Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging

The U.S. Department of the Interior said Tuesday that it’s beginning the process of selling deep-sea…

Fortnite returns to the US App Store after a five-year gap

Popular battle royale game Fortnite has finally returned to the U.S. App Store amid game maker…

Last Week to exhibit your startup at Sessions: AI | TechCrunch

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to showcase your newest innovation to a massive…

Affiniti’s 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed

Affiniti founders Aaron Bai, 20, and Sahil Phadnis, 22, are building the kind of expense management…

Waymo gets OK to expand robotaxi service into more of Silicon Valley

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved Waymo’s request to expand its commercial robotaxi service area,…

Bluesky takes on ‘Sports Twitter’ with NBA playoff feature

As the playoffs rage on, Bluesky announced that it is beta testing a new feature during…

Crypto elite increasingly worried about their personal safety

Cryptocurrency executives and other investors with significant wealth from crypto holdings are getting more serious about…

Heybike’s Alpha step-through e-bike is an affordable, all-terrain dreamboat

I’ve tested out a number of e-bikes in my time here at TechCrunch. And I’ve never…

Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output

The world’s only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it…

MIT disavows doctoral student paper on AI’s productivity benefits

MIT says that due to concerns about the “integrity” of a high-profile paper about the effects…