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You can now order a Tesla Semi: Here’s everything you need to know
Bird unveils new AR tools to curb illegal escooter parking
Study suggests you may be able to grow plants on the Moon
Researchers plan to simulate life on Mars in Argentina’s red desert
Humans have big plans for space mining, but it’s not gonna be easy
Damn! Sonos’ newest products show just how smart the company is
Apple’s switch to USB-C iPhones could benefit the entire smartphone ecosystem
Watch: This electric motorcycle has its entire ‘heart’ inside its hubless rear wheel
Exclusive: John Deere closes in on fully autonomous farming with its latest AI acquisition
DeepMind researcher claims new ‘Gato’ AI could lead to AGI, says ‘the game is over!’
Clearview AI clears the final hurdle in its quest to undermine US democracy
Crypto crash explainer: This is why you’re losing money
Tech Crunch
The Envoy Gateway project wants to bring Envoy to the masses
16 hours ago –
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is hosting its
semi-annual Kubecon+ CloudNativeCon conference this week, so it’s maybe
no surprise that we’ll hear quite a bit of news around open-source cloud
infrastructure projects in the next few days. But even a day before the
event, the CNCF has ...
European startup studio eFounders launches a web3 vertical
16 hours ago –
While last week was without a doubt the worst week for crypto
asset performance in a very long time, it doesn’t seem to be stopping
eFounders. The software-as-a-service startup studio is announcing that
it is launching a new sub-studio called 3founders. As the name suggests,
3founders is focused ...
Kevin Rose on crypto winters, pseudonymous founders and his buzzy Moonbirds NFT project
16 hours ago –
On the Chain Reaction podcast this week, we spoke with Kevin
Rose, a serial entrepreneur whose efforts — including most famously Digg
–have been well covered in TechCrunch over the past couple decades.
Rose is a partner at the VC firm True Ventures, but his latest project
is an NFT startup called...
a day ago –
Uber Eats is launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los
Angeles on Monday with Serve Robotics, a robotic sidewalk delivery
startup, and Motional, an autonomous vehicle technology company. The new
programs are a part of a range of new products Uber is launching across
its ride-hail and delive...
Blockchain’s youngest billionaire roasts world’s biggest cryptocurrency
8 hours ago –
Thirty-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried took aim at
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, saying it has no future as
a payments network in an interview with Financial Times today.
Bankman-Fried is CEO and co-founder of FTX, the second-most popular
digital asset exchange by tra...
Marketing data management platform Claravine nabs $16M
9 hours ago –
Claravine, a self-described marketing data platform, today
announced that it raised $16 million in a Series B round led by Five
Elms Capital with participation from Grayhawk Capital, Next Frontier
Capital, Peninsula Ventures, Kickstart Fund, and Silverton Partners. CEO
Verl Allen says that the ne...
What’s ahead for crypto startups?
9 hours ago –
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business
of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the
headlines. Every Monday, Grace and Alex scour the news and record notes
on what’s going on to kick off the week.
Trump’s deal with Truth Social makes returning to Twitter complicated
7 hours ago –
These questions haunt us: Will Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter
actually go through? If so, will former President Donald Trump be
allowed back on the platform? According to a new filing with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the Trump Media &
Technology Group’s (TMTG) intent...
Here’s how you can be a speaker at TechCrunch Disrupt
8 hours ago –
We’ve barely crossed into spring here in the Northern
Hemisphere, but we’re already stoked about autumn or, more specifically,
TechCrunch Disrupt. Our annual flagship startup-a-thon returns live and
in person on October 18-20 in San Francisco, with an online day October
21.
The Station: VW resurrects Scout as an EV brand and mobility SPACs have a helluva week
8 hours ago –
Howdy readers! Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all
past, present, and future means of moving people and packages from Point
A to Point B.
Melbourne-based Blinq wants to make paper business cards obsolete
4 hours ago –
Business cards feel almost as outdated as Victorian calling
cards, but they are still a networking staple. Melbourne-based Blinq
wants to do away with them altogether. The app generates a QR code that
shows your professional info, including social media links, as soon as
someone scans it, even if...
Sony confirms its new PlayStation Plus tiers will launch on June 13, reveals list of games
6 hours ago –
Sony announced today that its revamped PlayStation Plus gaming
subscription tires will launch in the United States on June 13th. The
new PlayStation Plus tiers offer a similar to Microsoft’s Xbox Game
Pass, which gives users access to a library of rotating games for a
monthly fee. Sony has also r...
