Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and from them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup…
As the year ends, we celebrate the best cybersecurity stories we did not publish. Since 2023, TechCrunch has looked back at the standout journalism from across the cybersecurity field. The idea is simple. Dozens of journalists cover cybersecurity in English,…
After 33 years, Bernardo Quintero decided it was time to find the person who changed his life. He sought the anonymous programmer who created a computer virus that had infected his university decades earlier. The virus, called Virus Málaga, was…
If you struggle to stay on task or simply want to boost your productivity as the new year approaches, there are several apps and extensions designed to help you focus by blocking out distractions. Whether you need to limit social…
Nvidia has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with AI chip competitor Groq. As part of this arrangement, Nvidia will hire Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra, and other employees. CNBC reported that Nvidia is acquiring assets from Groq…
For a long time, most Americans knew little about their local data center. These server farms have long been the invisible but critical backbone of the internet, rarely drawing interest from anyone outside the tech industry and certainly not becoming…
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. Apple…
The excitement for the European startup market was hard to ignore at the annual Slush conference in Helsinki last month. But the actual data on the state of the region’s venture market shows a different reality. The upshot is that…
While much of the hype in healthcare focuses on AI and robots, a more immediate and costly problem is operating room coordination. Hospitals lose between two to four hours of OR time each day. This loss is not due to…
Waymo appears to be testing the integration of Google’s Gemini AI chatbot into its robotaxis. This effort aims to create an AI assistant that would accompany riders and answer their questions, according to findings by researcher Jane Manchun Wong. While…
