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TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India-made electric motorcycles global
Two months ago, Indian electric motorcycle startup Ultraviolette expanded into 10 European countries. Now, fueled with $21 million in an all-equity round led by the corporate venture arm of Japanese electronics giant TDK Corporation,…
Musk threatens legal action against Apple over alleged antitrust violations
A person holds a smartphone showing the iOS Store page for Grok, with the Apple logo visible in the background.Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesElon Musk on Monday threatened Apple with legal action over alleged antitrust…
Trump calls Intel CEO ‘success’ days after demanding resignation
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan makes a speech on stage in Taipei, Taiwan May 19, 2025. Ann Wang | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Monday that he and members of his cabinet met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, days after he called on the head of the…
iOS 26 beta 6 adds new ringtones, snappy app launches, and more
Apple on Tuesday released its sixth developer beta of its mobile operating system, iOS 26, along with updates for iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, and others. As the new software gets closer to its September public launch date, the…
C3 AI stock falls 20% as CEO calls sales ‘completely unacceptable’
The C3.ai logo is seen near a computer motherboard in this illustration taken on Jan. 8, 2024.Dado Ruvic | ReutersShares of the enterprise artificial intelligence company C3 AI tumbled more than 20% Monday after it announced preliminary…
Nigerian profitable food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M from Novastar, Y Combinator
Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria…
SoftBank founder Son makes his biggest bet by staking the future on AI
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMasayoshi Son is making his biggest bet…
Nvidia China H20 chips
Photo illustration of Nvidia's H20 chip. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChip giant Nvidia pushed back Sunday in response to allegations from Chinese state media that its H20 artificial intelligence chips are a national security…
The computer science dream has become a nightmare
Well, the coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed.
Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to…
Intel CEO responds to ‘misinformation’ and Trump threat in letter
Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, appears at an event organized by the company.Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesIntel CEO Lip-Bu Tan addressed "misinformation" about his previous roles after President Donald Trump called for his…
RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI
Sometimes it’s nice to have a simple app that does one thing well without a lot of fuss.
Microsoft Lens was that type of app: a mobile document scanner that turned paper documents, business cards, receipts, and anything else into…
Tesla Robotaxi scores permit to run ride-hailing service in Texas
In an aerial view, the Tesla headquarters is seen in Austin, Texas, on July 24, 2025.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesTesla has been granted a permit to run a ride-hailing business in Texas, allowing the electric vehicle maker to compete…
How AI is boosting ad revenue
Artificial intelligence has been a shot in the arm for digital advertising.Meta and Alphabet both reported sales and earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations, but the strength in digital ad spend was notable.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’
During a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team were peppered with questions about the new model and requests to bring back its previous model, GPT-4o.
They also asked Altman…
Trade Desk tanks on CFO departure, Q2 results and Amazon competition
Jeff Green, CEO of The Trade Desk.Scott Mlyn | CNBCShares of The Trade Desk plummeted 39% on Friday, their worst day on record, after the ad-tech company announced the departure of its CFO and analysts expressed concerns about rising…
Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach
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Apple has best week since July 2020 after Tim Cook’s White House visit
U.S. President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook shake hands on the day they present Apple's announcement of a $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6,…
What founders need to know before choosing their exit at Disrupt 2025
Startups face more exit options — and more uncertainty — than ever before. That’s why we’re bringing this essential conversation to the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone…