The Trump administration is banning the import of new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs and energy inverters, citing an “unacceptable” threat to national security. The measure largely affects imports from China, which currently has the vast majority of global market share. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the ban on Tuesday, stating that foreign-made
Waymo is slowly adding highway routes to its service area more than two months after the company stopped driving on these high-speed roads due to the behavior of its robotaxis near construction zones. Waymo announced Wednesday in a publish in X that would gradually add highway routes, starting with Phoenix, the company’s first driverless transportation
Long before Spotify, Winamp was the music player of choice for millions of music fans. Now, the nostalgic brand is preparing for another comeback. Winamp and Deezer announced a partnership on Wednesday that will see Deezer power Winamp’s upcoming premium music subscription service. Under the agreement, Winamp will leverage Deezer’s white label technology and globally
Lilian Weng, co-founder of Thinking Machines, announced this week that she was stepping down from her role, citing health concerns. “I don’t feel like I can continue at the pace a startup requires,” he wrote in an internal Slack message, which he also shared on X. “After thinking about it for several months, I finally
AI hasn’t just changed the way startups are built; It’s unclear how they sell, protect their data and customers, and scale faster than ever. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, AI Stage returns to delve into the hottest topic in the community in recent years, brought to you by Google for Startups. This time, we’re exploring the
When Microsoft reported excellent earnings in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it included an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two largest and competing AI labs are faring. For the quarter, it recorded its investment in Anthropic as a gain of $3.2 billion, increasing diluted
