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Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.
07/25/25 - 04:41PM MST
India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch
07/25/25 - 03:02PM MST
Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead
07/25/25 - 03:00PM MST
Intel is spinning off its Network and Edge group
07/25/25 - 02:34PM MST
Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
07/25/25 - 01:58PM MST
AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
07/25/25 - 01:11PM MST
Sam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist
07/25/25 - 10:33AM MST
A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025
07/25/25 - 10:01AM MST
Google took a month to shut down Catwatchful, a phone spyware operation hosted on its servers
07/25/25 - 09:25AM MST
Lyft to add autonomous shuttles in 2026 as Uber inks more self-driving deals
07/25/25 - 08:33AM MST
Apple broadens App Store’s age-rating system
07/25/25 - 07:15AM MST
Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year
07/25/25 - 07:14AM MST
Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October
07/25/25 - 06:24AM MST
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal
07/25/25 - 04:22AM MST
Amid increased momentum for defense, the NATO Innovation Fund refreshes its investment team
07/24/25 - 09:30PM MST
How a Y Combinator food-delivery app used TikTok to soar in the App Store
07/24/25 - 04:00PM MST
VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm
07/24/25 - 03:42PM MST
Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects
07/24/25 - 02:59PM MST
X to test using Community Notes to find the posts everyone likes
07/24/25 - 01:24PM MST
Chime backer Lauren Kolodny bets on AI to revolutionize estate processing
07/24/25 - 11:57AM MST
This industrial AI startup is winning over customers by saying it won’t get acquired
07/24/25 - 11:37AM MST
AI companions: A threat to love, or an evolution of it?
07/24/25 - 10:43AM MST
Apple iOS 26 public beta arrives
07/24/25 - 10:21AM MST
Google’s new Web Guide search experiment organizes results with AI
07/24/25 - 09:58AM MST
Amazon introduces a more affordable color screen Kindle
07/24/25 - 08:50AM MST
Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Francisco startup — he’s also serving his 11th year in prison
07/24/25 - 08:48AM MST
Spotify takes a swing at gaming with a mini golf game ahead of ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ release
07/24/25 - 08:33AM MST
Cybercrime forum Leak Zone publicly exposed its users’ IP addresses
07/24/25 - 08:30AM MST
AI slop and fake reports are coming for your bug bounty programs
07/24/25 - 08:00AM MST
Samsung backs a video AI startup that can analyze thousands of hours of footage
07/24/25 - 08:00AM MST
SoftBank-backed LegalOn lands $50M to streamline legal workflows with AI
07/24/25 - 06:00AM MST
Snapchat will now let your friends know you’ve made it home safe
07/24/25 - 06:00AM MST
Google’s new AI feature lets you virtually try on clothes
07/24/25 - 06:00AM MST
Mission Barns is betting that animal-free pork fat will make artificial meat delicious
07/24/25 - 04:00AM MST
A new AI coding challenge just published its first results — and they aren’t pretty
07/23/25 - 05:00PM MST
Trump’s ‘anti-woke AI’ order could reshape how US tech companies train their models
07/23/25 - 04:25PM MST
Sundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership
07/23/25 - 03:23PM MST
A troubled SPAC plans to buy iRocket for $400M but it already returned most of its cash
07/23/25 - 03:03PM MST
YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10B
07/23/25 - 03:02PM MST
Google’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India
07/23/25 - 02:14PM MST
Tesla profits pulled down by falling EV sales and regulatory credits
07/23/25 - 01:40PM MST
Trump’s AI Action Plan aims to block chip exports to China but lacks key details
07/23/25 - 11:39AM MST
Former Y Combinator, a16z experts hold invite-only summit for founders
07/23/25 - 10:50AM MST
Open source X rival Mastodon begins raising funds with new in-app donation feature
07/23/25 - 10:15AM MST
Trump’s AI strategy trades guardrails for growth in race against China
07/23/25 - 09:57AM MST
India expands its e-commerce crackdown with a new $200M case against Walmart’s fashion arm Myntra
07/23/25 - 09:52AM MST
Meta researchers are developing a gesture-controlled wristband that can interact with a computer
07/23/25 - 09:44AM MST
Google Photos adds AI features for ‘remixing’ photos in different styles, turning pics into videos
07/23/25 - 09:00AM MST
YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool, new AI effects
07/23/25 - 09:00AM MST
UK targets Apple’s and Google’s mobile platforms for regulation
