Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the…
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from…
What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?
As for EQT, it described the initiative as a "big moment for Europe." "Europe…
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’
Brad Lightcap, one of the longest-serving executives at OpenAI, is leaving the powerful AI…
General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, an AI startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has secured $1.1…
An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems
The growing body of results has caused both excitement and concern in the mathematical…
Joby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition
Last year, Joby acquired Blade Air Mobility's helicopter rideshare business for about $125 million.…
Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight
An unidentified passenger allegedly created a fake Wi-Fi network on a Delta flight from…
2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going ad-free on Apple Arcade
Given that the puzzle game continues to acquire tens of millions of new users…
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026
Building a company is hard. But building one that also designs, manufactures, and delivers…
FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets
The real-time flight tracker FlightAware is suing the prediction market Kalshi for allegedly using…
Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device
In the fusion power world, most of the attention gets lavished on the reactors…
Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move
Bumble is officially giving up on the rule that made it, well, Bumble. The…
North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI
The FBI is reportedly investigating how a North Korean was hired to work for…
Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations
Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artists with "AI Persona" profile tags and ban their…
What comes after the smartphone? Amazon’s Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
For nearly 20 years, the smartphone has been at the center of hardware and…
