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Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO

The president bought when the stock was in the mid-$150 range. SpaceX finished trading on Monday back at its IPO price of $135.

25 Aug 2026 2:54 am
Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case

Zillow and Redfin reached a settlement with the FTC, which requires Redfin to reenter the rental advertising business.

25 Aug 2026 2:15 am
Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there

Make the most of Disrupt's crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15.

25 Aug 2026 1:46 am
Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI

Weeks after OpenAI disclosed that one of its cybersecurity models had gone rogue and hacked AI dataset company Hugging Face, Alabamas Attorney General announced an investigation into the incident.

25 Aug 2026 1:28 am
Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60 percent, blaming memory shortage

As the memory shortage continues to cause trouble for hardware makers, Amazon says it is now being forced to pass on the costs to its consumers.

25 Aug 2026 1:24 am
Amjad Masad,

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit's role in developing it.

25 Aug 2026 1:24 am
Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.

25 Aug 2026 1:14 am
Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics

General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six.

24 Aug 2026 8:54 pm
OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?

Inside the frontier labs push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.

24 Aug 2026 8:30 pm
Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions

The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber 825 million in the second largest penalty issued under Europes GDPR.

24 Aug 2026 1:00 am
Two years after launch, Walmart

Flipkart's quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million orders a day, nearly triple its November volume.

23 Aug 2026 8:30 am
OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill

OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.

22 Aug 2026 10:00 pm
Frontier AI labs still won

A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems increasingly demonstrate unexpected and potentially dangerous behavior.

22 Aug 2026 9:30 pm
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense

U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was on the ropes after EV incentives were slashed.

22 Aug 2026 8:50 pm
Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can

Googles Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not be enough to tempt recent Pixel owners.

22 Aug 2026 7:30 pm
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that

Michael Polansky better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover new skincare compounds, and is only now going public about it.

22 Aug 2026 7:01 am
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising 2.6 billion ($16 million).

22 Aug 2026 6:33 am
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.

22 Aug 2026 4:07 am
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours

Rillet CEO Nicholas Koop shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.

22 Aug 2026 3:40 am
Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams

Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.

22 Aug 2026 2:28 am
TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children

Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.

22 Aug 2026 1:55 am
The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch

The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.

22 Aug 2026 1:27 am
Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero

Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.

22 Aug 2026 1:13 am
Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today

If youve been circling around Disrupt, then nows the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!

22 Aug 2026 12:46 am
US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities

The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company -- or a group of companies -- in the electric and autonomous vehicle industries.

21 Aug 2026 9:31 pm
Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy

The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.

21 Aug 2026 8:09 pm
Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay

Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.

21 Aug 2026 8:00 pm
Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up

There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.

21 Aug 2026 7:30 pm
Tesla recalls 3 million cars as part of China-wide push to stop hidden door handles

Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.

21 Aug 2026 7:18 pm
Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants

The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.

21 Aug 2026 7:05 pm
Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools

Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.

21 Aug 2026 6:35 pm