Category: Robotics

BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash chargin...

The Chinese automaker's new Blade Battery 2.0 is capable of charging at up to 1.5 megawatts, dramatically slashing the time it tak...

Amazon is rolling out a redesigned Fire TV app

With the updated Fire TV app, users can browse and discover content directly from their phone, manage their watchlist on the go, a...

US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export cont...

In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it's c...

FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance ...

Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN.

AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for h...

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient ve...

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about reven...

The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admit...

DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A rese...

Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of t...

Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in cour...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense's designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain ris...

Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation

Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025 and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and ...

Who needs data centers in space when they can float off...

Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year.

One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers...

CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from Cha...

Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Ch...

Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro.

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son i...

A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and c...

TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messag...

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week...

Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 20...

X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payme...

42 X users donated to William Shatner's charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.

The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tec...

As the U.S. continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions.

Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation

The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that's providing employee liquidity...

Google Search rolls out Gemini’s Canvas in AI Mode to a...

Canvas in AI Mode is available to U.S. users in English for creating plans, projects, apps, and more.

MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple anno...

From a new iPhone to a budget-friendly MacBook, Apple announced a series of new products this week.

US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of ...

Authorities say LeakBase was "one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals," and maintained an archive of hacked da...

His house burned down. He used the insurance money to b...

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115...

Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store co...

Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a...

Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI ...

The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it's unclear how effective this intervention will be.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging aro...

Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in.