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PayPal’s crypto partner mints $300 trillion stablecoins in ‘technical error’
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021. Dado Ruvic | ReutersPaxos, the blockchain partner of PayPal, mistakenly minted $300 trillion of the online payment giant's…
U.S. federal AI regulation is on the way, Sen. Marsha Blackburn
As U.S. states start to react to growing constituent concerns around the risks associated with artificial intelligence use, Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn said moving forward with a federal preemption standard is…
Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO
Electric aviation startup Beta Technologies has priced shares for its initial public offering between $27 and $33, in hopes of raising as much as $825 million, according to a regulatory document filed with the U.S. Securities and…
Walmart is deploying millions of IoT sensors across U.S.
Walmart is deploying millions of ambient Internet of Things battery-free sensors throughout its massive supply chain in the U.S.The retail giant is using technology from Wiliot in what the IoT vendor is calling the first large-scale…
Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in London in 2026
Waymo said on Wednesday it will offer a commercial robotaxi service in London in 2026, marking the Alphabet-owned company’s second international expansion following Tokyo.
The announcement follows weeks of speculation fueled by a…
ASML Q3 earnings report
Employees assemble a ASML NXT1970Ci photolithography machine at the ASML Holding factory in Veldhoven, Netherlands.Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday looked to calm concerns over…
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday the company will soon relax some of ChatGPT’s safety restrictions, allowing users to make the chatbot’s responses friendlier or more “human-like,” and for “verified adults” to…
Salesforce will bring Agentforce to OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSalesforce is ramping up partnerships with leaders in generative…
Oracle Cloud to deploy 50,000 AMD AI chips as alternative to Nvidia
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that it will deploy 50,000 Advanced Micro Devices graphics processors starting in the second half of 2026.AMD shares climbed about 3% premarket. Oracle shares ticked slightly lower.The…
India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries
Airbound, an Indian drone startup, has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom, as it begins a drone-delivery pilot with a private hospital and works toward one-cent delivery using its…
There’s a hopeful mood in the Middle East and the markets
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while World leaders listen during a summit of European and Middle Eastern leaders on Gaza on October 13, 2025 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images
This might not be Christmas, but…
See It Here First at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Get ready for one of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s most electrifying moments — literally. Chris Barman, CEO of Slate Auto, is rolling one of her company’s brand-new electric trucks onto the Disrupt Stage before anyone else in the world sees…
‘Of course’ OpenAI can pay $60 billion per year
Oracle CEO, Clay Magouyrk, sits down with CNBC’s David Faber on Oct. 13, 2025. CNBCOracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, one of the two people tapped last month to lead the software company, is confident that OpenAI will be able to cover the costs…
Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
A close-up view of the Nexperia plant sign in Newport, Wales on April 1, 2022. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor maker based in the…
Strava eyes IPO as Gen Z trades dating apps for running clubs
Strava, the 16-year-old fitness tracking app, is gearing up to go public, the Financial Times reports.
CEO Michael Martin told the FT that the San Francisco company plans to list “at some point,” eyeing capital for more acquisitions.…
UK’s CMA activates new powers to regulate Google search
General view of the Google headquarters in King's Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain's competition…
The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their own to protect themselves. And older people, who did not grow up with the internet and…
China opens antitrust probe into the U.S. chip giant Qualcomm
Microchip and Qualcomm logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesQualcomm shares fell 4% on Friday after…