Another autonomous vehicle startup shutters, Zoox expands driverless testing and investor fervor for AI escalates | TechCrunch
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. I spent a few days in Austin […]
SpaceX doc leaks, TikTok ban gains steam, and Grok to go open-source | TechCrunch
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping noteworthy happenings in tech over the past few days. This week, TechCrunch viewed leaked documents out of SpaceX showing some questionable practices related to employee stock options. X CEO Elon Musk announced that he would open source Grok, X’s AI-powered chatbot meant to […]
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked | TechCrunch
Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updated its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing restrictions from payment processors like Stripe and PayPal. For creators who sell adult art, like explicit comic books or lewd cosplay photos, these sudden policy changes can be detrimental, resulting in an unforeseen loss of income. “I’m concerned on […]
Paytm secures license it desperately needed to survive | TechCrunch
India’s Paytm has secured a vital license it needed to survive and maintain continuity of several core features of its eponymous payments app, a day before the firm’s banking unit is scheduled to cease operations because of regulatory clampdown. The National Payments Corporation of India, the firm that built the eponymous UPI rail in the […]
Behold, TruckBot | TechCrunch
One undeniable trend from this year’s Modex conference: suddenly everyone is into truck unloading. The past couple of years have gone from a few select companies to seemingly everyone in and around warehouse robotics looking to tackle the problem. Most solutions are some variation on a basic theme: a robotic arm attached to a mobile […]
Bluesky launches Ozone, a tool that lets users create and run their own independent moderation services | TechCrunch
Decentralized Twitter/X rival Bluesky announced on Tuesday that it’s open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets individuals and teams collaboratively review and label content on the network. The company plans to open up the ability for individuals and teams to run their own independent moderation services later this week, which means users will be able to […]
Zomato’s Blinkit sprints to quick commerce dominance in India | TechCrunch
Even as quick commerce is slowly fading in many markets and several heavily-funded startups have folded in the past two years, India is emerging as a striking outlier where the model remains vibrant. India’s quick commerce market has witnessed a staggering 10-fold growth between 2021 and 2023, fueled by the sector’s ability to cater to […]
How a company blog can help your clients (and get you more projects)
Developing blogs is underrated. A client comes to you and asks for a site for their business: “Build me something where I can show off my services and sell my products,” they might say. They don’t think further than that. How will they bring users to the site? Will their business show up in Google […]
Rivian’s big bet, Waymo goes driverless in Austin and the Chevy Blazer EV returns | TechCrunch
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week, it was all about Rivian […]
What’s going on with the new bill that could ban TikTok? | TechCrunch
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. After a surprise flurry of activity in the House this week, TikTok is the target of a new government push to separate the company from its Chinese ownership or force it out of the country. TikTok is based in Los Angeles and Singapore, but is […]