Meta wants to grow its retail footprint, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. As Meta continues to invest in wearables, these stores would ideally help Meta boost the sales of hardware like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses and the Meta Quest VR headsets. These products may be easier to sell if customers can try them out at … Read more
All Thibault Launay and his wife Simi wanted nearly five years ago was to build a dream home in Portugal, where they both now live. But what they encountered instead was a broken system. “Fourteen months of delays, 20% budget overruns, and endless stress managing over 10 subcontractors,” Thibault recalled. They bought the land in … Read more
SpaceX’s Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Indian Ocean. SpaceX had cleared the surrounding airspace where Starship was coming down, according to the company. The ninth test flight provided a mix of successes and failures for … Read more
Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode (in beta for now) allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X and updated documentation on the … Read more
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple (now CreateAI) sent a trove of sensitive data – effectively the blueprint of an American-made autonomous vehicle system – to a Beijing-owned firm after committing to the U.S. government that it would cease such transfers under a national security agreement, according to The Wall Street Journal. The transfers to Chinese truck … Read more
Samsung’s venture investment unit is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup, Exo, in a round that could climb to $100 million, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The round is being led by Sands Capital, Bold Capital and Qubit Health Capital, the report said, adding that Qubit’s chairman, Imar Ishrak, would join Exo’s board. … Read more
It’s not your imagination, graduating seniors. The tech industry’s pullback from entry-level hiring has reached concerning levels. LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer, Aneesh Raman, warned in The New York Times last week that “bottom rung of the career ladder” is “breaking” as AI eliminates traditional stepping-stone positions. The numbers are eye-opening: hiring of new grads … Read more
Founders, the call has gone out. The battlefield is open — and the fearless are already moving. Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is still accepting applications — but time is running out. Over 10,000 tech leaders will be watching. This is your chance to stand in the spotlight and be remembered. This is … Read more
Four former Volkswagen executives received prison sentences Monday for their role in the emissions-cheating scandal that fundamentally transformed Europe’s car market. The verdict, delivered after a three-year trial in Braunschweig, Germany, marked the latest chapter in a 10-year-long saga that reshaped the continent’s relationship with diesel technology. Jens Hadler, who oversaw diesel engine development, received … Read more
There are just 48 hours left to save up to $900 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and get 90% off the second. After May 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, Early Bird pricing vanishes — along with your best chance to join 10,000 of tech’s most forward-thinking minds for less. But forget the … Read more
