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 Europe’s…
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TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash
Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools…
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Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
Flipkart's quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million orders a day, nearly triple its November…
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Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
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Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs?
On the latest episode of Equity, we wonder why the DOJ is investigating startup board seats.
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Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research
Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific…
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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.
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Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions…
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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…
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Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative…
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly…
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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…
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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by…
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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.
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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia…
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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.
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TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection…
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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…
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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…
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Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join…
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Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong
Tesla's solar roof was an experiment that never really caught on for the company. But does that mean the concept of…
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Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA’s child collision probe
The responses to NHTSA's questions so far are redacted entirely, citing "confidential business information."
Read at source →Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats?
Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada
Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals.
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Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B
Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or…
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OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates
Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both…
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