In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting.

Nuclear startup X-energy went public, geothermal startup Fervo is about to. Could this be the moment that climate tech investors have been waiting for?

Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 has four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions featuring the people actually building and funding these technologies globally.

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.

John Ternus, Apple's incoming CEO, is a hardware guy, signaling Apple may be putting devices back at the center of its strategy.

Snabbit has scaled rapidly, crossing one million jobs in March, amid growing investor interest.

This round, should it occur, would double the house-help startup's valuation in a matter of weeks.

Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that's befalling him as an investor.

The IRS has used Palantir's software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports.

Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments. 

Series, a social networking app that's grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech.

Meta has been poaching talent from Thinking Machines Lab. But it's a two-way street.

Investors flocked to nuclear power startup X-energy in its first day of public trading on the Nasdaq.

ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.

X's new app promises private chats, disappearing messages, audio and video calls, and more.

Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.

Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.   Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystemthan the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once […]

Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.

Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.

Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known to sell this type of software.

Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.

Nothing's new on-device dictation tool supports over 100 languages.

DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost "closed the gap" with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.

Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon's homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.

Porsche will start selling the Cayenne Coupe Electric in late summer.

The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.

The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket.

Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.

The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

Noscroll wants to cure doomscrolling with an AI bot that reads the internet for you.

Sean Plankey has requested to withdraw his name to run the U.S. cybersecurity agency after a tumultuous year of chaotic temporary leadership.

Artisan may be known for their bold “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign but the reality is every founder needs to assemble the right team if they want to scale.

OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.

According to an internal memo, Meta plans to begin its sweeping layoffs on May 20.

The max size is now 2MB and max resolution is 4000 x 4000.

If a worker's years of service at Microsoft plus their age equals 70 or more, they will be eligible for a voluntary retirement buyout.

Era thinks that we will see many form factors of AI hardware, including glasses, rings, and pendants.

Meta's Accounts Center will transition to the Meta Account, which is supposed to make it easier to manage your experience on various Meta apps and devices.

X Communities are no more. Only a fraction of X users were using Communities, and much of that use was spam, the company said.

Salmon is targeting underbanked Filipinos, with little to no credit history, as well as people unhappy with the incumbent lenders' reliability issues.

The app and website hosting company has found evidence of a second compromise of customer accounts after expanding its initial investigation following a breach in early April.

StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.