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The new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor.
Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI.
Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla's FSD software.
There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so weve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one for you.
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
We compiled a list of all the hottest AI wearables, including Muse Charm, Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.
Elon Musk reportedly ordered SpaceX to throttle Ukraine's Starlink access.
Instacart might sell itself to a larger competitor.
Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare.
A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.
From retro cassette players and virtual notebooks to flight trackers and even a digital toaster, developers are finding creative ways to take advantage of Apple's first foldable iPhone.
The $400 Boox Palma 2 Pro is a smartphone-sized e-reader designed for people who want to read books, articles, and documents on a small E Ink display.
We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.
The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a ap, and summersaulted on voice command.
Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's and don'ts for building hit products.
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller roundtables built for deeper discussion.
A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.
Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.
Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it says.
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.
Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.
Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months.
Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.
inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
Warhound, the brainchild of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement.
The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.
Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.
Third Dimension's technology uses AI to match the physical world, which when combined with Rivian's reams of data could turn into a valuable simulator.
Arc was fiercely beloved by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, but it never quite became the mass-market Chrome alternative its makers once envisioned.
At this years Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polskas Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days.
The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.
Wearing cameras and sensor gloves, the startups human chemists will train robots to perform various lab tasks.
The investment will provide a much needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.
Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.
Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts.
The ride share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work, but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.
The company is looking to roll the gold two-seater robotaxis out to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number of paid rides.
Spotify told investors its roll out of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household is not a crackdown, just a routine improvement.
Raising a Series A these days isn't so simple top investors break down what founders need to know now.
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.
The vibe-coding platform said all of its customers should revoke and rotate their private keys, after hackers were able to decrypt some customer secrets.
Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users
Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.
DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.

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