Apple Maps users could start seeing ads in the app as soon as next year, according to a new report. The plan is to allow restaurants and other businesses with physical locations to pay to promote themselves in search results.…
The countdown is almost over. Tomorrow is the day. In less than twenty-four hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West in San Francisco. From October 27 to 29, ten thousand founders, investors, and innovators will gather for three days…
The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent had already said last month that the two countries reached a framework on a deal during discussions in Madrid.…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. I am sure you are waiting to learn the results of last week’s poll. Here is what I asked: What is the best…
The countdown is almost over. Tomorrow is the day. In less than twenty-four hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West in San Francisco. From October 27 to 29, ten thousand founders, investors, and innovators will gather for three days…
A high school student in Baltimore County, Maryland was reportedly handcuffed and searched after an AI security system flagged his bag of chips as a possible firearm. Taki Allen, a student at Kenwood High School, said he was holding a…
OpenAI is developing a new tool that can generate music from text and audio prompts, according to a report from The Information. This technology could be used to add background music to videos or to provide a guitar accompaniment for…
OpenAI launched an AI-powered web browser called ChatGPT Atlas this week. This news makes me wonder if it is finally time to ditch Safari. That development was on our minds as we discussed the browser landscape, including some lesser-known alternatives,…
A couple of Thursdays ago, I awoke at nearly 4:30 a.m. to a dizzying Instagram DM. Rizzbot, a popular humanoid robot with more than 1 million TikTok followers and more than half a million followers on Instagram, had sent me…
Every few weekends, 21-year-old student Lavanya Jain opens the BlaBlaCar app to find a lift from Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi to his home in Kandhla, a small town in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The 120-kilometer journey…
