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Ether notches first new record since 2021 after Powell speech teasing rate cuts
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe price of ether smashed through its 2021 record on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming rate cuts and investors returned to risk-on mode.The second-largest…
Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth
Y Combinator has filed an amicus brief in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, arguing that the App Store has stifled startup innovation.
We’ve reached out to legal reps for YC and Apple for comment.
The brief…
Apple will make chips at Texas Instruments’ $60 billion U.S. project
When Texas Instruments announced a $60 billion manufacturing megaproject in July, it was a bold bet that companies would want to mass produce foundational microchips on U.S. soil. In August, Apple vowed to do just that.During the same…
OpenAI lawyers question Meta’s role in Elon Musk’s $97B takeover bid
OpenAI is asking Meta to produce evidence related to any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and xAI to acquire or invest in the ChatGPT-maker.
The request was made public in a brief filed Thursday in Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against…
Nvidia looking to halt H20 chip production after China cracks down on purchases
An Nvidia chip is seen through a magnifying glass in Beijing, China, on August 1, 2025. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesNvidia has asked some of its component suppliers to stop production related to its made-for-China H20 general…
Trump’s Nvidia, Intel dealings are ‘crony capitalism’: Walter Isaacson
President Donald Trump's dealings with Intel and Nvidia amount to a "scattershot method of crony capitalism," Walter Isaacson said Thursday."That state capitalism often evolves into crony capitalism, where you have favored companies and…
YouTube Music celebrates 10 years with new features that help it compete with Spotify
YouTube is celebrating 10 years of its YouTube Music app on Thursday with the launch of new features that bring it closer to rival Spotify and others. The app will now include “Taste Match” playlists, which are playlists that combine…
Crypto firms urge UK to form national stablecoin strategy
Stablecoin Tether and Circle's USDC dominate the market.Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.K. should establish a national stablecoin strategy to enable adoption of the tokens and avoid falling behind the U.S. on the disruptive new…
Even Rogers and Max Haot join the Space Stage at Disrupt 2025
The next era of the space economy isn’t just about rockets and satellites — it’s about infrastructure, autonomy, and entirely new models for building and defending off-Earth assets. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this October 27–29 in San…
Microsoft guidance probably includes gutting volume discounts: analyst
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023Ben Kriemann | Getty ImagesMicrosoft said last week that it plans to stop providing discounts on enterprise purchases of its Microsoft 365 productivity…
Intel in talks with other investors for equity boost, sources say
Intel's CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company's Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. April 29, 2025.Laure Andrillon | ReutersIntel is in talks with other large investors to receive an equity infusion at…
Zoox taps ex-UberPool exec’s startup for routing software help
When James Cox, the former leader of Uber’s ride-share product, UberPool, left that company in 2019, the Silicon Valley giant had abandoned its autonomous vehicle development and sold off the division entirely. While UberPool had…
SoftBank Group shares plunge over 9% as Asian tech stocks track declines in U.S. peers
The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company's headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty ImagesShares Japan's SoftBank Group plunged as much as 9.2% Wednesday, as technology stocks…
Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling
A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against embattled HR and payroll provider Deel. And while Deel described this as a “Rippling-aligned” and “Rippling-supported” lawsuit, this is not the infamous lawsuit filed by its…
Nvidia developing more powerful AI chip for China, report says
The Nvidia booth at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on July 16, 2025.Florence Lo | ReutersNvidia said Tuesday that it is evaluating several products following a report that the company is working on a new artificial…
Tech’s AI deals are leaving behind zombie companies, investors say
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesJeff Wang got a big promotion last month. There were lots of tears, but not the happy kind.The 39-year-old was unexpectedly named interim CEO of artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf. The…
Figure’s IPO filing marks Mike Cagney’s return to public markets
Figure Technology, a seven-year-old blockchain-based lending company, has filed for an IPO of its Class A common stock on Nasdaq, with Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and BofA Securities serving as its lead bookrunners.
The number of shares…
Analysts downplay AI bubble worries as Altman looks to spend trillions
The artificial intelligence boom that Sam Altman helped ignite with ChatGPT in late 2022 is starting to make even him uneasy.Startups with little more than a pitch deck are raising hundreds of millions. Valuations have become "insane."…