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Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceXs IPO

The company says it needs significant water resources to cool its data centers, and that access to abundant, affordable water is a challenge.

1 Jun 2026 11:49 pm
A new app, The Mall, is building a universal feed for online shopping

The Mall lets shoppers build a personalized feed of brands, track sales and drops, and discover products across thousands of retailers.

1 Jun 2026 11:20 pm
Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers

Hackers stole usernames, hashed passwords, and other data from a service that allowed players to cheat in Grand Theft Auto V.

1 Jun 2026 10:52 pm
Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund

Mike Schroepfer's Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world's energy and material shortages.

1 Jun 2026 10:12 pm
Anthropic files to go public

The company said Monday it has filed confidentially for an IPO.

1 Jun 2026 10:06 pm
SpaceX says it may issue significant equity in future transactions

The company added a warning to prospective investors that a major dilution could be in the cards after it goes public.

1 Jun 2026 9:39 pm
This AI weather startup is out-forecasting government agencies

Windborne Systems' newest weather forecasting model beats the best government predictions by days.

1 Jun 2026 9:30 pm
DuckDuckGo makes its no-AI search engine easier to access as its traffic booms

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

1 Jun 2026 8:19 pm
Revolut rolls out services to thousands of users in India ahead of broader launch

The British fintech has built a waitlist of about 450,000 users in India as it prepares for a broader launch.

1 Jun 2026 8:16 pm
Strava declares war on scrapers ahead of IPO

Strava will charge a flat monthly fee from developers to access its API

1 Jun 2026 5:30 pm
Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M

The Seoul-based rocket startup is developing its own launch vehicles and engines.

1 Jun 2026 3:30 pm
Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission.

1 Jun 2026 2:35 am
This is fine artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

The startup has apparently taken down the ads using KC Green's This is fine meme.

31 May 2026 11:58 pm
TechCrunch Mobility: It doesnt matter that people hate the Ferrari Luce

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

31 May 2026 9:35 pm
What happens in Vega$: steroids, swimmers, and a billion-dollar hustle

The Enhanced Games a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.

31 May 2026 6:30 pm
SoftBank says it will invest up to 75 billion to build French data centers

The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.

31 May 2026 3:15 am
This weekends two biggest movies were both directed by YouTubers

The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong.

31 May 2026 2:42 am
Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

30 May 2026 10:30 pm
What a joke: Github Copilots new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs

The golden age of Microsoft's Github Copilot appears to be at an end.

30 May 2026 10:00 pm
Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.

30 May 2026 9:29 pm
I put Googles 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and its actually pretty useful

Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but its unclear why Google made it a separate product.

30 May 2026 9:00 pm
The groupthink boom: what three top VCs really think about the AI frenzy

If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; you might already have a Series A [offer], said one, half-kiddingly.

30 May 2026 8:19 pm
TikToks road to becoming a super app

TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.

30 May 2026 6:30 pm
This $300 pizza oven can easily help elevate your summer pizza nights

The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens.

30 May 2026 6:30 pm
As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026

Weve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

30 May 2026 6:30 pm
Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Googles ad business

The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords.

30 May 2026 7:30 am
I went to the so-called steroid Olympics, to understand why Silicon Valley is obsessed with peptides

The Enhanced Games a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.

30 May 2026 6:09 am
SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

30 May 2026 3:51 am
Coders are refusing to work without AIand that could come back to bite them

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

30 May 2026 3:44 am
So youve heard these AI terms and nodded along; lets fix that

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

30 May 2026 12:19 am
What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your jobtruly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example ofAI psychosis. Indeed,ClickUprecentlycut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, []

29 May 2026 11:27 pm
After Nvidias $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

29 May 2026 10:57 pm
Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.

29 May 2026 10:33 pm
Cognitions Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldnt replace humans

Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers.

29 May 2026 9:43 pm
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AIs biggest bottleneck isnt compute its memory

South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.

29 May 2026 5:30 pm