Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots on the popular chat app. The Italian Competition Authority made this ruling on Wednesday, stating it had found…
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We narrow those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and from them, the top 20 compete on the big stage for the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash…
A federal judge blocked Texas from implementing a new age verification law for app stores on Tuesday. In response, Apple announced it will pause its previously announced plans for the state as it continues to monitor the ongoing legal process.…
Mill may have started with households, but co-founder and CEO Matt Rogers says the food waste startup has long aspired to expand to commercial customers. This has been part of the company’s plan since its Series A funding round. Now,…
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We narrow those applications down to the top 200 contenders. From that group, the top 20 compete on the big stage for the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash…
If you are a parent with young children, you will probably hear this question a lot on Christmas Eve: “Where’s Santa right now?” With tracking tools like the NORAD Santa Tracker and Google’s Santa Tracker, everyone can know when Father…
On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration banned all new foreign-made drone models from distribution in the United States. The agency cited national security concerns as the reason for this decision. Americans who already own older foreign…
Enterprise software company ServiceNow has agreed to acquire the nine-year-old cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. This deal represents a massive valuation jump for Armis. Just last month, the company raised a $435 million pre-IPO funding round that…
In June, U.S. insurance giant Aflac disclosed a data breach where hackers stole customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, without initially saying how many victims were affected. On Tuesday, the company confirmed it has begun notifying…
A group of writers, including Theranos whistleblower and “Bad Blood” author John Carreyrou, is filing a lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity. They accuse these companies of training their artificial intelligence models on pirated copies of their…
