NBA champion Tristan Thompson announced at TechCrunch Disrupt that he is partnering with the global telecom company World Mobile to launch a community-owned mobile network called Uplift. The network will offer unlimited data plans starting at $9.99 per month. Uplift…
The rise of agentic coding tools has been a sea change for software engineers across the industry. For Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko, it seems to have landed particularly hard. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he has become increasingly…
Gecko Materials, the 2024 runner-up in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, returned to the stage at this year’s show to debut new products. The company is pushing deeper into commercializing its technology. Founder Dr. Capella Kerst revealed four new uses…
Fubo and Hulu Live TV have officially joined forces. After initial discussions earlier this year, the transaction is now complete. The two companies announced on Wednesday that they have finalized their agreement to combine Fubo’s sports-focused platform with Hulu’s live…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is here. If you are still deciding whether to attend in person, you can explore the full schedule of speakers, networking events, workshops, and after-parties. There is still time to get a last-minute ticket, and we are…
General Motors is laying off thousands of workers across multiple electric vehicle and battery plants in the United States. According to multiple news outlets, around 1,200 employees at the company’s electric vehicle factory in Detroit, Michigan, are being placed on…
Microsoft Azure is experiencing a significant outage this Wednesday. The problems began around noon Eastern Time. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue on the service’s status page. According to the company, they suspect that an inadvertent configuration change triggered the problem.…
Waymo and Zoox robotaxis are a regular sight on San Francisco streets. Soon Uber, through a partnership with Lucid and Nuro, will descend on the city as well. This is exactly how San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie likes it. He…
Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie does not believe AI agents will replace enterprise SaaS companies. He shared this perspective on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference. Instead, he sees a future combining SaaS and agents in a hybrid…
Bending Spoons, one of Europe’s largest mobile app developers, announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy AOL from Yahoo, which is backed by private equity giant Apollo. Bending Spoons says it has secured a 2.8 billion dollar debt…
