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AI trade frenzy seems driven by a ‘virtuous’ cycle
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, attends a press conference after the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. Kim Soo-hyeon | Reuters
Traders who shorted the S&P 500 —…
Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation
Google says it has removed Gemma from its AI Studio after a U.S. senator accused the AI model of fabricating accusations of sexual misconduct against her.
In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Senator Marsha Blackburn — a Republican…
Microsoft AI chief says only biological beings can be conscious
Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025.David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicrosoft AI chief…
Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X.
While both men were founders at OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, they have subsequently sparred across social media, court filings, and…
Evolve Bank CEO fired propositioning FBI agent who posed as teen boy
Bob Hartheimer, CEO of Tennessee's Evolve Bank & Trust, was fired after U.S. law enforcement officials caught him propositioning a law enforcement officer posing as a 15-year-old boy on gay dating app Grindr.On Oct. 19, an employee…
Microsoft will grow headcount again but with ‘more leverage,’ CEO says
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. Microsoft Corp., determined to hold its ground in artificial…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls the prediction markets
On Thursday, at the end of Coinbase’s third quarter earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted that he was “a little bit distracted,” because he’d been “tracking the prediction market about what Coinbase will say on their next earnings…
Earnings reports show how Big Tech is quietly seeing a digital ad boom
META CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.Getty ImagesAs tech giants increase their already breathtaking spending on artificial intelligence, their respective digital advertising businesses have also gained…
What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about AOL’s acquirer
Bending Spoons’ four cofounders this week joined the billionaire ranks.
CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based tech conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion, while cofounders Matteo Danieli, Luca Querella, and Francesco…
Prepare for AI to ‘completely disrupt everything’
Min-Liang Tan speaks during a conference at SXSW Sydney on October 16, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.Nina Franova | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence is set to have a huge impact on the gaming industry and its billions of players,…
Palantir comms chief calls company’s political shift ‘concerning’
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty…
Tattd gave four TechCrunch writers tattoos at Startup Battlefield
On Tuesday morning at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, our Senior Producer Maggie Nye rolled up her jacket sleeve to show me her new tattoo: a classic, pixelated cursor arrow. TechCrunch’s Becca Szkutak got a matching cursor, while Theresa…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI has reached a virtuous cycle
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the Live Keynote Pregame during the Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) in Washington, DC, on Oct. 28, 2025.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesNvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday that artificial…
Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt | TechCrunch
Thanks to everyone who made this year’s San Francisco event what it was — and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn’t make it? The images below offer a glimpse…
Apple silences its critics with strong iPhone demand and blowout services revenue
Talk about a monster quarter. Apple delivered a great September quarter Thursday evening, even as iPhone supply was constrained by strong demand. The stock really got going after the company's strong forecast for the holiday quarter.…
Amazon (AMZN) Q3 earnings report 2025
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon is slated to post results for the third quarter after the closing bell Thursday.Here's what analysts…
Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies
Threads, Meta’s X rival, continues to ship new features at a rapid pace. Shortly after the launch of communities and disappearing “ghost posts,” the social networking app on Thursday introduced new tools that will give users more…
Capex is the number to look at amid Big Tech earnings
Signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The news is coming in fast and thick. Strap in.First, interest rates.The U.S. Federal Reserve…