07/23/25 - 08:54AM MST
Eight months in, Swedish unicorn Lovable crosses the $100M ARR milestone
07/23/25 - 06:08AM MST
Uber is finally letting women riders in the US match with women drivers
07/23/25 - 06:00AM MST
Proton’s new privacy-first AI assistant encrypts all chats, keeps no logs
07/23/25 - 05:49AM MST
Trump is set to unveil his AI roadmap: Here’s what to know
07/23/25 - 05:00AM MST
Apple launches $19.99 monthly AppleCare One subscription with coverage for three devices
07/23/25 - 05:00AM MST
Instagram adds new protections for accounts that primarily feature children
07/23/25 - 04:00AM MST
NetZeroNitrogen wants bacteria to replace synthetic fertilizer on farm fields
07/23/25 - 04:00AM MST
Gupshup raises $60M in equity and debt, leaves unicorn status hanging
07/22/25 - 11:30PM MST
PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people
07/22/25 - 09:01PM MST
Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers
07/22/25 - 01:57PM MST
Amazon acquires Bee, the AI wearable that records everything you say
07/22/25 - 01:51PM MST
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services
07/22/25 - 01:36PM MST
Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad
07/22/25 - 01:00PM MST
iOS 26 beta 4 arrives, with Liquid Glass tweaks and AI news summaries
07/22/25 - 11:47AM MST
Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators
07/22/25 - 11:36AM MST
Etsy faces user boycott over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’-branded products
07/22/25 - 09:46AM MST
UK government wants ransomware victims to report breaches so it can carry out ‘targeted disruptions’ against hackers
07/22/25 - 09:36AM MST
National security meets next-gen tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s AI Defense panel
07/22/25 - 08:00AM MST
User privacy app Cloaked adds AI-powered caller screening
07/22/25 - 08:00AM MST
Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day
07/22/25 - 07:45AM MST
Betaworks’ third fund closes at $66M to invest in early-stage AI startups
07/22/25 - 06:05AM MST
Nevoya raises $9.3M as its EV truck fleet reaches cost parity with diesel
07/22/25 - 06:00AM MST
Lucid Air owners will be able to use Tesla Superchargers from July 31
07/22/25 - 06:00AM MST
Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive
07/22/25 - 05:08AM MST
This startup thinks email could be the key to usable AI agents
07/22/25 - 05:06AM MST
Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup
07/22/25 - 05:00AM MST
Robot guard dogs help Asylon raise a $26M Series B
07/22/25 - 05:00AM MST
Latent Labs launches web-based AI model to democratize protein design
07/21/25 - 11:00PM MST
Instead of selling to Meta, AI chip startup FuriosaAI signed a huge customer
07/21/25 - 10:00PM MST
Tesla opens retro-futuristic diner as Elon Musk hints at more locations
07/21/25 - 07:29PM MST
OpenAI and Google outdo the mathletes, but not each other
07/21/25 - 05:06PM MST
Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry
07/21/25 - 03:40PM MST
ChatGPT users send 2.5 billion prompts a day
07/21/25 - 12:44PM MST
Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies
07/21/25 - 12:42PM MST
72% of US teens have used AI companions, study finds
07/21/25 - 12:42PM MST
Figma’s Dylan Field will cash out about $60M in IPO, with Index, Kleiner, Greylock, Sequoia all selling, too
07/21/25 - 10:50AM MST
Chrome for iOS makes it easier to switch between work and personal Google accounts
07/21/25 - 10:00AM MST
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber makes a bet on premium robotaxis
07/21/25 - 09:03AM MST
AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls
07/21/25 - 09:00AM MST
Grok’s AI companions drove downloads, but its latest model is the one making money
07/21/25 - 08:20AM MST
Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX confirms $44 million stolen during hack
07/21/25 - 05:50AM MST
New zero-day bug in Microsoft SharePoint under widespread attack
07/21/25 - 05:50AM MST
Former Tesla president discloses the secret to scaling a company
07/20/25 - 11:00AM MST
Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots
07/20/25 - 10:00AM MST
Tesla loses its charm for India’s loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers
07/20/25 - 07:00AM MST
Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work
07/19/25 - 02:20PM MST
Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal
07/19/25 - 01:22PM MST
David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service
07/19/25 - 10:56AM MST
Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal
07/19/25 - 10:20AM MST
The perfect pitch: This NEA partner says every founder should answer these 5 questions
07/19/25 - 09:00AM MST
These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more
