timef 05/27/2025
- YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing, Nielsen finds techcrunch.com2025-05-27 23:28:56
Nielsen’s latest report serves as another wake-up call that YouTube is rapidly gaining ground in the TV landscape. On Tuesday, Nielsen released its April 2025 “Media Distributor Gauge” report, which showed that YouTube has achieved a significant milestone: it has maintained the largest share of TV viewing for three consecutive months, now accounting for 12.4% […]
- WhatsApp launches long-awaited iPad app techcrunch.com2025-05-27 23:06:42
WhatsApp is officially available on iPad, Meta announced on Tuesday. The new iPad app allows you to make video and audio calls with up to 32 people, share your screen, and use both front and back cameras. Up until now, if you wanted to use WhatsApp on your iPad, you had to use the web […]
- Ahead of WWDC, Apple says App Store blocked $2B in fraud transactions last year, $9B in past 5 years techcrunch.com2025-05-27 22:43:39
Apple said it has prevented more than $9 billion in fraudulent transactions over the past five years, $2 billion of which it blocked in 2024.
- Two more heavy hitters join StrictlyVC’s star-studded lineup in Menlo Park techcrunch.com2025-05-27 22:20:00
Mark your calendars: June 18 just became a can’t-miss event. We’re thrilled that Ali Partovi and Russell Kaplan will be joining us for what’s shaping up to be a fantastic night of ideas and conversation in the heart of Silicon Valley at our next StrictlyVC evening, taking place in Menlo Park. Partovi, the longtime investor […]
- Netflix CPO Eunice Kim is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to talk tech, tools, and yes, its password-sharing strategy techcrunch.com2025-05-27 22:10:00
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Eunice Kim, Chief Product Officer of Netflix, will be joining us on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt’s 20th anniversary celebration this October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco! As we mark two decades of TechCrunch Disrupt, there’s perhaps no better embodiment of transformative growth than Netflix’s journey […]
- Building with OpenAI: Hao Sang takes the stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI to share what startups need to get right techcrunch.com2025-05-27 22:00:00
There’s no shortage of APIs, models, or hype in the current AI ecosystem. But for early-stage founders, the real question is: How do I turn this firepower into a product that actually works…and sells? That’s where Hao Sang, from OpenAI’s Startups Go-to-Market team, comes in. At TechCrunch Sessions: AI next week — June 5 at […]
- Rocket Lab backer Outset raises $25M to fund New Zealand’s deep tech moonshots techcrunch.com2025-05-27 21:21:29
Outset Ventures, the Auckland-based venture firm and incubator that spun out deep tech unicorns like Rocket Lab and LanzaTech, has closed its second fund at an oversubscribed $41.5 million NZD.
- Gridcare thinks more than 100 MW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid techcrunch.com2025-05-27 20:00:00
Gridcare raised $13.3 million for its data platform that finds underutilized capacity on the electrical grid.
- Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid techcrunch.com2025-05-27 20:00:00
Gridcare raised $13.3 million for its data platform that finds underutilized capacity on the electrical grid.
- Samsung may invest in $100M round for medical imaging startup Exo techcrunch.com2025-05-27 16:01:48
Samsung's venture arm is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup Exo, Bloomberg reported.
- The Browser Company mulls selling or open-sourcing Arc Browser amid AI-focused pivot techcrunch.com2025-05-27 15:16:00
The Browser Company is pivoting away from the Arc Browser to focus on developing a new, AI-powered browser called Dia.
- One of Europe’s top AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the ‘holy grail’ of models techcrunch.com2025-05-27 14:59:00
One of Europe’s most prominent AI researchers, Matthias Niessner, is now the CEO of SpAItial, a startup working on spatial foundation models.
- Why landing your first tech job is way harder than you expected techcrunch.com2025-05-27 12:05:02
It’s not your imagination, graduating seniors. The tech industry’s pullback from entry-level hiring has reached concerning levels. LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer, Aneesh Raman, warned in The New York Times last week that “bottom rung of the career ladder” is “breaking” as AI eliminates traditional stepping-stone positions. The numbers are eye-opening: hiring of new grads […]
- Four VW execs found guilty in trial that transformed Europe’s auto market techcrunch.com2025-05-27 01:22:07
Four former Volkswagen executives received prison sentences Monday for their role in the emissions-cheating scandal that fundamentally transformed Europe’s car market. The verdict, delivered after a three-year trial in Braunschweig, Germany, marked the latest chapter in a 10-year-long saga that reshaped the continent’s relationship with diesel technology. Jens Hadler, who oversaw diesel engine development, received […]
