Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business

If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Tesla’s energy division.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/29/tesla-pleads-for-senate-to-spare-its-booming-energy-business/

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Dozens of unsold Tesla Cybertrucks are piling up at Detroit parking lot

A Detroit landowner is in violation of city codes for storing unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in his parking lot.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/28/dozens-of-unsold-tesla-cybertrucks-are-piling-up-at-detroit-parking-lot/

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Salesforce acquires Informatica for $8 billion

Salesforce has acquired cloud data management firm Informatica in an $8 billion equity deal, marking a major move in its push to strengthen its AI and data infrastructure capabilities. The announcement, made Tuesday, comes about a year after early rumors of the acquisition sent both companies’ s…Read More

Just 2 weeks left to apply: Startup Battlefield 200 

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 spot…Read More

Why Intempus thinks robots should have a human physiological state

Teddy Warner, 19, has always been interested in robotics. His family was in the industry, and he says he “grew up” working in a machinist shop while in high school. Now Warner is building a robotics company of his own, Intempus, that looks to make robots a bit more human. Intempus…Read More

Naukri exposed recruiter email addresses, researcher says

The recruiter website fixed the email address exposure earlier this week.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/23/naukri-exposed-recruiter-email-addresses-researcher-says/

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Discord seeks to solve a problem that it created

Discord is entering its second decade as a company and seeking to go public. Along the way, it’s changed the way that online communities interact, turning groups that may have previously existed as forums or message boards into multi-channel instant message servers. Now, everything finds a home on…Read More

Anthropic’s new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps

During its inaugural developer conference Thursday, Anthropic launched two new AI models that the startup claims are among the industry’s best, at least in terms of how they score on popular benchmarks. Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, part of Anthropic’s new family of models, C…Read More

Tensions flare between the US and China over Huawei’s AI chips

Just a few weeks after the U.S. and China made significant steps to de-escalate the growing trade war between the two countries, tensions are flaring again — this time over semiconductors. China’s Commerce Ministry in Beijing released a statement on Wednesday that threatened lega…Read More

Last 2 weeks: Savings of up to $600 on TechCrunch Sessions: AI tickets

AI is evolving fast, and access to valuable insights and powerful networking shouldn’t be reserved for those who pay top dollar. We’re rolling back TechCrunch Sessions: AI ticket prices! Save up to $300 on your pass, and get an extra 50% off when you bring a plus-one. Lea…Read More

Trump to sign bill criminalizing revenge porn and explicit deepfakes

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the Take It Down Act today, a bipartisan law that enacts stricter penalties for distributing non-consensual explicit images, including deepfakes and revenge porn. 

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Heybike’s Alpha step-through e-bike is an affordable, all-terrain dreamboat

The Heybike ALPHA is an affordable, all-terrain mid-drive e-bike that rides like a traditional push bike and comes in at $1,699.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/18/heybikes-alpha-step-through-e-bike-is-an-affordable-all-terrain-dreamboat/

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Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to approve Fortnite

Epic Games is escalating its efforts to pressure Apple to allow its game Fortnite into its App Store, with a new court filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to require that Apple “accept any compliant version of Fortnite onto the U.S. storefront of the App Store.” Epic and Apple hav…Read More

TechCrunch and VivaTech partner for the VivaTech Innovation of the Year

TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year at VivaTech 2025. This partnership will highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and…Read More

Cognichip emerges from stealth with the goal of using generative AI to develop new chips

Chips are a critical component of the AI industry. But new chips don’t hit the market with the same speed as new AI models and products do. Cognichip has a lofty goal of creating a foundational AI model that can help bring new chips to market faster. San…Read More