07/19/25 - 08:00AM MST
For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data
07/19/25 - 05:00AM MST
Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code reviewer at $180M, sources say
07/18/25 - 04:21PM MST
Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted
07/18/25 - 03:33PM MST
ServiceNow’s acquisition of Moveworks is reportedly being reviewed over antitrust concerns
07/18/25 - 02:04PM MST
Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot
07/18/25 - 12:56PM MST
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
07/18/25 - 12:43PM MST
A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people’s phone locations
07/18/25 - 11:45AM MST
CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in
07/18/25 - 11:30AM MST
SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals
07/18/25 - 09:29AM MST
DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
07/18/25 - 09:23AM MST
With her app Smash, Kesha can be whoever she wants — even a tech CEO
07/18/25 - 09:00AM MST
Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice
07/18/25 - 06:52AM MST
Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films
07/18/25 - 05:21AM MST
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
07/18/25 - 03:03AM MST
Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI
07/17/25 - 09:29PM MST
‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park
07/17/25 - 03:44PM MST
Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users
07/17/25 - 02:04PM MST
Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep
07/17/25 - 12:03PM MST
Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts
07/17/25 - 11:16AM MST
After raising over $3M, popular VC-backed beauty brand Ami Colé is shuttering
07/17/25 - 10:59AM MST
OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT
07/17/25 - 10:00AM MST
Twitch starts testing vertical video streams
07/17/25 - 09:53AM MST
Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads
07/17/25 - 09:43AM MST
Rivian restarting work on its Georgia factory, emails show
07/17/25 - 09:15AM MST
Substack raises $100M from Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Skims CEO, and more
07/17/25 - 09:10AM MST
Hackers are trying to steal passwords and sensitive data from users of Signal clone
07/17/25 - 08:42AM MST
Boulevard raises $80M to power self-care boom driven by Botox and GLP-1 surge
07/17/25 - 08:29AM MST
Zuckerberg and Meta investors reach settlement in $8B privacy case
07/17/25 - 08:25AM MST
Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research’ mode
07/17/25 - 08:21AM MST
Confident Security, ‘the Signal for AI,’ comes out of stealth with $4.2M
07/17/25 - 08:00AM MST
North Korean hackers blamed for record spike in crypto thefts in 2025
07/17/25 - 07:51AM MST
Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members for the first time
07/17/25 - 07:35AM MST
UAE’s deal to buy Nvidia AI chips reportedly on hold
07/17/25 - 06:37AM MST
Uber makes multi-million-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service
07/17/25 - 05:31AM MST
Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch
07/17/25 - 05:11AM MST
Slack bolsters search with AI, adds transcriptions and summaries for huddles
07/17/25 - 05:00AM MST
Roblox introduces new safeguards for teens, including age estimation tech
07/17/25 - 04:00AM MST
TikTok lures songwriters with new promotional features
07/17/25 - 12:00AM MST
Jack Dorsey pumps $10 million into a nonprofit focused on open-source social media
07/16/25 - 09:01PM MST
Apple News+ adds a new game that uses emoji and Genmoji to sovle puzzles
07/16/25 - 09:00PM MST
Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades
07/16/25 - 03:00PM MST
India eyes global quantum computer push — and QpiAI is its chosen vehicle
07/16/25 - 01:54PM MST
Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business
07/16/25 - 12:26PM MST
OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry ‘reckless’ safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI
07/16/25 - 11:11AM MST
GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries
07/16/25 - 11:00AM MST
GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter
07/16/25 - 10:19AM MST
Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans
07/16/25 - 09:59AM MST
Nvidia’s resumption of H20 chip sales related to rare-earth element trade talks
07/16/25 - 09:57AM MST
xAI is hiring an engineer to make anime girls
07/16/25 - 09:09AM MST
Google rolls out AI-powered business-calling feature, brings Gemini 2.5 Pro to AI Mode
07/16/25 - 09:00AM MST
Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction
07/16/25 - 08:39AM MST
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
07/16/25 - 08:22AM MST
