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The Pinwheel Watch is designed specifically for kids aged 7 to 14, offering parental management tools, GPS tracking, texting, and more.

A hypersonics weapon startup is lining up a massive new funding round to scale its business with the U.S Department of Defense.

Elon Musk's AI company has been operating more than twice that number without permits for months, a legal group alleges.

The cybercriminal group, which said it's releasing its decryption tools to victims, may be transitioning to new infrastructure under a different name.

Fundraising is already hard — don’t let a messy cap table make it harder. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15, founders will get a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to keep a raise on track during the roundtable session “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” Hosted […]

AI agents are reshaping how work gets done across industries, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, one of the leading voices in that transformation is stepping onto the AI Stage. May Habib, CEO and co-founder of Writer, will join us in San Francisco, October 27-29, for a fireside chat that dives deep into how enterprises are […]

The app, which is now available in beta, offers a different way to browse the visual posts on Bluesky.

Qedma specializes in error mitigation software. Its main piece of software, QESEM, standing for Quantum Error Suppression and Error Mitigation, analyzes noise patterns to suppress some classes of errors while the algorithm is running and mitigate others in post-processing.

Google on Thursday said it has begun rolling out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in more than 159 countries.

In late May, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared to kick open the door on a sensitive topic, warning that half of entry-level jobs could vanish within five years because of AI and push U.S. unemployment up to 20%. But Amodei is far from alone in sharing aloud that he foresees a workforce bloodbath. A new […]

Qonto, which targets European freelancers and SMBs, currently operates with a payment institution license it obtained in 2018.

Qonto, which targets European freelancers and SMBs, currently operates with a payment institution license it obtained in 2018.

OpenAI wants to make clear that Robinhood’s sale of “OpenAI tokens” will not give everyday consumers equity — aka stock — in OpenAI, the company said in a post on X from its official newsroom account. OpenAI says it does not endorse Robinhood’s effort, nor was it involved in facilitating the token sale. “These ‘OpenAI […]

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is back at Moscone West in San Francisco this October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to dig into what’s next in tech. And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the conversations aren’t just technical — they’re creative, cinematic, and boundary-pushing. That’s why Nikola Todorovic is headed to the AI […]

Lucid sold 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a new record for the EV maker. Still, the company must ramp up production of its Gravity SUV to meet its 2025 target.

Substack announced new features aimed at helping creators grow and promote their livestreams. 

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, hinted Tuesday evening that Veo 3, Google’s latest video generating model, could potentially be used for video games. 

Startups demand constant decision-making and pressure-filled pivots, which bring big emotional swings. It’s no wonder anxiety shows up at every stage. But what if it didn’t have to be a liability? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Dr. David H. Rosmarin, clinical psychologist, author, and Harvard Medical School […]

Lovable released its vibe coder in late November. Within six month, the startup hit $50 million in ARR, CEO Anton Osika said.

Amazon plans to shut down its Freevee app, the company’s free ad-supported streaming service, in August, according to an in-app notice to users.

For the second consecutive quarter, deployments of its Powerwall and Megapack stationary storage products have declined.

The insurance giant is one of the largest insurers in India.

The plan, Perplexity Max, offers unlimited access to various services and priority access to its services using the latest LLM models.

TikTok Shop US is conducting its third round of layoffs in as many months.

Terra CO2 will be using the funding to build a manufacturing facility in the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area.

Not surprisingly, organic traffic has also declined, dropping from over 2.3 billion visits at its peak in mid-2024 to now under 1.7 billion.

SpaceX is facing another lawsuit alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. 

Meta shared that it was working on Edits in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores.

The current version of the Trump administration's "big, beautiful bill" would raise the tax credit for U.S. chipmakers to 35%.

Users have shared their interactions with Meta Verified support reps, who they claim have been dismissive and unhelpful.