Lidl and Einride put a driverless truck into daily service in Germany
Lidl has put Einride’s cab-less Level 4 electric truck into daily service between a logistics centre and a store in Germany, under a first-of-its-kind permit from the federal tran…
AI kill switches may need to be mandatory, Anthropic’s Jack Clark tells BBC
Jack Clark says lawmakers may need to make AI “kill switches” mandatory. Clark is a co-founder of Anthropic and its head of policy. He told the BBC that outside parties should per…
OpenAI buys camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300m, WSJ reports
OpenAI has bought Glass Imaging, a startup that uses AI to improve smartphone cameras, in a deal that values it at more than $300m. The Wall Street Journal reported the purchase o…
Waymo opens driverless rides in Las Vegas, its fourth new US city this month
Waymo has opened fully autonomous rides to the public in Las Vegas, the company said. More than 100,000 people had registered interest after months of mapping the city’s roads. Th…
Apple releases iOS 27 and Siri AI, but you’ll have to join a waitlist
Apple has released iOS 27, and with it the first public version of Siri AI, its rebuilt voice assistant. The Siri AI beta started rolling out in English on 14 September. It arrive…
Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far
From the massive DOGE data breach and the compromise of critical infrastructure to the hack of federal surveillance systems, here are the most damaging security incidents and data…
Nitter and XCancel are dead (again) after X’s latest legal actions
The privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts without an account have gone dark again after X's escalated legal action.
Voicemod launches Key Pocket, bringing voice changing to phones and consoles
Voicemod has launched Key Pocket, a MagSafe device that brings real-time voice changing and soundboards to phones, consoles and social apps without a PC, on sale in the United Sta…
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks
OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.
Temporal raises $550m at $12.55bn to keep AI agents from failing
Temporal has raised $550m in a Series E round that values it at $12.55bn. That is more than double its valuation seven months ago. The company announced the round on 14 September.…
Sony, Universal and Warner back a new pact against streaming fraud
The recording industry’s global trade body has launched a new commitment asking music distributors to stop fraudulent tracks before they reach streaming services. IFPI announced t…
OpenAI’s top strategist calls the state-by-state route reverse federalism. Its president helps fund a super PAC trying to preempt the states.
OpenAI’s top political strategist Chris Lehane calls the industry’s turn to state-level AI lawmaking reverse federalism, while super PACs backed by OpenAI’s president and a16z spe…
AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round
Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.
Wonder scores a $425 million partnership with DoorDash as it builds its food empire
Founded by veteran e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is slowly building a massive portfolio of restaurants and delivery companies.
Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t wait for Congress to slow down AI
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has set out how he thinks the AI industry should slow down. He also said OpenAI will not wait for Congress to act. In a post on X early on Monday…
Bubblemaps moves onchain forensics from post-mortem to pre-trade
For years, some of crypto’s most revealing onchain investigations have arrived after the damage was done. A token collapses, traders lose money. Analysts trace the wallets to unco…
Anthropic expects a second straight quarter of adjusted operating profit
Anthropic has told shareholders it expects positive adjusted operating income for a second straight quarter, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing several people with kno…
More than 70 UK lawmakers ask Burnham to back a superintelligence ban
More than 70 MPs and peers have asked Prime Minister Andy Burnham to back a ban on building artificial superintelligence in the UK. The Guardian’s Robert Booth first reported the …
Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo
Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.
Discover how to take your startup from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Learn how to scale your startup breakthrough from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 with scaling leaders, Adrian Macneil (Foxglove), John Mackey (MBRYONICS), and …
AWS cannot restore its Bahrain region or one UAE zone six months after the strikes
Amazon Web Services has told customers it cannot restore access to its cloud facility in Bahrain or one of its three data hosting zones in the UAE, six months after drone strikes …
OpenAI backs binding UK AI rules as MPs call for a regulator
A cross-party committee of MPs and peers wants a dedicated UK AI law and a single regulator with enforcement powers. On the same day, OpenAI said it would back binding UK rules fo…
India ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network
India will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments made through UPI starting October 15.
Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women’s health research with vaginal microbiome data
Women’s health company Evvy announced Tuesday a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.