Yep, X was down again |

Elon Musk’s X experienced an outage on Friday, according to user reports and crowdsourced data from sites like Downdetector. From what TechCrunch staff has witnessed…

Elon Musk is lobbying lawmakers on driverless vehicle rules |

Elon Musk may have stepped away from his duties as the lead of the Department of Government Efficiency and adviser to President Trump, but he’s…

A guide to using Edits, Meta’s new CapCut rival for short-form video editing |

Meta recently released a new video editing app for creators called Edits. The new app is designed to rival ByteDance’s CapCut, a popular short-form video-editing…

The conversations that count start in 5 days at TC Sessions: AI |

7:00 AM PDT · May 31, 2025 In just 5 days, the sharpest minds in artificial intelligence will gather at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for…

Google quietly released an app that lets you download and run AI models locally |

7:04 AM PDT · May 31, 2025 Last week, Google quietly released an app that lets users run a range of openly available AI models…

TC Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — Your next shot at winning big |

TechCrunch Sessions: AI hits UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5, and we’re kicking Day 3 of AI trivia into high gear. This is your…

Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space |

From AI to EVs, demand for semiconductors is exploding, but silicon is hitting its limits. Making more efficient chips requires new materials, ones far less…

Week in Review: Perplexity Labs wants to do your work |

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got a ton of stories for you this week, including a new AI-powered browser from Arc; not one…

Meta plans to automate many of its product risk assessments |

In Brief Posted: 10:51 AM PDT · May 31, 2025 An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks…

NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’ |

1:05 PM PDT · May 31, 2025 The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon…