Vocal Image is using AI to help people communicate better |

With 4 million app downloads, Estonia-based startup Vocal Image aims to help people improve their voice and communication skills with AI-powered coaching. But out of…

Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India's AI backbone |

Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the country’s AI backbone through a new subsidiary…

Apply to host a Side Event at Disrupt 2025 |

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is where over 10,000 founders, VCs, and tech innovators collide on October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. But the conversations don’t…

Microsoft and Uber alum raises $3M for YC-backed Munify, a neobank for the Egyptian diaspora |

Khalid Ashmawy remembers the first time he wired money home while studying in Europe. He had just received his monthly stipend as a master’s student…

Henrik Fisker quietly wound down his nonprofit after his EV startup went bankrupt |

Henrik Fisker, the founder of failed EV startup Fisker Inc., and his wife Geeta quietly wound down a private charitable foundation established in late 2021…

Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws |

Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law — the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the…

Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users |

10:04 AM PDT · August 29, 2025 Meta says it’s changing the way it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety, a spokesperson exclusively told…

WhatsApp fixes 'zero-click' bug used to hack Apple users with spyware |

WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack into the…

Tesla challenges $243 million verdict in Autopilot death trial |

Tesla has asked a judge to nix the $243 million verdict lodged against the company in a lawsuit involving its Autopilot system, or to allow…

Uber and Lyft drivers in California win a path to unionization  |

11:53 AM PDT · August 29, 2025 California lawmakers struck a deal with Uber and Lyft that will allow app-based drivers to form unions and…