San Francisco is about to receive a symbolic jolt as newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie steps onto the Disrupt stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. The event takes place from October 27 to 29 at Moscone West. This appearance is a…
X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles that will allow Premium subscribers to request and purchase usernames. The marketplace will offer both free and paid options for requesting or acquiring eligible handles. The company states that rare handles could…
In just seven days, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will officially begin at San Francisco’s Moscone West. This major tech event is set to dominate the Bay Area’s thriving technology landscape for an entire week. The gathering takes place from October 27…
The AI era is providing the fracking industry with a surprising second act. This is a new chapter for a sector that, even during its early 2010s boom, faced criticism from climate advocates for issues like poisoned water tables, man-made…
Senate Republicans shared a deepfake video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The video was designed to create the false impression that Democrats are celebrating the ongoing government shutdown, which has now lasted for 16 days. In the manipulated video,…
Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety. In separate instances, they alleged that certain…
Meta has updated the policy for its WhatsApp Business API to prohibit general-purpose chatbots from operating on its platform. This change is expected to impact the WhatsApp-based assistants from companies such as OpenAI, Perplexity, Luzia, and Poke. The company introduced…
Marc Benioff, the co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, has walked back his previous comments calling for the National Guard to patrol San Francisco. He stated that after listening to fellow San Franciscans and local officials, and following the successful and…
At a time when startup hustle culture is back, and when “locked in” tech founders have even embraced the “996” way of working — 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week — there is something dystopian about using…
Kevin Hartz has a history of being an early pioneer. In 2001, he co-founded Xoom at a time when sending money internationally typically required a visit to a Western Union office. The company went public in 2013 and was later…
