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Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
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.
Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring
Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.
Instagram tests a new Instants app for sharing disappearing photos
The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.
Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you
Noscroll wants to cure doomscrolling with an AI bot that reads the internet for you.
Trumps pick to run US cyber agency CISA asks to drop out
Sean Plankey has requested to withdraw his name to run the U.S. cybersecurity agency after a tumultuous year of chaotic temporary leadership.
Meta is revamping its cross-app management system
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.
Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets
Era thinks that we will see many form factors of AI hardware, including glasses, rings, and pendants
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam
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 raises $100M in equity and debt to bring digital credit to underbanked Filipinos
Salmon is targeting underbanked Filipinos, with little to no credit history, as well as people unhappy with the incumbent lenders' reliability issues.
Vercel says some of its customers data was stolen prior to its recent hack
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.
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident
TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident.
Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco
StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Nows the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.
Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues
Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers held a rally at the companys Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea on Thursday to signal they are prepared to walk off the job for an 18-day strike next month.
WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags
WhatsApp is rolling out prepaid phone recharges to its 500 million users in India via PayU.
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch
Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.
The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.
Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls
Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI
Topics can range from School, Entertainment, and Lifestyle to Travel, Writing, and Health and Wellbeing, among others, Meta says.
Indias app market is booming but global platforms are capturing most of the gains
Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers.
Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English
Shade has its own filesystem that lets you stream files directly to your local drive
Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Heres where the money is going.
Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year.
Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true Full Self-Driving
The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars.
Hands on with Xs new AI-powered custom feeds
X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots.
LinkedIns CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes
Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn's CEO after six years running the world's largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company's COO, takes over immediately.
Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions
Sales rebounded a bit from the first quarter of 2025, as Tesla throws a ton of money at massive bets like robotics, AI, and its own chip fab.
Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory
The company's all-important mass-market EV is just about ready to start heading to customers.
Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records
The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total number of customers affected.
Cathie Woods ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra and it isnt AI
Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive eSports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn't easy.
OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses
Infosys said the integration will be used to help its clients modernize software development, automate workflows and deploy AI systems, initially focusing software engineering, legacy modernization, and DevOps.
X makes it more expensive to post links through its API
Posting links on X through its API is now 1,900% more costly
Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown for concert listings
Users will be able to see live events of an artist on their Amazon Music profile
10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.
Snap Maps new Place Loyalty badges will show the spots you visit most often
If youre in the top 25% of users who visit a certain place, youll see your ranking on the Snap Map and can choose to share it with others.
Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia's latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI
Generative AI is being infused into Google's popular feature within Maps.
Duolingo is now giving free users access to advanced learning content
Duolingo is opening up its advanced language learning content offering to free users, allowing them to acquire skills that were previously reserved to paid subscribers.
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next2026
Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.
Meta will record employees keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models.
Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropics exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims
Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted.
SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion
Only Elon would do this before an IPO.
A look at Tim Cooks 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple
Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse.
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says
The photo deletion comes after an FTC settlement with Clarifai. The company had asked OkCupid whose executives had invested in Clarifai to share data in 2014, according to court documents.
Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra and its actually good
Extra, from a team of former Pinterest designers and engineers, reimagines email around your life instead of the traditional inbox.
AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs
Latitude's new AI-native platform, Voyage, aims to help gamers create their very own role-playing game.
Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang
A former employee of a cybersecurity firm pleaded guilty to aiding ransomware criminals to maximize their profits, with the goal of taking a cut of the ransom.
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities
YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection tool to celebrities, giving talent and their reps a way to find and remove deepfakes.
Amazon taps Swedens Einride for its electric big rigs
The agreement comes just as Einride is finalizing a merger with blank-check company Legato Merger Corp. to go public.
Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO
Fintech giant Revolut, which secured a full banking license in the U.K. in March after years of waiting, was most recently valued at $75 billion in a secondary share sale.
GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists
AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.
Cash App is targeting a new kind of customer: 6-12 year olds
Tech companies are constantly on the hunt for new customers, and Cash App, the fintech company owned by Jack Dorseys Block, believes it has found a promising new demographic: children. The company, which already offers financial services to teens, said this week that it is expanding its youth-focused services in an effort to build a []
Whats the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says
AuX Labs says it has found a better way to make vegan cheese that tastes and feels like the real thing and costs the same.
Blue Energy raises $380M to build grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards
By building reactors in shipyards, Blue Energy says it will tame nuclear power's cost problems, giving it access to cheaper financing.
Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now.
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.
Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over
The transition has been expected for some time and ends one of the longer and more impactful runs a CEO has had at any company. Cook had inherited a company that many industry watchers and enthusiasts struggled to separate from its famed founder. What he leaves behind is a $4 trillion business with annual revenue that has more than quadrupled on his watch.
Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for quick fixes
You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.
Its not just one thing its another thing
This sentence construction (It's not just this it's that) has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic it's almost a guarantee.
North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft
The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far.
Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack
The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.
Rivians factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch
Nobody was hurt after an EF-1 tornado hit the part of the factory where the R2 SUV is supposed to be built.
AvenuesAI Subsidiary Rediff Pre-Files DRHP
AvenuesAIs (formerly Infibeam Ventures) subsidiary Rediff has filed its IPO papers via the confidential route with SEBI. Rediff.com India Limited,
SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly
AMFI-registered mutual fund distributor's SIP guide: 21-35 yr olds 20K-75K. SEBI-compliant education on categories, allocation, step-up strategy. The post SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly appeared first on Startup Success Stories India - News & Updates for Indian Entrepreneurs .
NODWINs Pre-IPO Round, Funding Tanks In Q1 2026 & More
NODWINs Pre-IPO Funding Meal NODWIN Gaming is moving beyond gaming and esports. Emerging from the shadows of its former parent
