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Author Archives: Techme101
Waymo’s Tekedra Mawakana on Scaling Self-Driving Beyond the Hype
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana takes the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 (Oct 27–29, SF) to share the realities of scaling autonomous vehicles — from safety to regulation to the road ahead.
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Andrew Yang took inspiration from Mark Cuban for his budget cell carrier Noble Mobile
“I’m as guilty of doomscrolling as the next person, but knowing that doomscrolling is actually costing me money makes me feel dumb,” Yang told TechCrunch.
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Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport
Waymo has spent years locked in back-and-forth negotiations with SFO, the biggest airport serving its home base of Silicon Valley.
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Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round
Figure raised more than $1 billion in a Series C round led by Parkway Venture Capital in addition to numerous other investors.
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Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk’s Death
After authorities said Mr. Kirk’s suspected shooter had been “radicalized” online, Meta, Reddit, TikTok and other platforms have stayed quiet — though not Elon Musk, who owns X.
YouTube Expands its Livestreaming Tools In Push for More Live Video
The world’s largest and most influential video platform wants to persuade a lot more content creators to broadcast live.
What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI plan to spend at least $325 billion by the end of the year in pursuit of A.I. We explain why they’re doing it.
D-ID acquires Berlin-based video startup Simpleshow
Video creation platform D-ID snaps up Berlin-based video generation startup Simpleshow to expand its digital avatar solution.
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OpenAI to launch ChatGPT for teens with parental controls as company faces scrutiny over safety
OpenAI is also developing a technology to better predict a user’s age.
YouTube says it has paid creators more than $100 billion over last 4 years
The company also announced new artificial intelligence tools for YouTube Shorts, its short-form vertical video product.