Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now? | TechCrunch
…The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once held over developers is being challenged, and vibe-coded apps are changing what it means to…
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Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales | TechCrunch
…Truecaller also said that the revenue decline in the ad business was also due to a programmatic partner, identified as Google by an analyst earlier this year , changing its algorithms. There were…
Lucid Motors doesn't know how many EVs it will build this year | TechCrunch
…The change to Lucid’s guidance was announced during the company’s first-quarter earnings call by chief financial officer Taoufiq Boussaid. It comes just a few months after the company laid…
FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship V3 booster failure | TechCrunch
…SpaceX made a plethora of changes to how Starship works in this third version, with the intention of making the rocket far more reliable than it was in the previous 11 test…
Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them | TechCrunch
Potholes are a pesky problem — just ask scooter company Lime, which listed them as an official risk to its business in its IPO filing last week. History is littered with claims that…
Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil | TechCrunch
…The changes, which are part of Apple’s agreement with Brazil’s competition regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, or CADE, loosen Apple’s rules in yet another market, following similar revisions…
Exclusive: Uber to deploy 500 data-collection vehicles this year
…Uber appears open to changing that sensor suite, noting that it will continue to update it as its partners’ needs evolve. This isn’t just a transfer of raw data, however. Uber…
Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience | TechCrunch
…s provoking a response now from the incumbents, and they need to change the way that they’re doing business.” Clerico said that AI tools are making his early-stage teams more…
Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceX's IPO | TechCrunch
…The addition comes amid an ever-evolving debate about how much water data centers use, and whether that usage is contributing to localized droughts that are being made worse by climate change…
Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators | TechCrunch
…Unlike most of those other companies, though, Tesla had always redacted the descriptions of its crashes, claiming they were confidential business information. It’s not clear why, but Tesla changed course this…