New $100/Month Pro Plan OpenAI announced on Thursday a new $100/month Pro plan, a tier that power users have been requesting for a long time. The plan sits bet...

Production shift Volkswagen will cease production of the all‑electric ID.4 at its U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, redirecting resources toward high‑vol...

Florida Attorney General Announces Investigation into OpenAI Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that his office will investigate OpenAI...

Orion Selfie NASA In this handout image provided by NASA, Orion snapped this high‑resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar‑array wi...

Release Information Thick as Thieves, the magical heist game from the stealth veterans at OtherSide Entertainment, will launch on Steam on May 20. The release...

Meta’s AI app has seen a sizable jump in installs following Wednesday’s launch of the company’s newest AI model, Muse Sparkhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/met...

Play Fibbage, Quiplash and Drawful for free with a streaming subscription. Netflix has added a heavy hitter in party activities to its gaming lineup. The strea...

Anthropic said this week that it limited the release of its newest model, dubbed Mythos, because it is too capable of finding security exploits in software reli...

Overview Developer Klei Entertainment has announced a follow‑up to Don’t Starve that adds a new sense of depth to the popular survival game. Don’t Starve Elsew...

Overview The mountain‑climbing simulation Cairn is receiving a series of free DLC drops under the banner On the Trail. The first installment, titled Deep Water...

Posted: 11:27 AM PDT · April 9, 2026 !Google Cloud data center in Hanau, Germany Oct 6 2023https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1709348...

Overview Windrose was a hit at the recent Steam Next Fest, with more than 850 000 people checking out the demo and over 1.5 million wishlisting the pirate surv...

Details Tesla may be shifting strategy once again. Reuters reported that the company is working on a smaller and less expensive electric SUV. This would be a b...

Bret Taylor, co‑founder and CEO of Sierra—a startup building customer‑service AI agents for enterprises—believes the way humans interact with software will chan...

Overview A big indie showcase has just wrapped up, and now I have a lot more games to look forward to. The third iteration of the Triple‑I Initiative, an annua...

Release Information Indie game studio Coldblood announced today that its debut project Neverway has been given a release window of October 2026. Billed as a “n...

Overview Sunset Visitor has announced the follow‑up to the acclaimed 1000xResist. The new title, Prove You’re Human, returns to a sci‑fi setting and explores a...

Announcement The indie studio Sunset Visitor, fresh off the critical success of 1000xResist, is announcing its second game, a narrative adventure titled Prove...

Image: Screenshot from Slay the Princess Image: Black Tabby Games Black Tabby Games expands into indie publishing Black Tabby Games, the two‑person studio behin...

Apps like Superhuman and Mimestream have tried to get people to inbox zero on the desktop. Now, a new app called Avechttps://www.avec.ai/ for mobile devices aim...

Release Date Rhythm Heaven Groove officially arrives on July 2 for the Nintendo Switch. The game was first announced on the Nintendo Today! app before being sh...

Lenovo LOQ 15.6‑inch Gaming Laptop It’s tough to find decent gaming laptops under $1,000. However, Best Buy has what I consider to be a good entry‑level model...

Update Overview Fubo is rolling out a big mobile app update today that adds a bunch of new features, including short‑form videos with news about your favorite...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letterhttps://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-2025-letter-to-shareholders reads like a co...

Overview A new feature that lets you create an AI avatar with your likeness is now live on YouTube. First announcedhttps://www.engadget.com/entertainment/youtu...

Overview Consumer complaints about Ticketmaster are so voluminous at state attorneys general offices that Pennsylvania's comes with an explicit plea for reside...

Today on Decoder, let’s talk about the looming AI monetization cliff, and whether some of the biggest companies in the space can become real, profitable busines...

Instagram announced that it plans to restrict content for teen accounts based on 13+ movie ratings last October in countries including Australia, Canada, the Un...

There's an intriguing new video game adaptation to watch in theaters — and no, it's not that one. Exit 8, based on the game of the same name, hits the big scree...

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal...

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal...

There is a lot of attention on domestic manufacturing in the United States these days, but for Turner Caldwell—who spent nearly a decade at Tesla—there isn’t en...

Background OpenAI announced Stargate UK in September as an AI‑infrastructure project in partnership with NVIDIA. The initiative was designed to help the United...

Integration of NotebookLM into Gemini Google has fully integrated NotebookLM, its AI‑powered research tool, into the Gemini app. The company launched a standal...

Gemini Notebooks Google's Gemini is getting a feature called notebooks to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI ch...

WireGuard, the open‑source VPN that underpins services such as Mullvad, Proton, and Tailscale, has been unable to ship updates for its Windows client after its...

!Avride autonomous vehiclehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/avride-uber.jpeg?w=1024 Image Credit: Avride Incident Overview The death of a duck i...

Is Poke an OpenClaw for the rest of us? That’s the idea coming from a new startup offering an AI agent that you can access via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and, in...

Is Poke an OpenClaw for the rest of us? The idea comes from a new startup offering an AI agent you can access via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and—in some markets—W...

Canva announced on Wednesday the dual acquisition of Simtheoryhttps://simtheory.ai/, an AI collaboration and agent‑management platform, and Orttohttps://ortto.c...

AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon’s recent $50 billion investment in OpenAIhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/openai-raises-110b-in-one-of-the-largest-private-fund...

Tubi launches the first native streaming app inside ChatGPT Tubi, the Fox‑owned streaming service, announced the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, givin...

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have begun testing autonomous microbuses in Los Angeles, marking the latest step toward a robotaxi service slated fo...

Overview The Triple‑i Initiative Showcase returns for its third consecutive year on Thursday, April 9 at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT. The event promises announcements f...

Demand for Apple Mac Mini in AI Agent Development The Mac Mini’s popularity has skyrocketed — especially in China — as it becomes an ideal platform for experim...

Amazon Smart Thermostat – Lower Energy Bills for $62 With temperatures on the rise and Earth Day just around the corner, now’s a good time to invest in a smart...

Greece will ban children under the age of 15 from using social media starting next year. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the measure in a TikTok vi...

Overview OpenAI has unveiled a Child Safety Blueprint aimed at strengthening U.S. child‑protection efforts amid the rapid growth of AI. The blueprint, released...