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Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon chair Jeff Bezos, has asked the U.S. government for permission to launch a network of more than 50,000 sat...

The U.S. Justice Department accused Iran’s government of being behind the hacktivist group Handala, which last week claimed responsibility for the destructive c...

The U.S. Justice Department accused Iran’s government of being behind the hacktivist group Handala, which last week claimed responsibility for the destructive c...

The Trump administration on Friday laid out a legislative frameworkhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/president-donald-j-trump-unveils-national-ai-legi...

Well, the data is out. AI startups accountedhttps://carta.com/data/vc-fund-performance-q4-2025-full-report/ for 41% of the $128 billionhttps://carta.com/data/vc...

!A police officer administers a breathalyser breath alcohol test after stopping a driver, on December 02, 2022 in Bournemouth, England.https://techcrunch.com/wp...

Looks like Amazon’s getting back into the smartphone game. More than 11 years after the e-commerce giant pulled the plug on its failed first effort, the Fire Ph...

Venture capitalists have placed increasingly bigger bets on AI startups, investing over half a trillion dollarshttps://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/q4-20...

Digital meeting notetakers like Read AIhttps://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/read-ai-raises-50m-to-integrate-its-bot-with-slack-email-and-more/, Fireflies.aihttps:/...

Rivr, a Zurich‑based autonomous robotics startup known for its stair‑climbing delivery robot, has been acquired by Amazon in a deal that signals the e‑commerce...

In Brief Posted: 3:09 PM PDT · March 19, 2026 !Jeff Bezoshttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/GettyImages-184123956.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Davi...

When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent negotiationshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/02...

Polymarket's New MLB Partnership !MLB partnership imagehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1127662758.jpg?w=1024 Prediction platform...

Bots are taking over the web, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. In an interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQL_97LxAPE at the SXSW conference in A...

Funding round Social network Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/ announced that it raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Bain Capital Crypto. The round closed in...

In Brief !A drilling rig bores into the Earth to tap geothermal energy.https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fervo-Energy_Project-Red_Rig-2-2048x13...

New AI Content Enforcement Systems Meta announced that it is beginning to roll out more advanced AI systems to handle content enforcement while reducing its re...

Background After settling its lengthy antitrust battlehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/google-settles-with-epic-games-drops-its-play-store-commissions-to-20/...

DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new, standalone Tasks app that will allow the company to pay its delivery couriers to complete assignments...

According to an Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/stories/boztank/3855871525543453750 from Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth, Meta is not shutting down VR suppor...

The FBI seized and took down two websites linked to the pro‑Iranian hacktivist group Handala, which last week claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberatta...

Background The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA warned companies to secure the systems they use to manage fleets of employee devices...

!Kevin A. Damoa, Founder & CEO, Glīd, Claire Kroft and Ankit Malhotra, winners of the Startup Battlefield 2025, pose onstage during day three of TechCrunch Disr...

Profitability Goal Delayed Rivian no longer expects to meet its long‑expected profitability goal in 2027 because of the amount it is spending on autonomy effor...

Overview K2, founded by brothers and former SpaceX engineers Karan and Neel Kunjur in 2022, is preparing to launch one of the highest‑powered spacecraft ever b...

The stakes are high for any founding team, so conflict should be expected, even encouraged. However, company culture is built on real reactions and interactions...

Alphabet’s X Moonshot Factory Spins Out Anori For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly trying to fix one of the world’s most stubb...

Alphabet’s X Moonshot Factory Takes Another Shot at Fixing the Real‑Estate Industry For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly tryin...

Funding round and growth Cloaked announced a $375 million Series B round and additional growth financing to expand its consumer offering and move into the ente...

In a move to appeal to its younger viewers, the Fox‑owned streaming service Tubi has launched its Creatorverse Incubator in partnership with TikTok. Creatorvers...

Arc Boat Company is raising its profile in the commercial and defense sectors after securing a $50 million Series C round led by Eclipse, a16z, Menlo Ventures,...

!A Tesla logo seen on a Tesla Model 3 car.https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2159532501.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Peerapon Boonyakiat...

!https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Alexa-UK.jpeg?w=1024 Image Credit: Amazon Amazon is bringing its new AI‑powered conversational assistant, Ale...

Rivian partners with Uber to build thousands of robotaxis Rivian said on Thursday that it is partnering with Uber to build thousands of robotaxis based on its u...

The U.S. and Europe have a nickel problem. The critical mineralhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/trumps-critical-mineral-reserve-is-an-admission-that-the-future...

Private‑Company Credit Defaults & AI Compute Risks Private‑company defaults are running at upwards of 9.2% – the highest rate in years – according to Reutersht...

In Brief Edrahttps://edra.ai/, a New York‑based startup that says it helps companies automate workflows by turning their existing operational data into a livin...

In Brief !AI agent concept with robot inside a laptop with a voice bubble on red background.https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-14244...

!OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Testifies In Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On The AI Racehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GettyImages-2214107176.jpg...

Interview at SXSW Carl Pei, co‑founder and CEO of Nothinghttps://us.nothing.tech/, discussed a future beyond the iPhone during an interviewhttps://www.youtube....

Background Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was years ahead of the market when he pushed the company to start tinkering with building AI‑specific chips back in 2010 Tec...

FBI Resumes Purchasing Location Data The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s...

Trevor Milton’s New AI‑Powered Plane Venture It’s been almost exactly one year since Trevor Milton, the founder of the now‑bankrupt electric‑truck startup Niko...

Context Patreon CEO Jack Conte spoke at the SXSW conference in Austin, emphasizing that he isn’t anti‑AI. “I run a frickin’ tech company,” he told the audience...

The Problem with Starting a Podcast Most people have experienced that moment when a conversation with a friend feels so natural that someone suggests, “We shou...

Overview Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — a...

Every new technology creates a new environment in which we work, but it’s not clear how AI will do that. One possibility is that the interface disappears entire...

Overview Facebook announced on Wednesday that it is launching Creator Fast Track, a new program designed to help creators grow on Facebook with guaranteed pay...