The social network Bluesky will begin verifying users’ ages in the state of Ohio to comply with new regulations, starting on Monday, September 29. The company, which offers an open and decentralized competitor to X and Threads, says it will…
After nearly a decade of serving as a digital time capsule for life’s moments, Snapchat is putting a price on its Memories feature. The social media company announced that free access to Memories will now be limited to 5GB of…
OpenAI began testing a new safety routing system in ChatGPT over the weekend. On Monday, the company also introduced parental controls to the chatbot. These new features have drawn mixed reactions from users. The safety updates are a response to…
If you have been thinking about applying to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, this is your final reminder. Applications close tonight at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. This opportunity is ideal for students, aspiring founders, marketers, event professionals, or anyone wanting…
The Department of Energy has instituted a list of banned words at the direction of a Trump appointee. The list includes many terms that are widely considered politically neutral. This guidance was sent in an email to the Office of…
Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project of the same name, has raised 18 million euros, which is about 21 million dollars, in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Accel, with participation from…
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is closing her consumer software startup, Sunshine, and selling its assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle. The news was first reported by Wired, which cited an email sent to Sunshine’s shareholders. According to the…
The Disrupt Stage, only at Techcrunch Disrupt 2025, is where the biggest bets in technology are made live and unfiltered. It is the place where startup dreams can turn into one hundred thousand dollar wins in the Startup Battlefield competition,…
The U.K. government has confirmed it will guarantee a commercial bank loan of 1.5 billion pounds for carmaking giant Jaguar Land Rover. This decision comes after a hack forced the company to shut down its production lines, leaving many downstream…
Automotive giant Honda and lunar startup Astrobotic are collaborating to explore how a regenerative fuel cell system could provide power during the long nights on the Moon. The companies have partnered to study the integration of Honda’s regenerative fuel cell…
