An outage affecting web hosting giant Amazon Web Services disrupted vast portions of the internet, including websites, banks, and some government services. Amazon stated that the outage was fully mitigated and that most services were returning to normal after an…
The countdown to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 has officially begun. This flagship tech conference takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to October 29. It will bring together over ten thousand leaders, venture capitalists, operators, and innovators.…
OpenEvidence, a tool that doctors and nurses have likened to ChatGPT for medicine, plans to announce a 200 million dollar raise at a 6 billion dollar valuation according to The New York Times. The fresh funds come just three months…
San Francisco is about to receive a symbolic jolt as newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie steps onto the Disrupt stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. The event takes place from October 27 to 29 at Moscone West. This appearance is a…
X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles that will allow Premium subscribers to request and purchase usernames. The marketplace will offer both free and paid options for requesting or acquiring eligible handles. The company states that rare handles could…
In just seven days, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will officially begin at San Francisco’s Moscone West. This major tech event is set to dominate the Bay Area’s thriving technology landscape for an entire week. The gathering takes place from October 27…
The AI era is providing the fracking industry with a surprising second act. This is a new chapter for a sector that, even during its early 2010s boom, faced criticism from climate advocates for issues like poisoned water tables, man-made…
Senate Republicans shared a deepfake video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The video was designed to create the false impression that Democrats are celebrating the ongoing government shutdown, which has now lasted for 16 days. In the manipulated video,…
Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety. In separate instances, they alleged that certain…
Meta has updated the policy for its WhatsApp Business API to prohibit general-purpose chatbots from operating on its platform. This change is expected to impact the WhatsApp-based assistants from companies such as OpenAI, Perplexity, Luzia, and Poke. The company introduced…
