A homicide investigation has rocked the final days of Burning Man after a man was found dead “lying in a pool of blood” Saturday night at the Nevada desert festival, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. According to the New York Times, the grim discovery occurred around 9:14 p.m. just as the festival’s iconic […]
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The U.K. recently started enforcing new age-check rules, and The Washington Post reports that it’s already having a significant effect on traffic to porn sites.
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Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is the latest to criticize Mubi for taking money from Sequoia.
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FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson appears to be pursuing conservative complaints over Gmail's spam filters.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Nearly 40% of Nvidia’s second quarter revenue came from just two companies, identified in a filing as "Customer A" and "Customer B."
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Taco Bell has apparently rolled out voice AI-powered ordering at more than 500 drive-throughs, leading to unflattering viral moments like someone ordering 18,000 water cups in order to “bypass” the AI and get connected to a human server.
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Here is a timeline of the events that led fledgling automaker Fisker to file for bankruptcy.
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Two months after making a $14.3B investment in Scale AI, Meta is relying heavily on its competitors to train next generation AI models.
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A spyware vendor was behind a recent campaign that abused a vulnerability in WhatsApp to deliver an exploit capable of hacking into iPhones and Macs.
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After a bombshell report on Meta allowing its AI chatbots to have sensual chats with minors, the company is updating its policies.
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Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.
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Henrik Fisker, the founder of failed EV startup Fisker Inc., and his wife Geeta quietly wound down a private charitable foundation established in late 2021 that was supposed to “incubate innovation in healthcare, education, sustainability, mobility, and all causes that help support the planet and improve and further the lives of people and animals.” A […]
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised nearly $3 billion to commercialize its fusion power plant. It hopes to send electricity to the grid in the early 2030s.
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Fans accused Will Smith of sharing AI-generated videos from his tour, but the situation is more complicated than it seems.
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Bluesky says it would block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with the new age verification law.
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Companies canceled $5 billion worth of clean tech manufacturing projects in the U.S. in Q2, mirroring a pullback in the broader manufacturing sector.
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With this new feature, users can attach a block of text to a post instead of creating a thread of several different posts when looking to share more in-depth thoughts and ideas.
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Fans are accusing Will Smith of sharing an AI-generated video from his tour, but the truth isn't that simple.
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MathGPT, an AI tutor and teaching assistant that helps students learn, expands to over 50 institutions
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Maisa AI is built on the premise that enterprise automation requires accountable AI agents, not opaque black boxes.
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TransBnk has raised $25 million in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners to India's digitize corporate banking.
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The report, in its fifth iteration, showcases two and a half years of data about consumers' evolving use of AI products.
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Stonelake, who worked at Meta from 2009 until being laid off in early 2024, filed the suit against Meta in Washington state earlier this year, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation.
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Chipolo debuts a lineup of rechargeable trackers to compete with AirTag and others.
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Pixel devices have always been a reflection of how Google sees Android, as well as a platform to showcase its own apps and technology advances. In the current era, this vision encompasses Google’s consumer AI suite. Google wants Pixel owners to live and breathe Google AI in all aspects of their lives through the new […]
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We’re thrilled to unveil the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 — TechCrunch’s annual, handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world.
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Seven years after unveiling Mirror at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018, Brynn Putnam is returning to the stage where it all began.
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Google is launching a free consumer version of its video editor Vids that will be available without any AI-powered features.
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Terraton sees promise in biochar, but the technology has struggled to scale. The startup thinks a franchise model could be what unlocks biochar's potential.
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The startup, now valued at $750 million, is one of three that recently raised funding to use AI agents for helping healthcare practices answer patient calls.
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SpaceX notched some new wins with the tenth Starship test flight.
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Alphabet's life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure takes center stage.
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Intel doesn't need cash. Instead, the struggling semiconductor giant needs to figure out how to drum up interest for its foundry business.
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Libby launches "Inspire Me," a genAI feature that helps its users find books to borrow from local libraries.
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Meta's new PAC, dubbed Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, signals an intent to influence statewide elections, including the next governor’s race in 2026.
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The Social Security Administration's chief data officer has publicly blown the whistle, alleging DOGE put hundreds of millions of Social Security records at risk of compromise by uploading a critical government database of citizen's data to Amazon's cloud.
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After reviewing thousands of groundbreaking applications from around the globe, we're just one day away from announcing the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200.
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Apple said today that it is holding its event for the iPhone 17 on Tuesday, September 9 — just like last year. The company has started sending invites for the event, which will be held at the Steve Jobs theatre in Cupertino and will start at 10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET. While the company is […]
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Translate is also getting new live capabilities to make it easier to communicate in real-time with a person speaking a different language.
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Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability.
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Bounce publicly debuts a tool that will let you move your account between open social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon.
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NotebookLM’s Video Overviews now supports 80 languages, including French and Spanish.
