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Optimizing Growth: Uber Freight’s AI Tools Revolutionizing Business Operations

Three years back, during the pandemic chaos affecting businesses of all sizes, Luciano Sieber, Colgate-Palmolive’s chief supply chain officer, pulled off a logistics blitz. The outcome not only gave Sieber a deeper insight into...

Christian Selig Joins Digg as Advisor: Insights from Apollo for Reddit Developer

Christian Selig, who used to be the brain behind the cool Reddit app Apollo, is now jumping on board as an advisor for the new version of Digg. The OG Digg founder Kevin Rose...

Coinbase Data Breach Impacts 69,000 Customers

Coinbase just spilled the beans about a major data breach that affected a whopping 69,461 customers. The breach, which lasted for months, was disclosed by the crypto giant last week. According to a filing...

Project Mariner: Google’s New Web-Browsing AI Agent

Google just declared at Google I/O 2025 that they are launching Project Mariner, their experimental AI agent that cruises the web and interacts with websites, to more users and developers. They also mentioned that...

Rethinking Scaling Strategies for Founders with Rob Biederman at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

So, you're a founder tryna grow your startup, right? Well, chances are you're dealing with more than just product or capital. Talent, scale, and smart execution are the real battlegrounds. And that's where TechCrunch...

Exhibit Your Startup at TechCrunch Sessions AI – Last Week Recap

So, you've got this amazing new innovation you're just dying to show off to the AI world, right? Well, guess what? Your time has finally come! You've got until this Friday, May 23 at...

Tesla’s Self-Driving Tests Geofenced to Safest Areas in Austin

Tesla's CEO Elon Musk recently revealed in an interview with CNBC that the company's first test of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas next month will begin in specific areas that Tesla considers to...

Google and Warby Parker Collaboration: $150M Investment in AI Glasses

Google, in an unexpected move, has announced a partnership with Warby Parker, a consumer eyewear company, to develop AI-powered smart glasses. The tech giant has pledged a whopping $150 million for this collaboration during...

Google Gemma AI: Run Latest Model on Phones

Alright, so Google's got this whole family of "open" AI models called Gemma, and it's expanding. At the Google I/O event in 2025, they unveiled Gemma 3n, a model built to work smoothly on...

Sergey Brin Reflects on Mistakes with Google Glass

Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted to making a slew of blunders with Google Glass during an interview at Google I/O 2025. In a surprise appearance alongside Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Brin confessed to...

Luminar Layoffs Continue as CEO Resigns

Luminar, the lidar company that was once led by Austin Russell, who no longer holds the CEO position, is facing yet another round of restructuring. New layoffs have been announced in a recent regulatory...

Enhanced Features on Google Play for Developers: Topic Pages, Audio Previews, and Subscription Tools

Google just announced some upgrades to its Play Store to help Android app developers boost their marketing efforts. The changes include new tools for managing subscription apps, topic pages for exploring specific subjects, a...

Google I/O 2025: Key Announcements and Updates from Developer Conference

Google I/O 2025, Google’s big developer conference of the year, is happening at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on Tuesday and Wednesday. I'm here to keep you updated on all the latest happenings...

Save $900 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets – Limited Time Offer

Alright, so, like, time's running out, my friends! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is just around the corner, and prices are gonna shoot up faster than a rocket on May 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If...

Tailored Side Events at All Stage 2025 Boston – Ultimate Guide

Looking to make a splash at TechCrunch All Stage 2025? Our Side Events initiative is a fantastic opportunity to engage with Boston’s tech community in a dynamic and memorable manner. Plus, we’ll assist in...

Unlocking the Power of OpenAI’s Codex: A New Era of Coding Tools

OpenAI dropped a bombshell last week by unveiling Codex, a new coding system meant to tackle intricate programming tasks using plain language commands. Codex marks a significant leap for OpenAI into the realm of...

Brex Partners with Zip to Reduce Cash Burn for IPO Success

Brexy and Zip: A Surprising Partnership In a move that left many scratching their heads, Brex and Zip have decided to team up, despite being competitors in the past. The CEOs of both companies spilled...

South Loop Ventures $21M Fund Boosts Houston Tech Ecosystem

South Loop Ventures, a venture firm based in Houston, recently announced the closing of their Fund I, totaling a whopping $21 million. Rice Management Company and Chevron Technology Ventures have come on board as...

SparkCharge Secures $30M Investment for Fleet Electrification

Not really sure why this matters, but electrifying a fleet of vehicles is the chicken-and-egg problem for the 21st century. Where do you spend money first, on the vehicles or the charging infrastructure? According...

Early Access to Waymo and Uber’s Atlanta Robotaxi Service

Waymo and Uber are finally rolling out robotaxi rides in Atlanta for a lucky few customers who managed to snag a spot on the waitlist. The highly-anticipated launch of this service comes just in...

Waymo Expands Robotaxi Service in Silicon Valley

Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its commercial robotaxi service area. This decision paves the way for Waymo to introduce its driverless ride-hailing vehicles...

Revolutionizing the Used Car Market in Egypt: Sylndr Offers Buying, Selling, Financing, and Servicing...

Sylndr, a company based in Cairo, has managed to secure a whopping $15.7 million in funding as it expands its operations beyond just online sales of used cars. The company is now venturing into...

Monzo’s Shift to Corporate Culture: Emphasizing Authenticity Over Gimmicks

So, like, Monzo, the biggest digital bank in Britain, you know, is still all about those neon debit cards, emojis everywhere, and free spending abroad. But now, they're not just trying to be all...

String of Tanks baffles Inhabitants, bugs astronomers

A series of lights which lobbed across the nighttime skies in parts of America more than three nights earlier that week had callers blatantly calling TV channels from Texas to Wisconsin and speculating that...

Experts recommend a rigorous audit to ensure California recalls are protected

After copies of voting systems across the country were made public, a group of election security specialists called for an audit of the recall election for California's governor. Their letter sent to the secretary of state's...

Beijing warns fintech Companies against anti-monopoly Behaviour

Chinese monetary authorities have summoned 13 businesses engaged in Internet finance solutions, such as Tencent and Bytedance, and advised them to fortify anti-monopoly steps HONG KONG -- Chinese financial authorities have summoned 13 businesses participated...