Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors | TechCrunch

Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors was scrambling to raise a Series D funding round in 2017.…

It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site | TechCrunch

On Thursday, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data with…

Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor | TechCrunch

Carbon-removal startup Terradot is acquiring competitor Eonthe two companies announced today. The sale was driven largely…

Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all | TechCrunch

Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks like…

Reddit says its looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere | TechCrunch

Reddit is gearing up for more M&A, the company told analysts on its fourth-quarter earnings call…

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over CIA activities | TechCrunch

A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the U.S. government’s most secretive operations has…

How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power | TechCrunch

Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With…

Chinas Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies | TechCrunch

The Norwegian government has accused the Chinese-backed hacking group known as Salt Typhoon of breaking into…

EU says TikTok must disable addictive features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling…

OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch

On Monday, OpenAI launched Codexan agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched…