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Employees at Bethesda Game Studios — the Microsoft-owned game developer that produces the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises — are joining the Communication Workers of America. Quality assurance testers at…

Bethesda Game Studios employees form a ‘wall-to-wall’ union

Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike outage, according to a Microsoft blog post by David Weston, the…

Microsoft says 8.5M Windows devices were affected by CrowdStrike outage

Only a few days left — until July 19 at 11:59 p.m. PT — to save up to $800 on ticket prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 through this week’s Disrupt…

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Helixx wants to bring fast-food economics and Netflix pricing to EVs

When Helixx co-founder and CEO Steve Pegg looks at Daisy — the startup’s 3D-printed prototype delivery van — he sees a second chance. And he’s pulling inspiration from McDonald’s to get there.  The prototype, which made its global debut this week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, is an interesting proof…

Helixx wants to bring fast-food economics and Netflix pricing to EVs

Whistleblowers have accused OpenAI of placing illegal restrictions on how employees can communicate with government regulators, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. Lawyers representing anonymous whistleblowers sent…

Whistleblowers accuse OpenAI of ‘illegally restrictive’ NDAs

Generative AI is everywhere these days, but Amazon Web Services has been perceived in some circles as being late to the game. In reality it’s still early, and the market…

AWS App Studio promises to generate enterprise apps from a written prompt

Are you a Series A to B startup aiming to make a big splash in the tech world? Look no further than the ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program at TechCrunch Disrupt…

Elevate your startup with the ScaleUp Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Running a small business means doing more with less. AI agents can help, but building custom agents for specific workflows remains challenging, even with today’s low-code/no-code tools. The idea behind…

With $6M in seed funding, Enso plans to bring AI agents to SMBs

An adtech business owned by Microsoft is the target of a complaint backed by European privacy advocacy group, noyb — a nonprofit that punches far above its weight when it…

Microsoft-owned adtech Xandr accused of EU privacy breaches

For over a decade, real-money gaming companies and fantasy sports startups have marketed themselves as video game companies. But as these businesses face increasing regulatory scrutiny, a coalition of more…

Indian game firms want to distance themselves from fantasy sports

Berlin-based food delivery giant Delivery Hero has warned investors it may “ultimately” face an antitrust fine of up to €400 million. The development, reported earlier by Reuters, follows unannounced raids…

Delivery Hero warns it could face €400M antitrust fine

A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo vehicle in Phoenix after it ran a red light and pulled into a lane of oncoming traffic, according to dispatch records. The…

Waymo robotaxi pulled over by Phoenix police after driving into the wrong lane

We’re about four months away from TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place October 28 to 30 in San Francisco! We could not bring you this world-class event without our world-class partners…

Meet Brex, Google Cloud, Aerospace and more at Disrupt 2024

Raising a Series A round in today’s competitive market can be a daunting task. To equip seed-stage founders with the insights and strategies needed for success, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will…

What You Need to Raise a Series A Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

The amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year in the European Union. And it’s no…

Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste

There were definite differences between how the two platforms managed last night, with some saying X felt more alive, and others asserting that Threads proved that X is no longer…

Who won the presidential debate: X or Threads?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company will begin to surface AI characters made by creators through Meta AI studio on Instagram. The tests will begin in…

Meta starts testing user-created AI chatbots on Instagram

Sierra Space said that despite the slip, its first Dream Chaser spaceplane is still on track for its maiden mission before the end of the year.

Dream Chaser spaceplane is off the manifest for ULA’s second Vulcan launch

Accel, India’s most successful e-commerce investor, is making a contrarian move by turning its focus to smaller towns and villages.

Accel turns to rural India in hunt for future unicorns

Investors, you know you need to keep your pipelines primed, and one of the best places to find early-stage startups with promising portfolio potential is, you guessed it, TechCrunch Disrupt.…

Maximize your deal flow at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Consumer technology is hard, but few people have mastered it as well as Matt Rogers, co-founder of Nest and now Mill, his new startup that promises to turn your table…

Matt Rogers, Nest and Mill co-founder, talks mastering consumer tech at Disrupt 2024

Zepto, an Indian quick commerce startup, has more than doubled its valuation to $3.6 billion in a new funding round of $665 million.

Zepto, a 10-minute delivery app, raises $665M at $3.6B valuation

Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek at an…

Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund

Series A to B startups — check out the ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024! Why Join the ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program? Amplify Your ReachShowcase your groundbreaking innovation…

Series A to B startups scale up at Disrupt 2024

I learned a new word today — “sherlocking,” which is how some folks refer to Apple releasing a new feature that does the same thing…

TechCrunch Minute: Apple sherlocks third-party apps at WWDC 2024

One of the many new features that Apple announced earlier this week under the broad umbrella of Apple Intelligence is something it calls Genmoji, which…

TechCrunch Minute: Apple’s Genmoji will let you generate infinitely customizable emojis

Slack CEO Denise Dresser is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024.

Slack CEO Denise Dresser is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt this October

The merger has yet to close due to extended due diligence amid ongoing restructuring and macroeconomic headwinds across multiple countries.

Sources: Wasoko-MaxAB e-commerce merger faces delays amid headwinds in Africa

You’re running out of time to join the Startup Battlefield 200, our curated showcase of top startups from around the world and across multiple industries. This elite cohort — 200…

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close tomorrow

Artists got an unpleasant surprise when they opened Photoshop this week, as they were shown a pop-up window asking them to agree to new terms…

TechCrunch Minute: Adobe angers artists with new Photoshop terms