Amazon gives its workers a raise of $1 per hour
Amazon’s investment in these raises comes out to over $1.5 billion, or about 0.06% of its $2.68 trillion market cap.
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Threads’ new features let podcasters promote shows and reach listeners
Threads is rolling out new tools for podcasters, including profile cards, episode links, transcripts, guest tags, posting reminders and audience insights, as Meta looks to make the X rival a bigger hub for podcast promotion and discussion
Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed
Meet the next five top-tier investors judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to save up to $200 and don’t miss a moment of the ultimate startup pitch competition.
3 days left to exhibit: Get your brand in front of VCs and high-value leads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Three days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13–15.
SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Intel to build memory chips in US
SK Hynix told TechCrunch the company hasn’t finalized any plans or arrangements yet.
Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel
Fluxnium’s fibers can extract uranium directly from seawater, which has enough of the nuclear fuel to power thousands of generations.
Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M
The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.
The iPhone 18 Pro’s big camera update is all about the small gains
Last week, Apple announced an iPhone unlike any it has made in the past. An iPhone that has seemingly already led several other phone manufacturers to pursue entirely different designs for their flagship products. A remarkably distinct device with the kind of “I can’t believe they did that” software touches that Apple sometimes pulls off […]
Nintendo opens up Fire Emblem with the gigantic Fortune’s Weave
Nintendo has gotten quite good at making open-ended games. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild upended the idea of what a Zelda game could be by giving the player free rein to tackle any part of the map, a philosophy iterated upon with Tears of the Kingdom. On the Switch 2 this idea […]
A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation
Over the past few days, a lot of people who stand to make a lot of money from AI all publicly agreed that it’s time to make everyone slow down before we lose control – including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and X […]