Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away

One of the chief complaints of Airbnb users over the years has been not being able…

Instagram is using AI to find teens lying about their age and restricting their accounts

Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on…

Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November…

Tesla reportedly delays launch of new low-cost model by months

Tesla is pushing back the promised launch of a more affordable EV by months, according to…

Palantir exec defends company’s immigration surveillance work

One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend of the…

OpenAI’s o3 AI model scores lower on a benchmark than the company initially implied

A discrepancy between first- and third-party benchmark results for OpenAI’s o3 AI model is raising questions…

Kids sure love video game movies

“A Minecraft Movie” isn’t just a hit — after three weekends in theaters, the film is…

Your politeness could be costly for OpenAI

“I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and…

Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant

With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal…

Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy

3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s…

Robots run a half marathon, slowly

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human…

Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stuff for you this week: antitrust…

Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere

Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that…

Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it

The first week of the Meta antitrust trial brought new revelations about how the company formerly…

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job…

OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more

OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new…

A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall

A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a TV…

Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure

Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program.…

TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future…

Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November…

Bluesky may soon add blue check verification

Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s…

White House replaces covid.gov website with ‘lab leak’ theory

The government-run website covid.gov used to host information about COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and treatment. Now, under…