Google DeepMind has unveiled Genie 3, its latest foundation world model, which the AI lab describes as a crucial step toward achieving artificial general intelligence, or human-like intelligence. Shlomi Fruchter, a research director at DeepMind, explained during a press briefing…
Roku is launching an ad-free, subscription streaming service called Howdy. The service costs $2.99 per month and features a library of nearly 10,000 hours of content from its partners, including Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FilmRise, alongside select Roku Original…
Finding product-market fit isn’t a milestone—it’s a messy, make-or-break journey. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, a founder who has navigated the challenges and two investors who have helped startups reach escape velocity will break down how to do it right. On…
A California jury has found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a class-action lawsuit brought by users of the period tracking app Flo. The plaintiffs alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’…
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out…
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…
