timef 12/21/2025
- Waymo suspends service in San Francisco as robotaxis stall during blackout techcrunch.com2025-12-21 23:46:29
Waymo suspended its SF robotaxi service on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets.
- As EU waters down 2035 EV goals, electric startups express concern techcrunch.com2025-12-21 23:00:00
The future may be electric, but that future is being postponed. The European Commission, citing the need for flexibility, has softened its ambitious plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. Instead of requiring 100% of new cars to be zero-emission vehicles by that date, the revised plan would allow 10% of new […]
- Israel’s famed VC Jon Medved, diagnosed with ALS, backed the tech that will improve his life techcrunch.com2025-12-21 21:00:00
In perhaps the last public interview of one Israel's most famous VCs, Jon Medved tells TechCrunch how tech will enhance his life.
- Google and Apple reportedly warn employees on visas to avoid international travel techcrunch.com2025-12-21 06:00:21
Law firms representing Google and Apple have reportedly warned that employees who need a visa stamp to re-enter the United States should avoid leaving the country due to longer-than-usual visa processing times.
- ‘It felt so wrong’: Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was techcrunch.com2025-12-21 05:31:33
The iRobot founder opens up about the 18-month regulatory process that he says doomed the Roomba maker -- and what it means for American innovation.
- OpenAI allows users to directly adjust ChatGPT’s enthusiasm level techcrunch.com2025-12-21 04:34:07
ChatGPT users can now tweak the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety techcrunch.com2025-12-21 02:20:34
The bill will require large AI developers to publish information about their safety protocols and report safety incidents to the state within 72 hours.