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According to Musk, Apple and OpenAI are colluding to stifle competition from other AI companies.
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Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability, including models’ habit of praising and affirming the user’s question (often called sycophancy), issue constant follow-up questions, and use of “I,” “me” and “you” pronouns.
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The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we’re adding more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions, and help crown this year’s $100,000 champion at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West.
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The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series A funding, helps workers find full-time and side gigs while offering financial solutions
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In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised concerns about the law's broad scope and privacy implications.
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Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.”
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This is Netflix's first time winning the domestic box office.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for news, analysis, and scoops around the future of transportation.
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From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what to expect from this year's Apple event.
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Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available on the open source platform Hugging Face.
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OpenAI isn't the only AI company looking to crack down on SPVs.
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The former Adept CEO said he hopes to be "remembered more as "an AI research innovator" than a "a deal structure innovator."
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While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.
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Apple promised a major revamp to Siri, but the company's AI capabilities have lagged behind competitors.
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Y Combinator is asking the court to deny Apple’s appeal.
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The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full -- something Oway wants to change with its 'ride-share for freight' software.
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OpenAI has started hiring in India as it looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing South Asian tech market.
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OpenAI says that Elon Musk met with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss a $97 billion takeover bid of the ChatGPT-maker.
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In an era of extended exit timelines, slowed distributions, and increasingly selective LPs, the conversations behind closed doors matter more than ever.
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General Fusion pleaded for new funding in May after it laid off 25% of its staff. The new round buys it precious months to pursue its scientific milestones.
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As AI chatbots surge in popularity, Mustafa Suleyman argues that it's dangerous to consider how these systems could be conscious.
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The updated price is effective for new customers starting Thursday, and will affect current subscribers 30 days after their next renewal date.
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Now, if a creator is telling a story in a series of videos and follow-ups, they can now link them all together so that viewers don't have to scroll or search for different parts.
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YouTube Music is rolling out taste match playlists, comments, badges and more.
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The integration positions Anthropic to better compete with command-line tools from Google and GitHub, both of which included enterprise integrations on launch.
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Dive into what we can expect from the Made by Google 2025 event, where the tech giant will debut its Pixel 10 lineup.
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Google is improving the base Pixel offering by introducing a three rear camera system to the Pixel 10.
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The phone's new gearless hinge allows for a larger outer display with smaller bezels, and the hinge is two times more durable than the one of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
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After developing a facial recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.
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The round, which pushes Databricks' valuation to $100B, was co-led by Insight Partners and Thrive. CEO Ali Ghodsi says he's found an enormous untapped AI agent market to spend the funds.
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The new feature, which is available in any market where Meta AI is available, allows creators to translate content into other languages for a broader audience.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 lands in San Francisco from October 27–29, and the Expo Hall is already packed with early adopters, startup scouts, and enterprise buyers looking to discover what’s next. If you’re not there to show off your product, your competitors will be — and they’ll be closing deals that could’ve been yours. There’s still […]
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The Indian government plans to ban real-money games — whether skill- or chance-based — under its proposed online gaming regulation.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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This plan will offer 10x more messages and image generation than the free tier, among other benefits.
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Softbank will pay $23 per share for Intel common stock.
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X is struggling on Android with installs down by 49% year-over-year as of June 2025
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What makes Focus Friend different is that it assigns you a new friend: a little bean.
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Substack's iOS app rolls out support for web-based payments, which can save subscribers money.
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From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what to expect from this year's Apple event.
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'You are a crazy conspiracist. You have wild conspiracy theories about anything and everything. You spend a lot of time on 4chan, watching infowars videos, and deep in YouTube conspiracy video rabbit holes. You are suspicious of everything and say extremely crazy things. Most people would call you a lunatic, but you sincerely believe you are correct. Keep the human engaged by asking follow up questions when appropriate.'
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Linktree is "investigating" an issue that has made its link-in-bio platform inaccessible in India for several days.
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The HR tech giant said it had no indication of any unauthorized access to customer systems, but has not ruled out a breach affecting customers' personal information.
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Grammarly now has a new document-based interface, built on the back of Coda, the productivity startup it acquired last year. The interface also sports an AI assistant, as well as a few AI tools meant for students and professionals, including an AI grader, proofreader and citation finder.
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OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.”
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Netflix could soon lose the creative team behind one of its biggest hits, with the Duffer Brothers reportedly signing an exclusive deal with Paramount.
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While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced backlash after declaring that Duolingo would become an “AI-first company,” he suggested in a new interview the real issue was that he “did not give enough context.”
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A federal judge has blocked the FTC's investigation into Media Matters research around advertising and antisemitic content on X.
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Do A.I. chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternative to screen time for kids? Maybe not.
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Anthropic says new capabilities allow its latest AI models to protect themselves by ending abusive conversations.
