TechCrunch Mobility: Robotaxis reality check
Welcome to TechCrunch Mobility. A central hub for news and insight on the future of transportation. To receive this in your inbox, sign up for free here. Just click on TechCrunch Mobility. Robotaxis are here! But that’s not the case. That contradiction perfectly captures Waymo’s current reality. Anyone walking around San Francisco can rightfully declare […]
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and was intrigued, but also a little creepy.
I recently had a chance to test Bee’s wearables. It’s an AI wrist gadget that Amazon acquired last year and has since updated with a number of new features. Like other AI wearables, Bee is designed to be a kind personal assistant. It records, transcribes, and summarizes your conversations throughout the day, giving you continuous […]
Dreamy Alarm Clock helped me stop using my phone in bed
I achieved the unthinkable. You can now sleep soundly throughout the night without having to put your phone next to your pillow. Please refrain from applause. I don’t know if this superhuman feat would have been possible without the Dreamy Alarm Clock. If you feel like you’re bragging about how you brushed your teeth this […]
These phone and app special features help protect you from spyware
Spyware attacks against journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents are no longer rare or uncommon. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified around 90 users, many of them journalists and civil society members across Europe, that they had been targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions. A few months later, Apple sent a threat notification to […]
Ferrari uses IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans
Two years ago, IBM noticed one glaring gap in its roster of sports partnerships. That’s F1. F1 has become one of the most popular sports in the world, especially in the US, where Netflix’s Drive to Survive chronicles the working lives of F1 drivers and turned them into mainstream celebrities. This tech-centric sport has also […]
Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public again, but I have my doubts
This week, a news headline gave me a sense of déjà vu. Nuclear power startup Deep Fission has announced it is going public as it hopes to garner investor support to build an underground nuclear reactor to power an AI data center. Wait, I already wrote that story, right? I might have sworn that. Oh, […]
Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
Has Elon Musk given up on Tesla’s master plan, the electrified economy, and solar power as we know it? SpaceX’s IPO filing released this week certainly seems to be the case. To summarize for those not caught up in the Musk verse, Tesla has announced four master plans over the years, and while the details […]
Utilizing AI to revive the voice of a deceased pilot
In the latest sign of the age of AI, the National Transportation Safety Board temporarily removed access to its docket system after discovering that the audio of a pilot who died in last year’s UPS plane crash was recreated using AI and circulating on the internet. The NTSB is prohibited by federal law from including […]
SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return
SpaceX launched an upgraded third version of its Starship rocket for the first time, but the test launch didn’t go perfectly for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company. The 407-foot-tall rocket, the most powerful in history, lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas at 5:30 p.m. local time. After only a few minutes, the upper ship separated […]
Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn’s giant rocket after April accident
Blue Origin’s new giant rocket, New Glenn, has no longer been launched. The company announced Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the rocket to fly again after its upper stage failed to deliver a commercial payload during an April launch. Blue Origin did not provide many details, but in a post to As […]