Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt
Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after…
Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder
On his last day as Apple CEO, Tim Cook offered a rousing endorsement of…
VLC crosses 7 billion downloads
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media…
Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M
Generative AI is making it easier to produce more content and harder to keep…
How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
Earlier in August, cryptography professor Matthew Green wrote a controversial thread on X and…
Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout
Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. As part of the deal,…
MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario
MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the…
Meeting notetaker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers
Likely in reaction to the intensifying competition, Y Combinator-backed Circleback is introducing a free…
Germany’s Merz blames low rating on tough decisions
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday attributed his low approval rating to certain decisions he believes…
The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed…
Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
That growth has come almost entirely from getting existing customers to pay more versus…
Foods Recalled in 2026: White Rice, Lettuce, Jalapeños & More
Following recent recalls involving lettuce, beef, eggs and blueberries, the FDA has updated an…
Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
Cars in European cities are smaller than ever. But as Europe's appetite for microcars…
Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
Elon Musk says he's found a way to solve one of AI's biggest bottlenecks…
TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis
One important clarification on what I wrote about last week. You might recall that…
FDA White Rice Recall 2026: Which Products Were Recalled & Why?
Thousands of bags of Lundberg white jasmine rice are included in an FDA recall.…
