An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations.

Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.

Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.

Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon's assertion that the AI company poses an "unacceptable risk to national security" and arguing that the government's case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations.

At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company.

The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps.

CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […]

It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets.

Pinterest’s chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections.

Humor is hard to pull off in front of a cold audience, full stop.

A French naval officer went on a run around the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, inadvertently leaking the warship's location when he uploaded the workout to Strava.

New AI agents on WordPress.com could lower barriers to publishing while increasing machine-generated content across the web.

"Project Sunrise" would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.

The U.S. Justice Department said an Iranian security ministry operates the fake activist persona known as Handala, which claimed responsibility for the destructive hack targeting medical tech giant Stryker.

Trump’s AI framework pushes federal preemption of state laws, emphasizes innovation, and shifts responsibility for child safety toward parents while laying out lighter-touch rules for tech companies.

AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year — a record-high annual share.

A cyberattack on a U.S. car breathalyzer company has left drivers across the United States reportedly stranded and unable to start their vehicles.

The device is being developed by the company's Devices and Services division, and it would feature personalized features aimed at making it easier to use Amazon's suite of apps, including Amazon shopping, Prime Video, and Prime Music, according to Reuters.

Power has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in rolling out new AI data centers. That's creating an opening for investors.

These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation.

Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup. The deal signals the e-commerce giant's interest in doorstep delivery.

The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology.

A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.

MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market.

AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands.

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

Fervo landed a large new loan with terms that strongly suggest the company's most turbulent days are behind it.

Meta believes these AI systems can detect more violations with greater accuracy, better prevent scams, respond more quickly to real-world events, and reduce over-enforcement.

Google is making Android sideloading easier with a new advanced setting that lets users disable app verification after a multistep security process.

Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language.

Horizon Worlds was once a cornerstone of Meta's plans to build a social metaverse -- four years later, the company almost shut it down.

The FBI and the Justice Department took down two websites linked to the pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week hacked medical tech giant Stryker.

The U.S. cybersecurity agency urged companies to prevent access to systems used for remotely managing their fleets of employee devices after hackers broke into a major U.S. medical tech giant and remotely wiped thousands of phones and computers.

Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access.

Rivian admitted in a regulatory filing that it is delaying its goal of reaching "positive EBITDA" next year because of how much it is spending on developing self-driving technology.

K2's Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.

Founders can create frameworks for working through conflict and change when the team is just two or three people, and if done correctly, it can scale with the company. 

Anori aims to shrink the pre-development process by getting all parties, including the city, on a unified platform from the start so that compliance conflicts are surfaced in weeks instead of months or years.

Cloaked's latest round is a mix of equity and growth funding.

Tubi launched its “Creatorverse Incubator” to help TikTokers create original shows exclusively for the streaming service.

The Los Angeles startup raised $50 million from Eclipse, a16z, Menlo Ventures, and others as it seeks to expand beyond sport boats.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its probe after finding more instances of Tesla's driving software struggling in low-visibility conditions.

The company is currently letting users in the U.K. try out Alexa+ for free via an early access program.

Uber is kicking off the partnership with an initial $300 million investment, while Rivian will provide as many as 50,000 autonomous R2 SUVs.

Critical minerals startup Nth Cycle is betting that its modular approach to nickel refining can make the practice viable in the U.S. and Europe.

After compressing models from major AI labs, including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek, and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available.

Edra, a New York-based startup that says it helps companies automate workflows by turning their existing operational data into a living knowledge base, just picked up a meaningful vote of confidence: a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia.

A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn't have permission to see it.

Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user's behalf.

Nvidia's networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanfare than chips and gaming.

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

He told the Wall Street Journal he thinks autonomous planes will be "10 times harder than Nikola ever was."

Patreon CEO Jack Conte says AI companies should pay creators for training data, arguing their fair use defense falls apart when they license content from major publishers.

Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all without ever leaving the platform. 

From summarizing emails, drafting content, organizing data, and tracking meetings, here are all the best Gemini features in Google Workspace.

It's hard to break the cycle of doomscrolling, but there are plenty of apps that can help you spend more time on content that’s engaging and productive.

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, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research […]

The company has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI operating system for enterprise.

Facebook says it paid creators nearly $3 billion through its monetization programs in 2025, a 35% increase from the previous year and its highest annual total to date.

With its Series A, Sequen is bringing its proprietary AI ranking and personalization technology to large consumer business.

AI collaboration startup Cove is shutting down after its team joined Microsoft, with service ending April 1 and customer data set for deletion.

Fintech company Marquis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that hackers stole their personal and financial information, including their Social Security numbers.

A suspected group of Russian government hackers was caught targeting Ukrainians with new iPhone hacking tools designed for espionage and potentially to steal crypto.

