The company canceled a similar-sized award from 2021, when EV optimism was sky-high, due to the unlikeliness that the associated goals could be met.

In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.

GoWish, an app for making wishlists, is having a record year, and has doubled its users.

The Washington Post is the latest victim of a hacking campaign by the notorious Clop ransomware gang, which relied on vulnerabilities in Oracle software used by many corporations.

Apple's new Crossbody Strap is a convenient way to go hands-free but the strap can rub uncomfortably at times, and the phone looks silly when the strap is removed.

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage.

Kim Kardashian admitted that she has failed legal exams after blindly relying on ChatGPT's advice.

The congressional research office confirmed a breach, but did not comment on the cause. A security researcher suggested the hack may have originated because CBO failed to patch a firewall for more than a year.

Amazon Haul, the retail giants Shein and Temu competitor, launched last November, is getting its own standalone app. On Friday, Amazon announced the debut of Amazon Bazaar, a low-cost shopping destination available separately from the main Amazon shopping app. On Bazaar, most products are available under $10, and some are as low as $2, the []

Instead of building seawalls or dikes, Terranova has developed a new way to raise cities to protect them from sea level rise.

A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch.

Musk said he picked the date so he could say I was just kidding if it changes again. He had spent months teasing a reveal by the end of this year.

With fusion advances showing real promise, Lowercarbon Capital plans to double down.

Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to be able to put all the Cybercabs it builds on the road, and thanked Waymo for 'paving the path.'

TVS Motor booked a 152% return as it sold its Rapido stake to Accel and Prosus. Founded in 2015, Rapido has grown into a major player in India's ride-hailing market, competing with Uber, Ola, and inDrive.

Perhaps one of the most anticipated video games of all time, GTA VI is now slated for a November 19, 2026, release.

The proposal received more than 75% approval. Musk can earn the $1 trillion in shares over the next 10 years if Tesla hits a number of milestones.

Slingshots AI grants provide resources that would be unavailable in most academic settings. Its debut program has 15 startups focused on AI evaluation.

These fraudulent ads purport to offer a product or service that isn't actually real, and may be intended to solicit payments from less savvy users.

Altman named a long list of upcoming business he thinks will generate significant revenue.

The deal is the first selected by the Symbiosis Coalition, an advance market commitment founded to seed the market for nature-based carbon removal.

Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service, is designed to broaden the reach of ebook authors.

The furor over Sarah Friar's comments grew so loud that Trump's AI Czar David Sacks weighed in.

Production was already paused as Ford prioritizes gas and hybrid versions of the truck. The Lightning has been on the market for three years.

This makes the Android launch more than 4x the size of the iOS launch, with 327% more installs (360,000) but the firm notes that's not an apples-to-apples comparison.

The internet provider has bought more 'direct to cell' spectrum licenses from EchoStar and struck a deal with the owner of British Airways.

Meta says that since the launch of Vibes, media generation in the Meta AI app has jumped more than tenfold.

Subtle Computing has raised $6 million in seed funding to build voice-isolation models. The startup plans to announce a hardware device next year.

WhatsApp notified the consultant, who works for left-wing politicians, that his phone was targeted with spyware made by Paragon.

Mastodon's latest software version brings quote posts with added controls to all servers.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Peloton users to stop using the affected bikes immediately.

Spotify is adding new feature called Listening stats that will show users weekly numbers about their listening habits.

The founders ofFomo, aconsumercrypto trading app that launched in May, took an unusual route to raising capital.

Diffusion models already power AI image generators, but Inception thinks they can be even more powerful applied in software development.

India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Gemini-powered navigation on Google Maps.

Snap said today that it has signed a deal with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to power a new chatbot. As part of the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity.

The Lagos-based firm and one of Africas most active early-stage investors is targeting a final close of $75 million for its second fund.

Discord has rolled out updates to its Family Center, giving guardians more insights into their teens usage patterns, including purchases, top interactions, and time spent. The goal is to help parents monitor whether their teen is spending excessive time or money on Discord. The communication platform first launched Family Center in 2023 with an activity []

Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch in January mostly went well, and now the long-delayed second mission is finally ready for takeoff.

Lee declined to share Cluely's financial metrics just four months after boasting how quickly the startup is growing.

Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shakeup at the company.

Apple is turning to Google's technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search.

Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.

Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.

Tinder is testing an AI feature that learns about you from your Camera Roll photos.

Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like YouTube for apps -- a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly createmini apps and share them with friends.

The research raises new questions about how well AI agents will perform when working unsupervised and how quickly AI companies can make good on promises of an agentic future.

Users will now be able to access AI Mode via a new dedicated shortcut button under the search bar when opening a New Tab page in Chrome.

The MPA sent Meta a cease-and-desist over its use of the term 'PG-13' in Instagram teen ratings system.