Full agenda for Disrupt 2025 breakout sessions
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is less than three days away, and more than 200 can’t-miss sessions are packed into Moscone West, including breakout sessions led by top leaders across the technology and startup ecosystem. Breakout sessions are tailored for practical learning and tactical takeaways. These first-come, first-served rooms allow you to rub shoulders with operators, founders, […]
Automattic files counterclaim against WP Engine in WordPress lawsuit alleging trademark misuse
on friday, WordPress maker Automattic has filed a counterclaim in an October 2024 lawsuit brought by hosting company WP Engine accusing Automattic and its CEO Matt Mullenweg. Defamation and abuse of power. Automattic believes that WP Engine is misusing the WordPress trademark and engaging in deceptive marketing practices without properly giving back to the open […]
Rivian pays $250 million to settle lawsuit over R1 price hike
Rivian has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit brought after the company abruptly increased the prices of its 2022 R1 pickup truck and SUV. The lawsuit alleges that Rivian included misleading statements and numbers about the costs involved in manufacturing the R1 EV in regulatory filings for its 2021 […]
Can steroids combat population collapse? Enhanced Games wants to know.
The Enhanced Games, a new sporting competition designed to explicitly permit the use of performance-enhancing drugs, look like a techno-macho-era publicity stunt. Olympic athletes using steroids compete for millions of dollars in prize money in Las Vegas. But co-founder Aaron D’Souza is pitching the company to governments struggling with an aging population, with a 90% […]
Big tech companies are paying for Trump’s White House banquet hall
Although the U.S. government remains in limbo under shutdown, the White House grounds have been buzzing with activity this week. Construction crews have begun demolishing the East Wing of the White House, and in its place will be built a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that is estimated to be able to accommodate up to 1,000 people. Taxpayers […]
Intel’s foundry business is in the spotlight as Intel’s recovery progresses
Intel Corp.’s third-quarter profit on Thursday beat Wall Street expectations, a performance buoyed by higher revenue combined with deep cuts and multiple big investments in the past two months as CEO Lip Vu Tan seeks to turn around the struggling semiconductor giant. Intel’s revenue performance and $4.1 billion net income paint a much brighter picture […]
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 […]