Kia is pitching Americans an affordable EV sedan with EV4 debut

Kia debuted its 2026 EV4 sedan at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, its…

Apple races to surpass rivals in quest to eliminate carbon pollution

Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon are all locked in a race to see who can zero out…

Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads

Graze, a startup that lets people build and monetize custom feeds for Bluesky’s social network, has…

NSO lawyer names Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan as spyware customers behind 2019 WhatsApp hacks

The governments of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan, among others, were behind the 2019 hacking campaign…

As Deezer approaches profitability, it rolls out a custom algorithm and other new features

Last month, Deezer reported its first positive cash flow in 2024, marking a significant milestone in…

Deck raises $12M to ‘Plaid-ify” any website using AI

Deck, a startup that claims to be building “the Plaid for the rest of the internet,”…

Boost your brand at Sessions: AI with an exhibit table

TechCrunch Sessions: AI is right around the corner — and the deadline to reserve your exhibit…

TechCrunch All Stage: Full agenda revealed

The ultimate founder summit returns — now bigger than ever! Formerly TechCrunch Early Stage, TC All…

Subaru debuts Trailseeker, an all-electric SUV coming for Rivian’s outdoorsy EV customer base

Subaru is back with a new EV, and like its predecessor the Solterra, the all-electric Trailseeker…

Lyft to buy taxi app FREENOW for $197M to enter Europe

Ride-hailing giant Lyft said it has agreed to acquire FREENOW, a German multi-mobility app with ride-hail…

AMD estimates $800M charge on US license requirement for AI chips

AMD says that the U.S. government’s license control requirement for exporting AI chips to China and…

A year after Elon Musk’s takeover, UK revenues for X plummeted

X has not been fairing well in the U.K., previously a major source of revenue for…

A dev built a test to see how AI chatbots respond to controversial topics

A pseudonymous developer has created what they’re calling a “free speech eval,” SpeechMap, for the AI…

Cosmic Robotics’ robots could speed up solar panel deployments

The U.S. has been building so many solar farms that companies can’t find enough people to…

Saudi Arabia struggling to reach global leadership in deeptech

Saudi Arabia is investing in foreign deeptech startups to get them to come to its…

Hammerspace, an unstructured data wrangler used by Nvidia, Meta and Tesla, raises $100M at $500M+ valuation

Artificial intelligence services at their heart are massive data plays: you need data — a lot…

Microsoft remains committed to AI in France

The company said that much of the money will go towards developing a datacentre using the…

Google used AI to suspend over 39M ad accounts suspected of fraud

Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more…

Visa-backed African unicorn Moniepoint tackles remittances. But is it late to the game?

When Visa invested in Nigerian fintech Moniepoint earlier this year, it didn’t just validate the newly…

Opera adds its Aria AI assistant to Opera Mini browser

Norway-based browser company Opera said today that it is making its AI assistant Aria available to…

TS Anil, CEO of Monzo, is joining our StrictlyVC London lineup

StrictlyVC, the boutique brand powered by TechCrunch and known for evening events that invite headliners into…

How Musk manages his growing family: WSJ

Elon Musk says it’s his duty to “make new humans.” Now, a WSJ investigation suggests he…