timef 12/17/2025
- Bluesky launches a privacy-focused ‘find friends’ feature without invite spam techcrunch.com2025-12-17 23:49:32
The Bluesky contact matching feature is opt-in and your data won't be used to spam your friends, the social network says.
- Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, calls offer ‘illusory’ techcrunch.com2025-12-17 23:30:22
Warner Bros. Discovery called Paramount's offer "illusory" and said that the company had misled shareholders about its financing.
- Mozilla’s new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice techcrunch.com2025-12-17 23:17:52
Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its CEO, as the Firefox developer scrambles to adapt in a rapidly changing browser market.
- Google’s vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini techcrunch.com2025-12-17 23:16:42
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.
- Skana Robotics helps fleets of underwater robots communicate with each other techcrunch.com2025-12-17 22:05:00
Skana Robotics built a decision-making algorithm that helps unmanned vessels react and adapt to data from other vessels.
- Amazon reportedly in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI as circular deals stay popular techcrunch.com2025-12-17 20:03:36
Amazon is in early discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would see the AI lab using the e-commerce giant's AI chips.
- Google deepens consumer credit push in India with UPI-linked card techcrunch.com2025-12-17 18:00:00
Google has entered India's growing co-branded credit card market by partnering with Axis Bank.
- Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another $180M into hot Indian startup MoEngage techcrunch.com2025-12-17 13:20:00
The deal valued MoEngage at "well over" $900 million post-money.
- Monzo board reportedly pushed out CEO Anil over IPO timing techcrunch.com2025-12-17 11:06:17
A key issue, reportedly, was IPO timing.
- Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, judge rules techcrunch.com2025-12-17 09:14:59
The judge ruled Tesla should have to suspend manufacturing and sales in California for 30 days, but the DMV stayed those rulings for 90 days to allow Tesla to comply.
- WikiFlix shows us what Netflix would have been like 100 years ago techcrunch.com2025-12-17 05:58:32
On WikiFlix, a Netflix-inspired archive of public domain films, you can watch movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Noseferatu" for free.
- X updates its terms to lay claim to the ‘Twitter’ trademark after newcomer’s challenge techcrunch.com2025-12-17 05:11:48
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
- X updates its terms, files countersuit to lay claim to the ‘Twitter’ trademark after newcomer’s challenge techcrunch.com2025-12-17 05:11:48
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
- Study shows Instacart may be charging some shoppers 20% more for the same product techcrunch.com2025-12-17 04:56:18
The delivery app has claimed that price testing is part of a longstanding practice in retail sales.
- Slate crosses 150,000 reservations despite waning EV truck enthusiasm techcrunch.com2025-12-17 04:05:49
It took Slate Auto about seven months to grow its customer list by 50%, but new reservations appear to be outpacing any cancelations.
- DoorDash rolls out Zesty, an AI social app for discovering new restaurants techcrunch.com2025-12-17 02:48:43
Users can view and share photos and comments about restaurants they’ve visited, discover content from others, and follow people just like on any social network.
- Meta’s AI glasses can now help you hear conversations better techcrunch.com2025-12-17 02:30:55
Conversation focus uses the AI glasses' open-ear speakers to amplify the voice of the person you're talking to, says Meta.
- OpenAI continues on its ‘code red’ warpath with new image generation model techcrunch.com2025-12-17 02:22:50
OpenAI rolls out GPT-Image-1.5 for ChatGPT, promising 4x faster generation, better instruction-following and precise edits. The launch escalates its rivalry with Google Gemini.
- How Luminar’s doomed Volvo deal helped drag the company into bankruptcy techcrunch.com2025-12-17 02:13:44
Luminar says trouble with Volvo started as early as 2022, and that the Swedish automaker made -- but then backed away from -- large orders of its lidar sensors.
- Uber Eats alum lands $14M seed from a16z to fix WhatsApp chaos for LatAm’s doctors techcrunch.com2025-12-17 02:11:58
Leona Health built an AI co-pilot to manage the flood of patient messages Latin American doctors receive on WhatsApp.
- Google tests an email-based productivity assistant techcrunch.com2025-12-17 02:00:00
Google's new email based assistant will be available to 18+ AI Pro and Ultra plan users in North America
- Whole Foods to install smart food waste bins from Mill starting in 2027 techcrunch.com2025-12-17 01:22:25
The food waste startup founded by Nest alumnus Matt Rogers also received an investment from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund.
- Netflix doubles down on video podcasts with iHeartMedia deal techcrunch.com2025-12-17 01:13:24
Netflix's has its second big foray into video podcasts with its new partnership with iHeartMedia.
- Canadian peer-to-Peer clothing rental company Rax is expanding to the U.S. techcrunch.com2025-12-17 00:11:16
Rax is a peer-to-peer clothing rental company that won top consumer pitch at Disrupt this year.
- Instagram brings Reels to the big screen, starting with Amazon Fire TV techcrunch.com2025-12-17 00:00:00
By bringing Reels to TVs, Instagram can better compete with YouTube, which largely dominates the TV space.
