At a time when the world feels increasingly divided between East and West, Uzbekistan has emerged as a rare middle ground. The Central Asian nation’s homegrown unicorn, Uzum, has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China’s…
Indian startup Jeh Aerospace, founded by Vishal Sanghavi and Venkatesh Mudragalla, has a unique vantage point on the commercial aircraft sector and its mounting production challenges. Both former Tata Group executives, they bring nearly two decades of experience, having worked…
Dribbble has permanently banned dozens of designers from its platform as part of a new effort to pivot to a marketplace and focus on monetization. Among those banned is one of the platform’s most well-known designers, Gleb Kuznetsov, founder of…
Google’s AI-powered bug hunter has reported its first batch of security vulnerabilities. Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security, announced that its LLM-based vulnerability researcher, Big Sleep, found and reported 20 flaws in popular open-source software. Big Sleep, developed by…
Foxconn has sold the former GM factory it owned for three years after failing to establish meaningful large-scale electric vehicle production there. This marks the company’s second major failure to deliver on promises to revive U.S. manufacturing. Previously, Foxconn pledged…
Rivian has filed a lawsuit in Ohio to sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers, marking another chapter in the ongoing battle between new automakers and the powerful dealership lobby. The company sued Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles registrar in…
Electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation has agreed to acquire Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter rideshare business for up to $125 million. The deal includes the Blade brand and its passenger operations in the United States and Europe, while Blade’s medical…
Amazon has denied reports that it is shutting down Wondery, the podcast studio it acquired in late 2020. The denial comes after Bloomberg reported on Monday that the company planned to close the studio and cut 110 jobs. Amazon clarified…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Tesla CEO Elon Musk finds himself in a challenging position. He has pushed hard for shareholders to view Tesla as an AI and…
Elon Musk’s AI company has officially launched Grok Imagine, xAI’s image and video generator, available to all SuperGrok and Premium+ X subscribers on its iOS app. True to Musk’s vision of Grok as an unfiltered, boundary-pushing AI, the generator permits…
