timef 04/20/2026
- CEO and CFO suddenly depart AI nuclear power upstart Fermi techcrunch.com2026-04-20 23:30:19
The startup, co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, has faced headwinds with its AI campus in Texas.
- Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated techcrunch.com2026-04-20 22:57:05
Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.
- App host Vercel says it was hacked and customer data stolen techcrunch.com2026-04-20 22:45:56
Vercel blamed its breach on an earlier hack at Context AI, which allowed hackers to hijack a Vercel employee's account to steal customer data.
- Rivian’s factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch techcrunch.com2026-04-20 21:47:51
Nobody was hurt after an EF-1 tornado hit the part of the factory where the R2 SUV is supposed to be built.
- OpenAI’s existential questions techcrunch.com2026-04-20 05:24:06
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI's latest acquisitions and whether they address "two big existential problems" for the company.
- The 12-month window techcrunch.com2026-04-20 03:30:00
A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch techcrunch.com2026-04-20 03:02:09
The first major failure of Blue Origin's new heavy-launch system could create delays to its ambition to help NASA and the Trump administration return to the Moon.
- Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon techcrunch.com2026-04-20 02:44:00
The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.
- Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures techcrunch.com2026-04-20 00:30:00
Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."
- TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era techcrunch.com2026-04-20 00:01:00
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
