Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket | TechCrunch — According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.
SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers | TechCrunch — The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.
For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the US electricity mix in May 2026. “Solar supplied a rec — For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the US electricity mix in May 2026. “Solar supplied a record 12.8% of US electricity, while coal fell to 12
Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore | TechCrunch — Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.
VAR makes 'mistaken identity' history as strange booking confuses fans — The United States open their World Cup campaign with a fine win - but not before a sequence of events that left everyone scratching their heads.
Trump Admin permits Volvo to keep selling connected cars in the U.S. | TechCrunch — Volvo, which is majority owned by China's Geely Holdings, said it can now move forward with its expansion plans for its U.S. factory.
DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms | TechCrunch — Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.
Bouaddi: Morocco’s teenager World Cup star who could have played for France — A promising midfielder marked for the French team, Bouaddi is a breakout sensation on his World Cup debut with Morocco.
Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: 'Are y'all sure you still want this?' | TechCrunch — You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel homescreen, says Google.
The 10-year-old Lexus SUV with an interior that still feels brand new — A used Lexus SUV that still feels shockingly new inside, with a cabin quality most modern luxury SUVs just can’t match today.
It's not FAANG anymore. It's MANGOS. | TechCrunch — With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know | TechCrunch — TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some wh
The weight of the Three Lions: Football, colonialism, diaspora — England vs Ghana exposes football’s tangled histories of empire, diaspora and belonging.
The offline desk gadget that actually got me to sit up straight | TechCrunch — Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits
How to get the most out of your Apple TV+ subscription — Apple TV+ offers some great entertainment at a reasonable price, but there are ways to bring the cost down even further.
From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield's alumni now? | TechCrunch — We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCr
Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies | TechCrunch — OpenAI's CEO recalls a "particularly hair-raising" conversation with the SpaceX founder.
The most interesting startups right now want to get you off your phone | TechCrunch — Watch as the Equity podcast breaks down Anthropic's surprise IPO filing, the founders building startups to get you off your screen, and the token bubble that's starting to burst.
Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users | TechCrunch — The Meta-owned social platform announced a series of new features launching today, including a "Your Algo" tool that lets users control what they see in their feeds
Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice | TechCrunch — The maker of the Canvas school software said it "reached an agreement" with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word.
NYPD to deploy 10K officers to safeguard Knicks victory parade — The victory parade for the NBA champion New York Knicks will be safeguarded by 10,000 members of the NYPD, the largest number of police officers ever assigned to a planned event, the department said Wednesday.
Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation | TechCrunch — Rapido has driven its growth by enabling ride-hailing for lower-cost and more flexible modes of transport such as motorbikes and autorickshaws.
Nobody Finds Passion. Passion Finds You. | Ms. Karthikaa Kannan | TEDxKPRCAS — In this inspiring TEDx talk, Ms. Karthikaa Kannan challenges one of the most common pieces of advice given to young people: “Find your passion.” Drawing from her journey as a student, entrepreneur,…
Medicare's new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea | TechCrunch — There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up
Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance | TechCrunch — Over the last few months, these DIY hardware communities have exploded in popularity as people on social media show off their solar-powered game emulators, pocket-sized ereader
Maka Kids is redefining kids’ screen time with a streaming app optimized for well-being, not engagement | TechCrunch — Maka Kids is building a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development. The startup has now raised $3 million in
Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Google's release of Android CLI | TechCrunch — Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to bu
Google's new Universal Cart wants to follow you across the entire internet | TechCrunch — The tech giant says it's aware that most people shop across multiple devices, many retailers, and over the course of many days, which is why it's launching Universal Cart.
Waymo launches a loyalty program with 10% cash back and free cancellations | TechCrunch — Members of the program, called "Waymo Premier," will have to pony up $29.99 per month.
Alphabet's record-breaking $85B raise for Google's AI business is a helluva good signal | TechCrunch — If Alphabet's record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.
Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok | TechCrunch — The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.
Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump | TechCrunch — The FTX co-founder is serving a 25-year sentence, doled out in 2024.
Prime Day is ending: Score 175+ last-chance deals on Apple, Ninja, Lego, and Sony — On the final day of the Amazon mega-sale, you can still score huge discounts on OLED TVs, Sony headphones, and Apple Watches.
Spotify takes on Google's NotebookLM with its new app | TechCrunch — Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets
The AI world is getting 'loopy' | TechCrunch — The loop takes agentic AI a step further, by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly.
Vibe coding can build your pipeline. It can't explain it six months later — <p>AI coding agents are rapidly accelerating data engineering by generating transformations, pipelines, orchestration workflows, validation tests, and infrastructure configurations from prompts. </p><p>Ho
Google just declared itself a contender in AI design | TechCrunch — The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers | TechCrunch — Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.
Global EV market goes K-shaped as the U.S. gets left behind | TechCrunch — EV sales have surged worldwide in every region but the U.S., posing risks for legacy and startup automakers.
Moscow Citizens Banned From Sharing Photos of Drone Strikes as Attacks Increase Inside Russia — It's to prevent the 'dissemination of unreliable information.'
The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns | TechCrunch — penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told…
Siri AI Might Tell You to Take Breaks and Remind You It's Not a Real Person — Code strings discovered in iOS 27 suggest that Apple may be planning to show users a break reminder after especially long Siri AI conversations. Strings of code in the first developer beta of iOS 27…
My Year-End Playlist - AVC — Every year I put together a playlist at the end of the year with some of the new music I found and got into. Most of these songs are under the radar which is my favorite kind of music. So I hope you find something new that you like in here.
Uber, Wayve and Waymo are headed towards a robotaxi showdown in London | TechCrunch — Uber customers in the UK can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve robotaxi.
Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves | TechCrunch — Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.
Bessent Urged by US Senators to Push China on Undervalued Yuan — A bipartisan duo of senators has called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to step up cooperation with the Group of Seven to pressure China into addressing what they called a deliberate suppression of its…
Anthropic's Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button | TechCrunch — Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models — Studios should take note of what’s going on at this year’s Tribeca.
Jensen Huang says he's found a 'brand new' $200B market for Nvidia | TechCrunch — The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts.
Apple raises Mac and iPad prices, spares iPhone for now | TechCrunch — Apple raises prices of MacBook Air and Pro along with iPad Air and Pro
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips | TechCrunch — AWS is in talks to sell its chips to other data centers. CEO Andy Jassy has said this represents a $50 billion opportunity for the company.
GitHub - workweave/router: Model router for agentic systems. Routes every prompt to the right model in <50ms. Cut costs 40-70% with just an endpoint change. — Model router for agentic systems. Routes every prompt to the right model in <50ms. Cut costs 40-70% with just an…
Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams | TechCrunch — Truecaller's eSIM product will initially launch in 29 countries
Shareholders sue Uber's board over sexual assaults, other incidents | TechCrunch — The lawsuit, led by a Detroit pension fund, alleges Uber's board and management has cut too many compliance corners, resulting in thousands of lawsuits.
7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change — Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly.
Alibaba's AI video model rises to No. 2 in global rankings, as OpenAI's Sora and ByteDance's Seedance fall away — <p><a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/en?_p_lc=1">Alibaba Cloud</a> on Sunday released <a href="https://www.happyhorse.com/">HappyHorse 1.1</a>, a major upgrade…