The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might "attempt to disable its technology" during "warfighting operations" validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply-chain risk.

Mave Health is listing the headset at $495 for preorders. It aims to ship devices to users in the U.S. and India in April 2026.

It's the latest salvo in an escalating battle between state regulators and an industry that claims it's not beholden to them.

Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches.

Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan's Claude Code setup, which was shared on GitHub. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.

Apple's first-ever "background security improvement" fixes a vulnerability in its Safari browser running its latest software.

Kagi's "Small Web" offers a handpicked collection of more than 30,000 non-commercial, human-authored websites, including personal blogs, webcomics, and independent videos.

After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn't seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.

BuzzFeed unveiled new AI-powered social apps at SXSW, but its demos drew muted reactions.

Google has long procured clean power for its operations and data centers, but recent deals show the company is changing tactics.

Micro-drama apps make billions in consumer spending, so VURT launched its streaming app to allow indie filmmakers to capitalize on the vertical video trend.

Personal Intelligence allows Google's AI assistant to tap into your Google ecosystem, such as Gmail and Google Photos, to provide more tailored responses.

The hack, which brought ongoing widespread disruption to the company's operations, is thought to be the first major cyberattack in the United States in response to the Trump administration's war in Iran.

OpenAI has reportedly signed a partnership with AWS to sell its AI systems to the U.S. government for classified and unclassified work, marking an expansion beyond its Pentagon deal last month.

AI investor Rana el Kaliouby warns that if women are shut out of AI funding and leadership, the consequences will be grim.

Finnish smart ring maker Oura is finally launching in India, taking on local rivals such as Ultrahuman in a relatively young smart ring market that is becoming price-sensitive thanks to an influx of low-cost options.

As AI agents take the reins for online shoppers, Sam Altman's unconventional startup is looking to expand its verification offerings to support agentic commerce.

From a new iPhone to a budget-friendly MacBook, Apple announced a series of new products this week.

The company raised $12 million in seed funding to measure and manage GPU power surges.

Rubi has developed an enzymatic process to turn carbon dioxide into cellulose that's ready to be spun into lyocell or viscose.

The company's new product, called Gamma Imagine, will let users employ text prompts to create brand-specific assets like interactive charts and visualizations, marketing collateral, social graphics, and infographics.

The e-commerce giant is making more than 90,000 items available via this new delivery system. If an item can be delivered to a user within one or three hours, they'll see a label saying so next to that item on the Amazon app.

Gecko Robotics inked a five-year deal to help the U.S. Navy monitor and predict needed maintenance on its fleet of ships.

Picsart's AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week.

The SEC is working on a proposal to allow public companies to release earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly, per the WSJ. 

Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he expects $1 trillion worth of orders for the chips.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted that Grok, xAI's controversial chatbot, has created harmful outputs for users and poses a potential national security risk.

Memories.ai is building a large visual memory model that can index and retrieve video-recorded memories for physical AI.

GridBeyond's hardware and software coordinates several gigawatts of supply and demand to help balance the flow of electricity on the grid. The idea has attracted investors like Samsung Ventures.

The move could help Apple better compete with Adobe Premiere Pro and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.

The three plaintiffs are seeking to represent anyone who had real images of them as a minor altered into sexual content by Grok.

Nvidia’s new DLSS 5 uses generative AI and structured graphics data to make video games more realistic. CEO Jensen Huang says the approach could eventually spread to other industries.

At Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's urging, Frore developed liquid-cooling tech for chips. That shift helped it raise $143 million.

The startup also announced a $5 million "rescue fund" to help credit unions ditch legacy software for its AI-native platform.

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster say that OpenAI violated the copyright of almost 100,000 articles by using them for LLM training.

Antonio Gracias talks at the Upfront Summit in LA about the future of technology.

Shopify is preparing for an e-commerce transformation via AI shopping agents, says president Harley Finkelstein.

The successor to its premium headphones cost $549 and are launching with enhanced active noise cancellation, the H2 chip, live translation, better sound quality, and more.

PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.

An increasing number of billionaires are turning away from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge as wealth once again concentrates at the top.

“Frankenstein” won for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while “KPop Demon Hunters” won for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were "wrappers" as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort.

The company is reportedly delaying the launch as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues.

The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.  

Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google's biggest acquisition ever.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics.

Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company's most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years."

The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement actions."

Honda's decision to kill its three EVs for the U.S. market will reverberate far beyond North America.

These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT.

The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor.

AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.

Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup.

The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons.

GTC is Nvidia's flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically announces new products, partnerships, and its vision for the future of computing. Huang's keynote will focus on Nvidia's role in the future of computing and AI.