Mobility: Tesla denied 'Robotaxi' trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll |

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just…

Exclusive: The Department of Labor just dropped its investigation into Scale AI

12:03 PM PDT · May 9, 2025 The U.S. Department of Labor has dropped its investigation into Scale AI’s compliance with the Fair Labor Standards…

Remember Moviefone? Well, it's back. |

1:22 PM PDT · May 9, 2025 For millions of moviegoers in the ’90s, Moviefone’s 777-FILM number was the go-to source for learning about showtimes.…

Google I/O 2025: What to expect, including updates to Gemini and Android 16 |

Google I/O, Google’s biggest developer conference of the year, is nearly upon us. Scheduled for May 20 to 21 at theShoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View,…

The US is reviewing Benchmark’s investment into Chinese AI startup Manus  |

In Brief Posted: 2:24 PM PDT · May 9, 2025 Manus AI is one of the hottest AI agent startups around, recently raising $75 million…

All Stage 2025: Prepare 4 VC’s Jason Kraus will instruct on how to turn chaos into momentum |

12:52 AM PDT · May 10, 2025 Being a founder often feels like you’re building the plane midflight. You’re juggling fundraising, product-market fit, marketing strategy,…

Five things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit |

On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in…

Amazon CEO says 100,000 users now have Alexa+ |

4:04 PM PDT · May 1, 2025 Amazon’s upgraded digital assistant powered by generative AI, Alexa+, has rolled out to over 100,000 users, CEO Andy…

Apple changes US App Store rules to let apps link to external payment systems |

1:55 AM PDT · May 2, 2025 Apple has changed its App Store rules in the U.S. to let apps link users to their own…

Airbnb is quietly rolling out an AI customer service bot in the US |

“Amazon stores many different products in bins, so rummaging is necessary to pull out a specific object to fill an order,” says Ken Goldberg, a…