Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows
Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies
How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES
Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising and striking commercial deals.
Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT
Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can’t be used for training or advertising.
TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”
Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)
If you’ve been following the billionaire exodus from California with some confusion, here’s what’s actually driving the nervousness: it’s not the 5% rate. As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed
Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about
While it’s easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space.
Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid
Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior’s actions.
Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane
Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
Musk’s legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns “many orders of magnitude greater” than his initial investment.
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post
Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come.