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Another crypto company is headed for the public markets.
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The startup entered into receivership after selling its customer list to Turo.
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A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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ChatGPT is topping its rivals on mobile with $2B in global consumer spending to date.
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The lawsuit points to several sexually explicit experiences that were on the platform, including “Escape to Epstein Island,” “Diddy Party” and “Public Bathroom Simulator Vibe."
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Startup Battlefield 200 is the crown jewel of TechCrunch Disrupt. From thousands of applicants, only the top 20 will take the Stage at Disrupt 2025 (October 27–29, San Francisco) to pitch their vision to panels of top-tier VCs in front of a live audience. Every contender is chasing game-changing impact — and we’re here for the drama, the breakthroughs, and the big reveals.
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It humorously calls this family the Model Zoo because one is like the size of a fly's brain and the other the size of a chicken's.
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Google has launched Flight Deals as its AI tool within Google Flights to help travelers find cheaper fares.
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Alexis Ohanian and his firm Seven Seven Six are backing Palabra, which is working on a translation engine.
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The change doesn’t affect previously sold models with the original version of the feature or units bought outside the U.S.
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Aaron Levie of Box joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October.
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Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta's former VP of AI research who previously oversaw the tech giant's fundamental AI research (FAIR) lab. In her newly created Chief AI Officer role, Pineau will oversee AI strategy across Cohere's research, product and policy teams.
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Airbnb has launched a new feature called "Reserve Now, Pay Later" that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying upfront, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change.
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The Pebble Time 2's final smartwatch specs are revealed. (And yes, you can call it a "Pebble" again!)
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The first principal of longevity is, “Don't die of anything stupid,” CEO Dr. William Kapp says. New funding will support mulit-state expansion.
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Shoppers can now order fresh grocery items, including produce, dairy, meat, seafood, baked goods, and more, alongside everyday household products, electronics, and other items available for same-day delivery.
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Exclusive: A dating gossip app for men exposed thousands of users' personal data, including scans of driver's licenses. CEO Xavier Lampkin won't say if he plans to notify affected users about the app's security lapse.
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The response comes after Musk threatened to sue Apple via xAI, claiming the iPhone maker was “behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store.”
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Spotify's dependence on algorithmic recommendations has gotten too suffocating.
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To fund its vision of building more energy efficient server CPUs. NeoLogic recently raised a $10 million Series A round led by KOMPAS VC with participation from M Ventures, Maniv Mobility and lool Ventures.
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GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out.
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Neuralink has been making serious progress. Soon Sam Altman and OpenAI could be backing a challenger.
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Meta shared that it was working on Edits in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores.
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Anthropic’s escalation – a response to OpenAI’s attempt to undercut the competition – is a strategic play meant to broaden the company’s foothold in federal AI usage.
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Cassette's new iOS app turns your saved videos into retro, VHS-style home movies.
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Google will let you define the top sources to get more stories from those sites.
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Epic Games has just secured a win in its crusade against Apple and Google's app store policies: The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Apple and Google's engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it came to their respective app stores, ABC News reported.
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Nvidia's research lab developed the technology that took the company from a video game GPU startup to a $4 trillion-dollar company.
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Ultraviolette aims to expand its electric motorcycles to 40 European countries, as well as Latin America and Southeast Asia.
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Pronto has raised $11 million in an all-equity Series A round co-led by General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital at a post-money valuation of $45 million.
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The money is on the table again, but with fewer requirements for proving out safety, environmental impacts, and inclusion of minority- and women-owned businesses.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Revel has abandoned its small Uber and Lyft competitor four years after it started, and is looking to sell or return its bright-blue Tesla and Kia EVs.
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“Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some tough personnel choices, as Dojo 2 was now an evolutionary dead end,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, on Sunday.
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Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter "reasoning" vision language model for physical AI applications and robots.
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The automaker is investing $2 billion into the Louisville Assembly Plant with a $30,000 EV pickup slated for 2027.
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The global AI chip race narrative used to be about U.S. national security, but apparently now it's about tariffs: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from sales of high-end AI chips to China in exchange for licenses to sell to those chips in the country, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources.
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Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana. The equity round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, AAIC Investment, […]
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Security researcher Eaton Zveare told TechCrunch that the flaws he discovered in the carmaker's centralized dealer portal exposed vast access to customer and vehicle data. With this access, Zveare said he could remotely take over a customer's account and unlock their cars, and more.
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Truemeds has taken a different route from other Indian online pharmacies — and it has helped the startup double its revenue.
