Ford doesn’t plan to increase production of the F-150 Lightning for a while
Ford Motor Co. is putting gasoline and hybrid F-150 and F-Series Super Duty trucks at the top of its production line as it seeks to recover from losses related to a fire at a key aluminum supplier’s plant. The company’s all-electric vehicle, the F-150 Lightning, is not on the list. Ford announced Thursday that assembly […]
President Trump credits Benioff and Hwang for decision not to ‘rush’ Fed troops to San Francisco
President Trump had planned to “swoop” San Francisco by marching the National Guard into the city, but he has decided to change his mind, he said in a post on his social network Truth Social on Thursday. The post said Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff were among the biggest names in the […]
OpenAI acquires Sky, an AI interface for Mac
OpenAI announced Thursday that it has acquired Software Applications, Inc., a maker of an AI-powered natural language interface for Mac computers called Sky. This software product had not yet been released to the public, but it was designed to accompany you throughout the day as you write, plan, code, and use apps on your computer. […]
20-Year-Old School Dropout Builds AI Notetaker Turbo AI, Serving 5 Million Users
5 million users. 8-digit annual recurring revenue. 20,000,000 new users join every day. These are solid numbers for a startup called Turbo AI, launched in early 2024 by 20-year-old college dropouts Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan. Most of this growth has happened in the past six months, founders told TechCrunch, during which time the company’s […]
Introducing Build Mode: TechCrunch’s new podcast for founders
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is just days away, and tickets are still available here. And there’s no better time to announce that we’re launching an all-new TechCrunch franchise, Build Mode, in parallel with our flagship event and annual Startup Battlefield 200 competition. Hosted by Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen, Build Mode is a survival guide for […]
Two days after OpenAI’s Atlas, Microsoft reboots nearly identical AI browser
Microsoft on Thursday released a new set of features for its AI assistant, including an ambitious project that will incorporate artificial intelligence directly into one of its most core products. Copilot mode in Microsoft’s Edge browser isn’t just an extension, it’s Microsoft’s take on the long-touted AI browser category. It is an intelligent and flexible […]
Microsoft’s Mico is the “Clippy” of the AI era
Microsoft has a new Clippy, an AI friend called Mico. At the company’s Copilot fall release press event on Thursday, the company introduced a variety of new features and updates for its AI chatbot, but it was the official introduction of the AI chatbot’s “face,” an expressive avatar blob named Mico, that gave an impression […]
Trump pardons Binance founder Chang Peng
As first reported by CNBC, President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Chao. Mr. Zhao previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while operating a virtual currency exchange and was sentenced to four months in prison last year. “President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by pardoning Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the […]
Google’s bet on carbon capture power plants is controversial
Google announced today that it will invest in a natural gas power plant in Illinois that aims to capture a large portion of its carbon emissions. The 400-megawatt power plant will be built outside Decatur next to an ethanol plant operated by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), which already captures CO2 from its operations. Google will […]
US government charges former L3Harris cyber chief with trade secret theft
The U.S. government has accused a former executive of defense contractor L3Harris of stealing trade secrets and selling them to Russian buyers, according to court documents seen by TechCrunch. On October 14, the Department of Justice charged Peter Williams with stealing eight trade secrets from two unnamed companies. The Justice Department made this argument in […]