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Apple CEO, Tim Cook, unveils the latest generation of iPhones. Getty Images Apple is boldly embracing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to enable users to control its devices using only their thoughts—a novel frontier for the company. Earlier this week, it was announced that the tech giant is working with Synchron, a company that has been…

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. tires for electric vehicles displayed at the EV Trend Korea exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg South Korean automobile parts giant Hankook & Company Group, one of Asia’s largest tiremakers by sales, is launching its own corporate venture capital arm with a capital commitment of 15 billion won ($10.7…

Image Credits:Julius 2:35 PM PDT · May 15, 2025 The morning after Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter (now X), reporters encountered two men with boxes outside the company’s headquarters. One introduced himself as recently laid-off Twitter engineer “Rahul Ligma.”  His real name is Rahul Sonwalkar but the prank went viral. While he never worked…

Savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired EarlyBird, an investment gifting platform for families, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, EarlyBird will shut down, and all customer accounts will officially close on June 23. Customers’ funds will be returned to the bank…

We’re excited to announce a big surprise for the AI community — TechCrunch Sessions: AI is getting a limited-time discount to broaden the number of people who can attend and learn from some of the brightest minds in the industry. For just $292, you can get a general admission ticket — plus a 50% discount…

Data analytics platform Databricks said on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Neon, a startup building an open source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, for about $1 billion. Databricks said acquiring Neon’s tech would let it combine the startup’s serverless relational database management system with its own data intelligence services to let its customers…

Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack. Tensor9 converts a software vendor’s code into the format needed…

Shield AI executives overlooked its V-BAT drone’s safety hazards, Forbes found. Now with sales falling short and the CEO stepping down, the company is trying to win back military customers. InApril of 2024, a handful of U.S. Navy officers gathered outside of Fort Stockton, Texas, to watch defense tech unicorn Shield AI demo its latest…