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TechCrunch Mobility: Robotaxi reality check
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Robotaxis are here! And yet, they’re not. That contradiction neatly...
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out
I recently had the opportunity to test out a wearable from Bee, the AI wrist gadget that Amazon acquired last year and has since updated with a number of new features. Like other AI wearables, Bee is designed as a kind personal assistant: it records, transcribes, and...
The Dreamie alarm clock got me to stop using my phone in bed
I have accomplished the unthinkable: I have learned to sleep soundly through the night without my phone at my bedside. Please, hold your applause. If it weren’t for the Dreamie alarm clock, I’m not sure that this Herculean feat would have been possible. If it feels as...
SolarSquare in talks to raise up to $60M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest
SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup that helps households and housing societies adopt solar power, is in advanced talks to raise fresh capital after securing India’s largest solar venture investment in December 2024, TechCrunch has learned. B Capital and...
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users — many of them journalists and civil society members across Europe — that they had been targeted by Israeli...
Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans
Two years ago, IBM realized there was one glaring omission in its roster of sports partnerships: Formula One. Formula One has become one of the world’s most popular sports, especially in the U.S., where Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” documented the working lives of F1...
Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions
One news headline this week had a whiff of déjà vu about it. Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced that it was going public, hoping to garner investor support to build subterranean reactors to power AI data centers. Wait, didn’t I already write that story? I could...
Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
Has Elon Musk given up on Tesla’s Master Plans, on the electrified economy, on solar power as we know it? From the SpaceX IPO filing released this week, it sure seems like it. A recap for those not enmeshed in the Musk-verse: Tesla has released four Master Plans over...
Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say
One of Berlin’s rising-star, early stage startups, Peec AI, just crossed $10 million in annualized revenue, according to internal dashboard data seen and verified by TechCrunch. Peec AI raised its $21 million Series A six months ago. While CEO Marius Meiners wouldn’t...
YouTube Premium and YouTube Music are getting more expensive
YouTube is raising subscription prices for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music in the U.S., the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The YouTube Premium individual plan is increasing from $13.99 to $15.99 per month, while the family plan is increasing from $22.99...
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build...
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PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing
Meta released its new Muse Spark AI model on Wednesday as part of a major overhaul of its AI efforts. It’s do-or-die time for Meta — the company cannot afford another billion-dollar investment into something that doesn’t pan out, like the metaverse. Well, maybe they...
Snap gets closer to releasing new AI glasses after years-long hiatus
Snap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm, as the company revs up for the release of its wearable later this year. The Snapchat creator has been teasing the release of the glasses—dubbed Spectacles,...
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pro $100 tier with 5X usage limits for Codex compared to Plus
OpenAI is making moves to try and court more developers and vibe coders (those who build software using AI models and natural language) away from rivals like Anthropic.Today, the firm arguably most synonymous with the generative AI boom announced it will begin...
Florida AG to probe OpenAI, alleging possible connection to FSU shooting
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Thursday his office will investigate OpenAI for its alleged harm to minors, potential to threaten national security, and its possible link to a shooting that took place at Florida State University last year....
ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan
OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for forever: a $100/month plan. Until now, plans were priced at: free (which now includes ads), an $8/month Go plan (that also includes ads), $20/month Plus plan (ad free), and then all the way...
What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery
In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end of that year, the venture-backed cybersecurity company had scaled to around 75 employees, building out sales, customer success, and support teams in...
Volkswagen drops all-electric ID.4 in the US in pivot back to gas SUVs
Volkswagen will no longer produce the all-electric ID.4 at its U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as the German automaker shifts its resources into high-volume vehicles like its upcoming gas-powered Atlas SUV. The company said Thursday that U.S. customers will be...
Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT
Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced Thursday that his office planned to investigate OpenAI over the alleged role of ChatGPT in a deadly shooting last year. In April 2025, a gunman opened fire on Florida State University’s campus, killing two and...
StubHub to pay $10M to settle FTC allegations over ‘deceptive’ ticket pricing
StubHub has agreed to pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations that the ticket marketplace failed to clearly disclose the full price of tickets. The federal agency said in a proposed settlement filed on Thursday that StubHub violated the...
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Bitcoin’s Value Reaching a Peak in 2017
"Bitcoin Chart" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Fabian Figueredo Bitcoin's continued rise up the financial ranks continued at the start of 2017 with the cryptocurrency's price breaking the $1,000 mark. 2016 saw Bitcoin enjoy a revival following two years of turbulence. Increased...
5 Top Slack Integrations
Tired of logging into your Gmail or Outlook account, attaching a file, staring at the screen while it loads, typing a smart and catchy subject and sending it to your coworkers? The amount of time it takes is unbelievable when you barely have time to look at yourself...
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