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
07/16/25 - 08:15AM MST
UK retail giant Co-op confirms hackers stole all 6.5 million customer records
07/16/25 - 06:20AM MST
Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers
07/16/25 - 06:19AM MST
Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data
07/16/25 - 03:00AM MST
Of course, Grok’s AI companions want to have sex and burn down schools
07/15/25 - 04:46PM MST
The Chainsmokers’ Mantis Ventures closes $100M third fund
07/15/25 - 03:36PM MST
Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to get boost from rival SpaceX
07/15/25 - 03:26PM MST
US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion
07/15/25 - 02:41PM MST
A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work there
07/15/25 - 01:58PM MST
Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
07/15/25 - 01:00PM MST
AV startup Pronto acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI
07/15/25 - 11:00AM MST
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round
07/15/25 - 10:59AM MST
Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines
07/15/25 - 10:19AM MST
The rights to Fyre Festival sold on eBay for $245K
07/15/25 - 10:02AM MST
Lucid Motors will roll out hands-free highway driving this month
07/15/25 - 09:34AM MST
Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker
07/15/25 - 09:30AM MST
AI coding tools are shifting to a surprising place: The terminal
07/15/25 - 09:30AM MST
Venture gets a rare Native American-led fund in Betsy Fore’s Velveteen Ventures
07/15/25 - 09:00AM MST
Research leaders urge tech industry to monitor AI’s ‘thoughts’
07/15/25 - 09:00AM MST
Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model
07/15/25 - 08:14AM MST
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
07/15/25 - 08:10AM MST
xAI says it has fixed Grok 4’s problematic responses
07/15/25 - 06:12AM MST
Google inks $3B deal to buy hydropower from Brookfield
07/15/25 - 06:05AM MST
Joby Aviation doubles pilot eVTOL facility capacity as it races to launch air taxis
07/15/25 - 06:00AM MST
Auriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track
07/15/25 - 06:00AM MST
Amogy raises $80M to power ships and data centers with ammonia
07/15/25 - 04:00AM MST
TechCrunch All Stage launches in Boston today — don’t miss what founders are learning
07/15/25 - 03:30AM MST
Nextdoor redesigns app with AI recommendations, local news, and real-time emergency alerts
07/15/25 - 02:00AM MST
Tesla finally enters India — nine years after Elon Musk first teased its debut
07/14/25 - 11:48PM MST
Meta is reportedly using actual tents to build data centers
07/14/25 - 10:25PM MST
Nvidia is set to resume China chip sales after months of regulatory whiplash
07/14/25 - 09:36PM MST
Brian Singerman is raising over $500M for a new fund with a twist on the VC model
07/14/25 - 04:33PM MST
Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing
07/14/25 - 03:44PM MST
Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller raises $355M for new fund — with Sequoia’s backing
07/14/25 - 02:56PM MST
Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content
07/14/25 - 01:30PM MST
Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen
07/14/25 - 12:07PM MST
Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf
07/14/25 - 11:51AM MST
Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations
07/14/25 - 11:45AM MST
As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025
07/14/25 - 11:38AM MST
Elon Musk’s Grok is making AI companions, including a goth anime girl
07/14/25 - 11:36AM MST
Malaysia will require trade permits for US AI chips
07/14/25 - 10:37AM MST
Elmo’s X account hacked to publish racist and antisemetic posts
07/14/25 - 06:07AM MST
Discord’s virtual reward, ‘Orbs,’ launches out of beta
07/14/25 - 06:00AM MST
Jack Dorsey’s latest app tracks sun exposure
07/14/25 - 03:21AM MST
Meta acquires voice startup Play AI
07/13/25 - 02:32PM MST
Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots
07/13/25 - 12:50PM MST
Elon Musk’s SpaceX might invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI
07/13/25 - 08:12AM MST
UK launches £500M package to support diverse, underrepresented investors and founders
07/13/25 - 07:30AM MST
The countdown’s almost over: 2 days until TechCrunch All Stage 2025 kicks off in Boston
07/13/25 - 06:00AM MST
A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar
07/12/25 - 02:03PM MST
Marc Andreessen reportedly told group chat that universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
07/12/25 - 01:07PM MST
Week in Review: X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down
07/12/25 - 11:03AM MST
xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’
07/12/25 - 10:13AM MST