Tag: Startup

The same technology that once powered a wave of optimism across Wall Street is now beginning to turn the pressure back on the very companies that built it. Artificial intelligence (AI), once seen purely as a growth engine for software, is now forcing investors to rethink what “safe growth” really …

Shoppers say it’s “worth every penny…

Well, that didn’t take long. Tesla China denied a report this week that said the electric vehicle company is developing a new, smaller SUV model to be produced at its Shanghai factory. Tesla China says “market information claiming that Tesla is developing a new, smaller, and cheaper electric SUV is …

TechCrunch is partnering with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, Asia’s largest global innovation conference, taking place April 27–29 at Tokyo Big Sight. And we’re not just showing up to cover it — our very own Startup Battlefield program manager, Isabelle Johannessen, will be on the ground as a judge for the SusHi Tech Challenge, the conference’s…

Shoppers say it’s a “compact, reliable power” that eliminates the hassle of having to deal with a mess of cords…

As the driver of an electric vehicle, one clear thing dampens my enjoyment of my BMW i3. It’s not the lack of loud engine noises, or the fact that my car essentially operates in silence, it’s always being insecure about finding a place to charge. Florida…

Is Poke an OpenClaw for the rest of us? That’s the idea coming from a new startup offering an AI agent that you can access via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and, in some markets, WhatsApp. The AI agent Poke launched publicly in March, allowing consumers to access a personal assistant that can take action on their…

Amazon is preparing to end support for Kindle devices released before 2012 — cutting them off from the Kindle Store and making them virtually unable to load any new content. The company set a cutoff date for May 20, 2026. Amazon sent an email to customers this week announcing it would end support for the…

Intel will join SpaceX and Tesla in an effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor factory in Texas, although the scope of its contributions are unclear…

This is my third Seiko watch, and they basically last forever…