Several years ago, a skunkworks team of engineers inside Rivian set out to develop a micromobility vehicle. One central question loomed: what should they build in-house? Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe explained the early days of the project, which…
Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog has solved an age-old joke: what’s updog? Datadog’s answer is not, “Not much, you?” Instead, the company has launched a web dashboard that shows developers the status of dozens of services and tools like…
Have you ever wondered if you are talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans on the internet, there has been an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud. One company is proposing a…
There are only five days left until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West in San Francisco. The event runs from October 27 to October 29 and will bring together more than ten thousand leaders, venture capitalists, operators, and innovators…
On Wednesday, the dating app giant Tinder announced it is expanding its facial verification feature to more users in the United States. This feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video…
It is common for people to open a short video thinking they will just watch one, only to realize they are still on the app an hour later. YouTube is adding a new timer feature to help users manage this…
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, officially designated Apple and Google with strategic market status for their respective mobile platforms on Wednesday. This decision covers the companies’ operating systems, app stores, web browsers, and browser engines. The…
Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, informed staff in a memo on Wednesday that the company will eliminate approximately 600 jobs from its superintelligence lab. Meta declined to comment but confirmed to TechCrunch that the reporting from Axios on this…
While AI companies claim their technology will one day become a fundamental human right, and their backers argue that slowing AI development is akin to murder, users are reporting that tools like ChatGPT can cause serious psychological harm. At least…
There are only five days left until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West in San Francisco. The event runs from October 27 to October 29 and will bring together over ten thousand leaders, venture capitalists, operators, and innovators who…
