Launching a U.S.-specific app could be part of the company's broader plan to comply with a 2024 law requiring ByteDance to divest from TikTok.

The independent online bookseller Bookshop.org took a swipe at Amazon to celebrate the start of Prime Day, Amazons annual sale (which, despite its name, is actually four days this year). Like many other retailers, Bookshop.org holds a sale to coincide with Amazons big event its a way to lure away consumers who may be []

At TechCrunch All Stage, were excited to showcase the partners who help shape the conversation around innovation and entrepreneurship. Their involvement goes beyond sponsorship they bring real-world insights that reflect the pulse of todays startup landscape. From fresh ideas to practical strategies, these partners are driving the energy and inspiration that fuel the event []

Rivian has opened customer orders for its second-generation quad-motor R1S and R1T EVs.

Mastodon 4.4 takes the first steps towards implementing Quote Posts, and also brings a host of design and UX changes.

Were excited to welcome Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, to the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 2729 in San Francisco. In a featured fireside chat, Staniszewski will dive into how AI-powered voice technology is transforming digital communication and interaction. Takeaways that blend technical depth with business impact ElevenLabs is []

Moonvalley's Marey AI video generation model is open to the public. The monthly subscription is available for $14.99, $34.99, or $149.99.

The retail giant's chair confirmed the breach was caused by ransomware.

AI can help your team move faster but only if your team knows how to move together. Join Jeff Chow, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Miro, for a roundtable sessions at TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 in Bostons SoWa Power Station, where hell break down how product-led innovation can supercharge collaborative problem-solving. []

Were in the final countdown TechCrunch All Stage kicks off in less than 7 days, and your chance to save up to $475 disappears when it does. This is the ultimate founder summit, built for every stage of your startup journey. Whether youre a founder, co-founder, or investor, this is where scaling strategies are []

Carl Pei led electronics manufacturer OnePlus from being a scrappy brand for tech enthusiasts offering affordable phones to one that produces multiple lines of devices, including flagship phones that challenge Samsung and Apple. He is running a similar playbook with Nothing, a five-year-old, venture-backed hardware startup that just launched its most ambitious device, the Phone []

Arbor Energy's carbon-removing power plant is inspired by SpaceX's rocket engines.

If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are youd spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start Huspy, a startup streamlining how people in the UAE buy homes digitally. Over the past []

OpenAI has reportedly overhauled its security operations to protect against corporate espionage. According to the Financial Times, the company accelerated an existing security clampdown after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a competing model in January, with OpenAI alleging that DeepSeek improperly copied its models using distillation techniques. The beefed-up security includes information tenting policies that limit []

Ruoming Pang previously ran Apple's in-house team that trained the AI foundation models that underpin Apple Intelligence and other on-device AI features.

Results of a 20-year-old curiosity now form the basis of Tulum, a startup that has attracted significant investor attention.

Cursor's CEO issued an apology this weekend over an unclear change to its pricing model that resulted in some users being charged more.

Fortnite maker Epic Games has settled its antitrust case against Samsung, according to a court filing.

Some ChatGPT subscribers are reporting a new feature appearing in their drop-down list of available tools called Study Together. The mode is apparently the chatbots way of becoming a better educational tool. Rather than providing answers to prompts, some say it asks more questions and requires the human to answer, like OpenAIs answer to Googles []

Bluesky updated its notifications to allowing users to personalize their experience, including the option to be notified only when accounts reply to them.

The early version in the first developer beta of iOS 26 and the accompanying updates for Apple's other devices still left room for improvement in terms of usability, accessibility, and legibility.

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a combination of the words bit and chat, and not the other combination of words that it looks like). Bitchat is a messaging app that operates through Bluetooth mesh []

Some tennis players are not happy with Wimbledons new AI line judges, as reported by The Telegraph. This is the first year the prestigious tennis tournament, which is still ongoing, replaced human line judges, who determine if a ball is in or out, with an electronic line calling system (ELC). Numerous players criticized the AI []

As a result of the deal, CoreWeave says it will gain access to more than a gigawatt of data center capacity enough energy to power more than 850,000 homes.

Waymo kicked off two road trips to Philadelphia and New York City on Monday, signaling the Alphabet-owned companys push to expand into cities in the Northeast.

TikTok is developing a new version of its app for U.S. users ahead of an expected sale of the app to a group of investors, according to a new report from The Information.

Ingram Micro is one of the largest distributors of tech and cloud products.

Apple has filed appealed the EU's decision to fine the company 500 million (about $580 million) for not complying with competition rules.

On Friday morning, Elon Musk declared, We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising number are focused in other industries like satellite space companies like Loft Orbital and blockchain-based trading site []

The main Reuters news account, as well as the Reuters World account, have apparently been inaccessible to X users in India since Saturday evening.

Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback.

Brex quickly realized its normal software procurement process wouldn't work in the age of AI and found a new way to test and vet tools.