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Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help Sean O'Kane 2:35 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 In February, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) sent letters to seven U.S. companies working on autonomous vehicle technology with a list of questions. He especially wanted to know how often...

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features Lucas Ropek 3:46 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 Salesforce, the cloud software giant, has been remaking its business around AI, and at a small gathering in San Francisco on Tuesday, CEO Marc Benioff and his team unveiled the...

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise Rebecca Bellan 2:25 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 OpenAI has closed a deal to raise $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, its largest funding round to date as the company is expected to hit the public markets...

Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what? Amanda Silberling 12:32 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 Meta lost a lawsuit against the state of New Mexico last week, marking the first time that the company has been held liable by the court system for endangering child safety. This was a...

Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon Julie Bort 1:01 PM PDT · March 31, 2026 Sometimes an apparently good idea, a big raise from a big-name VC, and a sea of well-connected angel investors is not enough. Less than a year after launching, Yupp is closing its business...

Go play this secret game in your TikTok DMs Aisha Malik 11:47 AM PDT · March 31, 2026 TikTok has quietly added a secret emoji game that you can access in your DMs. The goal of the game is simple: use your finger to bounce as high as you can by hopping across alligators. Avoid the skeleton...

Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion Connie Loizos 9:58 AM PDT · March 31, 2026 Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple its last reported valuation of $3.6 billion — in a deal...

North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open source project to spread malware Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 9:01 AM PDT · March 31, 2026 A suspected North Korean hacker has hijacked and modified a popular open source software development tool to deliver malware that could put...

Uber is buying Berlin-based startup Blacklane, which provides on-demand, black-car chauffeur services, as the ride-hail giant expands deeper into luxury and executive travel services. It’s a notable exit for Blacklane, which was founded in 2011 and has raised more than $100 million to date from...

Former Coatue partner raises huge $65M seed for enterprise AI agent startup Julie Bort 2:53 PM PDT · March 30, 2026 Yet another startup aiming to help enterprises build, secure, and orchestrate AI agents has raised a honking-big seed round. Sycamore on Monday announced a $65 million seed led...

Are you tired of searching for yellow security stamp papers in the market? Good news! The Government of Punjab has modernised the system. You can now generate a 100% legal e-stamp for your rent agreement (Karaya Nama) and print it on standard white A4 paper. Here is the exact 4-step process...

AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round Lucas Ropek 6:00 AM PDT · March 30, 2026 Fresh off a successful Series C funding round in November, the South Korean fabless AI chip startup Rebellions has raised an additional $400 million. The latest funding...

Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space Tim Fernholz 4:00 AM PDT · March 30, 2026 Starcloud’s latest funding round values the space compute company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the fastest startups to reach unicorn status after graduating from Y Combinator...

A day after Delve’s founder and CEO Karun Kaushik published a lengthy post on X denying allegations that the startup was faking evidence for its customers’ compliance audits, the anonymous accuser posted again . The accuser, who goes by the name DeepDelver, doubled down and presented alleged...

Apple will hide your email address from apps and websites, but not cops Zack Whittaker 8:34 AM PDT · March 30, 2026 Apple has provided federal agents with the real identities of at least two customers who used one of the company’s privacy features designed to mask their email addresses from apps...

Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance Amanda Silberling 11:03 AM PDT · March 30, 2026 Bluesky has launched an AI assistant called Attie that allows users to design their own social media algorithms and create custom feeds within the company’s AT...

‘Project Hail Mary’ becomes Amazon MGM’s biggest box office hit Anthony Ha 12:50 PM PDT · March 29, 2026 Amazon’s bet on “Project Hail Mary” has paid off handsomely, with the film recently surpassing “Creed III” to become the company’s highest grossing movie ever. And it was a big bet, with a...

The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great Ivan Mehta 2:30 PM PDT · March 29, 2026 For years now, smartphone makers have made the camera bump on devices bigger in order to chase camera improvements. Even if that kind of design makes cameras better, at times it creates usability...

Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video Anthony Ha 9:30 AM PDT · March 29, 2026 OpenAI announced this week that it’s shutting down its Sora app and related video models just six months after launching the app. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , Kirsten...

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds Sarah Perez 4:00 PM PDT · March 28, 2026 The team from Bluesky has built another app — and this time, it’s not a social network, but an AI assistant that allows you to design your own algorithm, create custom feeds, and, one day...