Technology

Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally

Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company, has raised $16 billion as it plans to grow its fleet of driverless taxicabs this year to more than a dozen new cities...

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again. After a legal...

Anduril has invented a wild new drone flying contest where jobs are the prize 

Palmer Luckey’s eyes light up, and he talks a mile a minute, when discussing his company’s new recruiting...

Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone. The official status dashboard for...

Sources: project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes

Some of the team responsible for maintaining SGLang, a popular open-source tool used by companies like xAI and...

Irregular raises $80 million to secure frontier AI models

On Wednesday, AI security firm Irregular announced $80 million in new funding in a round led by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures, with participation...

White House offers more details about potential TikTok deal

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared on Fox News today and said that an agreement has been reached — but not signed —...

Quantum internet inches closer thanks to new chip — it helps beam quantum signals over real-world fiber optic cables

Scientists have sent quantum signals over standard fiber-optic cables using the same connectivity that powers today’s web, in what could be a major step...

Even Rogers and Max Haot join the Space Stage at Disrupt 2025

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....

Discover how developer tools are shifting fast at Disrupt 2025

The idea of hiring your “first critical engineer” is getting a serious reality check at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone...

California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 53, a first-in-the-nation bill that sets new transparency requirements on large AI companies. SB 53, which passed the state legislature two weeks ago, requires large...