Tuesday that it raised $3.5 billion in fresh capital across two funds, a significant increase from the firm’s $2...

ICE says it bought Paragon’s spyware to use in drug trafficking cases The acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that it has bought and used spyware made by Paragon Solutions in drug trafficking cases, according to a letter seen by TechCrunch. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons wrote in the letter to three congresspeople that he approved the agency’s criminal...

A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals Security researchers have identified a suite of powerful hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones running older software that they say has passed from a government customer into the hands of cybercriminals. Google said Tuesday that it first identified the exploit kit, dubbed Coruna, in February 2025...

The new GST breaks are a bad idea that we'll all pay for in the endArticle contentImportantly, to address the inherently regressive nature of consumption taxes that can hit lower-income households harder, the GST included carefully crafted exemptions and zero-rated items for basic living essentials such as groceries, residential rents, health and dental, financial services and other...

The leaderboard “you can’t game,” funded by the companies it ranks Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches,...