Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Technology

Epic Games has scored another procedural win in its fight with Apple over App Store fees, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now granted the Fortnite maker’s latest motion. The decision means Apple must continue to allow developers to use external...

Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Technology

A model is only as good as its data, and for Roman Teslyuk, the data wasn’t coming fast enough. “I hate delays,” Teslyuk, founder and CEO of Earth AI, told TechCrunch. For the last few years, Earth AI has been searching for critical minerals like copper, platinum, and...

Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Technology

Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that a payment of about $625,000 (about 199.7 million Sri Lankan rupees) to the U.S. Postal Service has been missing for several weeks, after U.S. officials reported that the payment had failed to arrive, reports local media. Authorities...

Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Technology

In a Pacific conflict, the nearest U.S. drone factory is thousands of miles away. Ships and planes carrying parts to the front lines would be vulnerable to attack. Defense startup Firestorm Labs thinks the answer is a drone factory that fits inside a shipping...

BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Technology

BMW i Ventures has launched a new $300 million fund with a timely thesis: AI will reshape how the automotive industry operates. And the independent venture arm of BMW AG wants to be in the driver’s seat. The fund, announced on Wednesday, will invest in early-stage...

Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Technology

Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat together in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Think Discord, but with AI characters alongside humans.  Founded in 2022, Shapes has more than 400,000 monthly active...