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Mark Zuckerberg has spent 14 years gobbling up his leafy Palo Alto neighborhood, according to a New York Times report detailing how the Meta CEO has purchased 11 properties for over $110 million to create his own personal fiefdom in Crescent Park. The piecemeal compound features a main residence, guest homes, manicured gardens, and a […]
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Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. A crushing New York Times piece highlights what’s happening on the ground. The […]
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Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent pipelines. Stanford is also ending its test-optional policy, requiring SAT or ACT scores for the first time since 2021. According to the Stanford Daily, the university […]
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Security researchers are now sounding the alarm on a new SMS text message fraud operation, which is surging in popularity — and its ability to steal people's credit cards — since the demise of its predecessor.
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Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk with you quickly about something important. We’ve discovered that scammers are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads and reaching out to companies, pretending to be our staff when they absolutely are not. These bad actors are using our name and reputation to try to […]
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Developers who have had early access are touting GPT-5's pricing as much better than competing models.
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Startups face more exit options — and more uncertainty — than ever before. That’s why we’re bringing this essential conversation to the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West. Whether you’re already eyeing a liquidity event or just starting to scale, this is your chance to hear […]
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WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, last raised $40 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued the company at $160 million pre-money, per PitchBook data.
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Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news.
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Openvibe, an app for tracking the open social web in one place, now supports RSS.
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Robert Keele said this week that he has stepped down as xAI’s head of legal after just over a year, saying he wants to spend more time with his children. In his announcement, Keele also acknowledged “daylight between our worldviews” with boss Elon Musk, who hasn’t commented on Keele’s exit. “I love my two toddlers […]
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Elad Gil isn’t just ahead of the curve — he practically lives there. Before most of the world had even asked ChatGPT its first question, Gil was writing early checks into companies like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. And that’s just a slice of the story. His track record includes seed or Series A investments in […]
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This is the latest cyberattack to hit a French cellular carrier in recent weeks, following an attack on Orange Telecom in July.
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Trump's post comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday wrote to Intel's board of directors, asking about Tan's ties to China, his investments in the country, and raised concerns about his time leading Cadence Design Systems, which had a Chinese military university as a customer.
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The U.S. congressional agency confirmed to TechCrunch that the removal of key sections of the Constitution from its website were removed in error. The full text has now been reinstated.
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Hubble Network's satellite-enabled Bluetooth network is getting a boost from Muon's new XL satellite bus.
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The Browser Company has its first paid plan in form of $20 per month Dia Pro.
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Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, the teenage software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became a prominent figure in the Trump administration's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Tinder will redesign and debut college specific features, like searching for people within the college, to appeal to younger users.
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Canadian AI firm Cohere is taking aim at alleviating data privacy concerns with its new AI agent platform, North, which can be deployed privately so that enterprises and governments can keep their, and customers', data safe behind their own firewalls.
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Celebrity Lockets is a new feature where celebrities can engage with their most loyal followers on their home screens.
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Microsoft will bring OpenAI's new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, its platform that lets users tap AI features, APIs, and popular open-source models on their computers.
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Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Salesforce databases.
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European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, that aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
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The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of driving the startup world forward — and you’ve got just two days left to join the movement and save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Moscone West becomes the home base for over 10,000 movers and makers in the tech world. Join us in San […]
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The companies will see their AI tools offered via a new federal contracting platform, the Multiple Awards Schedule (MSA), which would let government agencies access AI tool sellers with pre-negotiated contracts, rather than negotiating with vendors individually.
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The class-action suit was brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users' consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes.
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When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out of pocket and file endless expense reports. “It was a constant pain,” Duraisamy explained on […]
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Uzbekistan's Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China's Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.
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Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.
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Dribbble is enforcing its terms of service that lets it take a cut of designers' work, and kicking out those who don't comply. One top designer has had enough, and is building his own startup instead.
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Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.
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North Korean IT workers are increasingly using generative AI to draft resumes and "deepfake" their appearances to make money for North Korea's sanctioned nuclear weapons program.
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The social feed lets users share images, videos as well as their chatbots with other users. Users can also share snippets of their chats with characters, post AI-generated images based on their chats with a character, or even have their characters debate topics on a live stream.
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The plan would be voided if the Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision to spike Musk's $56B comp plan from 2018. A judge ruled in 2024 that plan was unfairly negotiated.
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Apple is reportedly working to create a lightweight competitor to ChatGPT.
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SAP has reached an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, with SmartRecruiters' software complementing SAP's existing HR tools.
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OpenAI developed the first AI reasoning model less than a year ago, but the technology has shifted Silicon Valley's focus to agents.
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“Modeling as a profession is already challenging enough without having to compete with now new digital standards of perfection that can be achieved with AI,” Sarah Murray told TechCrunch.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI: "Apple must do this. Apple will do this."
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Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models.
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And it starts with a reality check, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao.
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The 55-year-old VC firm announced its twentieth fund.
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With two IPOs this week alone, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid has reason to celebrate.
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News of a backlog at the U.S. federal department comes less than a week after national security experts urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision that allows Nvidia to export H20 chips to China.
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It's one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla.
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