Fired Oracle employees tried to negotiate better severance packages. The Oracle answered, “No.”
As widely reported, Oracle announced via email on March 31 that it was laying off an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people. One employee who was fired that day told TechCrunch about his experience: “I had this weird feeling in my stomach. I tried to sign into the VPN, and it was like, ‘This user no […]
San Francisco’s housing market has gone insane
Real estate in San Francisco has never been easy to access. But the record sales currently occurring in the city’s luxury market are testing the limits of what was thought possible even in this notoriously unreachable city. Consider a six-bedroom, 5,700-square-foot home in Cow Hollow, one of San Francisco’s most popular neighborhoods. It’s not cheap, […]
Inter’s comeback story is even wilder than you think
Bloomberg this week took a deep dive into how Intel CEO Lip Vu Tan is trying to save one of Silicon Valley’s most storied but struggling chipmakers. It’s worth a read, but it doesn’t actually fully capture the most surprising part of the story. Intel’s stock price has increased an astounding 490% over the past […]
Cloudflare announces AI has made 1,100 jobs obsolete even as revenue hits record high
Cloudflare on Thursday joined a growing list of tech companies, including Meta Inc., Microsoft Inc. and Amazon Inc., that are reporting increased revenue alongside large-scale layoffs, both trends attributed to the use of AI. Cloudflare, which provides internet security and performance services to millions of websites around the world, announced as part of its first-quarter […]
Uber partner Avride under investigation over self-driving accident
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into AvRide, a robotaxi company that partnered with Uber, after identifying more than 10 crashes and one minor injury. Safety regulator Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said the 16 crashes it identified all related to the “ability” of AvRide’s self-driving system, which apparently struggled […]
Poland says hackers infiltrate water treatment plant, says US faces same threat
Poland’s intelligence agency said it had detected attacks on five water treatment plants that could, in a worst-case scenario, allow hackers to take control of industrial equipment inside, including tampering with the security of water supplies. This story has implications beyond Poland’s borders, as U.S. water infrastructure has faced similar threats in recent years. In […]
Uber-backed micromobility company Lime files for IPO
After years of tips and preparations, Uber-backed electric bike and scooter rental startup Lime has filed for an initial public offering. The company, incorporated as Neutron Holdings, Inc., has been focused on the public markets for at least five years. When CEO Wayne Ting last spoke to TechCrunch about the prospect of an IPO, he […]
America’s largest power grid is under strain from AI – and no one is happy
PJM interconnection is disappointing. For decades, grid operators worked quietly behind the scenes to match power demand with supply. Meanwhile, customers enjoyed some of the lowest electricity rates in the United States. no longer. Politicians, businesses, households, and power companies believe that a review is necessary. PJM agrees. PJM said in a white paper released […]
Airbnb announces 60% of new code is now written by AI
A large part of Airbnb’s Q1 2026 earnings call was dedicated to talking about how the company uses AI tools for coding, customer support, and search. Notably, the company claimed that 60% of the code its engineers created in the quarter was written by AI. This echoes comments from other companies such as Google, Microsoft, […]
Why my doctor won’t call me back
Many conversations about AI in healthcare focus on diagnostics, drug discovery, or doctor-patient visits. But a less visible part of the system influences whether patients actually get seen, and it has less to do with the number of doctors in the world (too few) than with the paperwork involved between a primary care physician writing […]