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Waymo has submitted responses to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as the agency investigates a January crash in Santa Monica, California, in which one of the company’s robotaxis struck…

Walmart will begin accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations in the U.S., ending years of resistance to third-party tap-to-pay services. The rollout starts August…

Starcloud has added $250 million to its Series A funding round, bringing the total raised in the round to $420 million and valuing the orbital computing startup at $2.3 billion.…

Tesla is recalling nearly 3 million vehicles in China as part of a broader safety campaign focused on hidden emergency door releases that can be difficult for occupants to find…

Apollo Global Management has confirmed a data breach in which hackers stole personal information from the private equity firm’s cloud environment following a social engineering attack. The compromised data included…

Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits against each other without reaching a settlement or exchanging money, according to court documents reviewed by TechCrunch. Shortly after the cases were dismissed…

Castelion, a defense technology startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series C at a $13 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle, and JPMorgan Chase co-led the…

Some Grok users are reporting an unusual bug that causes the xAI chatbot to return long strings of gibberish instead of normal answers. The issue appears to affect only a…

Venture capital firm Mayfield has hired Adit Singh as an infrastructure partner, adding an investor with a background in semiconductors, hardware, and early-stage infrastructure companies. Singh previously helped source and…

Ramp has launched Router, an AI model routing service that lets companies access and switch between multiple large language models through a single API. The expense management company says it…

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal have given TikTok until September 1 to answer questions about an experiment that withheld an algorithmic safety feature from about 15 million U.S.…

AI accounting startup Rillet has raised $100 million in a Series C round that values the company at $1 billion. Iconiq led the financing, with returning investors including Andreessen Horowitz…

Offshore sportsbooks are offering betting markets on the Little League Baseball World Series, an international tournament featuring players who are generally 10 to 12 years old. U.S.-regulated sportsbooks and federally…

OpenAI says a technical error caused some cybersecurity researchers to lose access to Daybreak Blue, a vetted program that gives approved users fewer restrictions when using advanced AI models for…

T-Mobile cybersecurity staff physically cut a network cable in 2024 after tracing suspicious activity to a compromised system linked to China-backed hacking group Salt Typhoon, according to new reporting from…

Older technology is finding new life as hardware companies combine familiar designs with features such as Bluetooth, cloud syncing, USB-C, Wi-Fi, and app connectivity. Current products range from distraction-free digital…

TerraPower plans to announce its first nuclear power project designed for a data center this year, according to Bloomberg. The Bill Gates-founded nuclear startup expects construction on the project to…

Also has raised $150 million in a Series D round as the Rivian spinout expands beyond electric bikes and commercial cargo quads into autonomous vehicles. The latest financing brings the…

Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking its first institutional funding since Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal started the company in 2018. The investment values the Bengaluru-based startup…

Amazon is making Alexa+ available for free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., including for customers who do not subscribe to Prime. The automatic update brings conversational…