Flexxbotics puts work-cell manufacturing on cloud nine
6 hours ago –
In manufacturing — and especially in the space of contract
manufacturing, where production lines are reconfigured to suit the
product that’s being built — we’ve seen a prevailing trend from
super-specific automation robots that are custom-built to do just one
thing, toward more generalized, multi...
iOS 15.5 brings new Apple Cash update that lets you send and request money directly in Wallet
16 minutes ago –
Apple users can now request and send money from their Apple Cash
card directly through the Wallet app with the launch of iOS 15.5. The
company notes that to request or send money directly from Wallet, users
can open up the app, tap on their Apple Cash card to view it, tap
“request or send,” […]
Max Q: Near and far
26 minutes ago –
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. In this issue: Astra’s long
game in the small launch market The supermassive black hole at the
center of the galaxy News from Virgin Orbit, SpaceX and more Don’t
forget to sign up to get the free newsletter version of Max Q delivered
to your inbox. Astra’s playing...
Kolkata Chai’s next cup includes a taste of venture funding
39 minutes ago –
Co-founded by brothers Ani and Ayan Sanyal, Kolkata Chai wants
to be “the place to get good chai” in the United States. It’s a big
market. The Sanyal brothers estimate the national tea market represents a
$12.7 billion dollar business per year. To chase after it, the duo
tells TechCrunch that Kol...
The Verge
David Tennant and Catherine Tate to return for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary
a day ago –
Tennant and Tate will star in an upcoming 2023 special. | Image:
BBC
David Tennant and Catherine Tate will return to Doctor Who in
celebration of the long-running show’s 60th anniversary, the BBC has
announced (via Gizmodo). The pair are currently filming scenes that are
set to air in 202...
2 days ago –
The SteelSeries Arctis 7P Plus works with almost everything...
except Xbox consoles. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
SteelSeries is running a spring sale promotion that takes up to 40
percent off some of its gaming headsets, mice, and mousepads through
Monday, May 23rd.
Uber unveils new products for business travelers, wedding parties, and EVs
8 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Uber held its second annual product event today, at which the company
announced new features for business travelers, group rides, and electric
vehicles. The news comes as the company’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, is
renewing his efforts to make Uber’s c...
9 hours ago –
Amazon has a new coupon clipping feature for its Alexa app’s
shopping list. | Image: Amazon
While you may buy a lot of stuff on Amazon, most people don’t do their
weekly grocery shopping with the retail giant (unless Whole Foods is
your local store). Amazon is therefore missing a big chun...
Fall Guys is going free-to-play and coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox on June 21st
5 hours ago –
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout first released on PC and PS4 back
in August of 2020. | Image: Mediatonic
The battle royale bean simulator Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is going
free-to-play and finally coming to the Nintendo Switch and Xbox
consoles on June 21st. The game, which first launche...
7 hours ago –
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
As Peloton gets its financial ducks in a row, it appears the company
is easing up on its patent disputes. Today, Peloton and iFit — which
owns rival NordicTrack — announced that they’ve settled all pending
litigation and that “all pending action...
Amazon’s ad-supported Freevee comes to Apple TV
2 hours ago –
Watch free movies and TV shows with ads on Freevee. | Image:
Amazon
Amazon Freevee, the ad-supported streaming service formally known as
IMDb TV, now has a dedicated Apple TV app, Amazon announced Monday.
Freevee was previously available on Apple TV within the Prime Video app,
but now Fre...
3 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
In the wake of the sudden collapse of TerraUSD, several other
stablecoins’ values (whose values are supposedly pegged to the dollar)
have started facing issues.
Deus Finance’s DEI coin is currently trading at around 66 cents and has
been fluctuating...
DJI may be working a new FPV drone that you can fly indoors
10 minutes ago –
The new drone will be made for indoor flight. | Image:
@DronesDeal via Twitter
New leaks suggest that DJI is working on a new FPV (first-person view)
drone that you can fly indoors (via Gizmodo). Reliable tipsters
@DealsDrone and @OsitaLV have come forward with leaked images and
details a...
2 hours ago –
Verizon is increasing its monthly administrative fee for
postpaid customers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Many Verizon customers are going to see a few extra dollars on their
next phone bill. Starting in June, Verizon is raising the administrative
fee it charges postpaid cust...
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