TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements
This year’s TechCrunch Disrupt showcased the incredible talent and groundbreaking ideas of 2025’s Battlefield 200 startups. From thousands of applications, we selected the 200 most promising startups that are bringing unique innovation to their respective industries. The competition culminated in an impactful event where these startups had the opportunity to pitch and demonstrate their solutions […]
Congressional Budget Office admits it was hacked
The US Congressional Budget Office has admitted that it was hacked. CBO spokesperson Caitlin Emma told TechCrunch on Friday that the agency is investigating the breach and has “identified the security incident, took immediate action to contain it, and implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward.” The […]
Amazon launches low-cost standalone shopping app Amazon Bazaar in more than a dozen markets
On Friday, Amazon announced the debut of Amazon Bazaar, a new low-cost shopping destination for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, available separately from the main Amazon shopping app. At the bazaar, retailers say most items can be purchased for less than $10, with some items costing as little as $2. This product selection is currently […]
One founder plans to save cities from flooding with terraforming robots
Parts of San Rafael, a city just north of San Francisco, are sinking about half an inch a year. That may not sound like a big deal, but it means some areas, such as the canal district bordering the bay, have sunk by three feet, increasing the risk of flooding from rising sea levels. It’s […]
Texas AG sues Roblox for prioritizing ‘pixel pedophiles’ over child safety
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced late Thursday that he will sue online gaming platform Roblox over child safety concerns, accusing the company of “misleading parents about the dangers of its platform.” Paxton claimed in a statement that Roblox is choosing to prioritize “pixel pedophiles” and profits over the safety of children, calling the platform […]
‘Landfall’ spyware exploits zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones
Security researchers have discovered Android spyware targeting Samsung Galaxy phones during a nearly year-long hacking campaign. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers said the spyware, called Landfall, was first detected in July 2024 and relied on exploiting a security flaw in Galaxy phone software that Samsung didn’t know about at the time, a type of […]
Tesla postpones mass production announcement of Roadster 2 to April Fools’ Day
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the company will unveil the production version of its second-generation Roadster supercar on April 1, 2026. It’s been almost nine years since he first revealed the project. Musk, who is famous for not meeting deadlines, said at Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting that one of the reasons he chose […]
Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package
Tesla shareholders have overwhelmingly approved a compensation package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk that could be worth $1 trillion in Tesla stock. More than 75% of participating shareholders voted to approve the plan, which is in line with the amount of support Musk has received for past compensation packages. When the results were announced, […]
Sam Altman doesn’t want government to bail out OpenAI if it fails
OpenAI executives are fielding a number of questions about how the company plans to pay for the $1.4 trillion worth of data center construction and usage contracts it accrued this year, given its rapidly increasing revenue and $20 billion annual utilization rate, CEO Sam Altman said Thursday in a post on X. Altman’s comments came […]
SpaceX’s Starlink passes 8 million customers, secures more spectrum and airlines
SpaceX will buy another $2.6 billion worth of radio frequency licenses from EchoStar, expanding on a $17 billion deal announced in September as its satellite internet business, Starlink, continues to win new customers around the world. The spectrum sale comes just one day after SpaceX announced it had more than 8 million customers worldwide. On […]