India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them
India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
July 31, 2026India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
Jao July 31, 2026A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly…
Jao July 31, 2026New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founder…
Jao July 31, 2026The health tech data giant, which handles vast amounts of patients' medical data, said hackers struck one of its pr…
Jao July 30, 2026As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patchin…
Jao July 30, 2026Winamp is preparing to relaunch with a Deezer-powered premium music service, betting its nostalgic brand and a new all-…
Jao July 29, 2026Another way to think about the whole thing is to picture a bear at a campsite. (Really, we are going there.)
Jao July 29, 2026Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitali…
Jao July 29, 2026His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
Jao July 28, 2026Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-California ) has proposed a bill that would direct federal regulators to establish minimum nationa…
Jao July 28, 2026Businesses that rely wholly on the major AI labs ultimately won't survive, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicts.…
Jao July 27, 2026The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable…
Jao July 27, 2026Measuring the success of international student recruitment used to be all about how many students enrolled. But times …
Jao July 27, 2026Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave r…
Jao July 26, 2026As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer pri…
Jao July 26, 2026On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street…
Jao July 26, 2026A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs …
Jao July 25, 2026The lawsuit will likely renew debates about whether term employment agreements are enforceable under California. law…
Jao July 25, 2026An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to h…
Jao July 25, 2026Elon Musk's tunneling startup is reportedly in talks for a major new funding round.
Jao July 25, 2026Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’r…
Jao July 24, 2026The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.
Jao July 24, 2026The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to bu…
Jao July 24, 2026Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email
Jao July 23, 2026A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the …
Jao July 22, 2026Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to…
Jao July 22, 2026Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.
Jao July 21, 2026The acquisition — Einride's first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works …
Jao July 21, 2026The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
Jao July 20, 2026The UK topped the world in study visa issuance volume for the first time since 2022, as competitors flounder …
Jao July 20, 2026For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we're bringing the kind of access y…
Jao July 20, 2026Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan's entire tech ecosystem.
Jao July 19, 2026On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans…
Jao July 19, 2026"Everybody knows the Greeks are inside."
Jao July 19, 2026Current AI, a non-profit building AI that leaves no one culture behind, has made remarkable progress across devices, AI…
Jao July 19, 2026Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI c…
Jao July 18, 2026In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been awa…
Jao July 17, 2026The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.
Jao July 17, 2026The company didn't immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX's stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading …
Jao July 16, 2026Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a…
Jao July 16, 2026Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series "Mafia," has joined the…
Jao July 16, 2026The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month…
Jao July 15, 2026The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious g…
Jao July 15, 2026Overtone describes itself as "a voice- and audio-forward service, enabled by AI, that provides highly curated intr…
Jao July 14, 2026The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent …
Jao July 13, 2026Of all the debates raging about the potential downsides of AI, there is one worry causing the most hand-wringing among …
Jao July 13, 2026Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensi…
Jao July 13, 2026The global advocacy organisation for international education, Made Impact, will host an inaugural summit at the U…
Jao July 13, 2026Washington D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo's competing views.
Jao July 13, 2026When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biote…
Jao July 11, 2026Last weekend’s brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean swe…
Jao July 11, 2026Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is "all in"…
Jao July 10, 2026Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAi's senior leadership, including a long-time former employee.
Jao July 10, 2026The video call highlights the murky relationship between professional athletes and gambling apps.
Jao July 09, 2026This developer didn't expect his side project to grow to 300,000 users, but people love Roost because it's an a…
Jao July 08, 2026X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an upd…
Jao July 08, 2026Microsoft is the latest Silicon Valley giant to cut back on its AI spending.
Jao July 07, 2026Google's upcoming event in August will introduce new Pixel devices.
Jao July 07, 2026"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guille…
Jao July 06, 2026The new controls let you control how quickly Siri speaks and expressive its voice is.
Jao July 06, 2026Even Realities, an ex-Apple team building camera-free smart glasses, raised $150M from Meituan and Tencent at a $1B val…
Jao July 06, 2026While other humanoid startups chase sky-high valuations, Agility Robotics is betting its future on execution — and a SP…
Jao July 05, 2026Back in February, Uber announced ambitious plans to launch in seven new European markets in 2026 — but now five of thos…
Jao July 05, 2026Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, while …
Jao July 05, 2026Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Fo…
Jao July 04, 2026The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most…
Jao July 03, 2026Selby's VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory fil…
Jao July 02, 2026Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention …
Jao July 02, 2026AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.
Jao July 02, 2026Meta says usernames improve privacy, but critics question whether its safeguards can prevent impersonation.
Jao July 01, 2026SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal…
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