Apple Sports app adds live tennis scores and a redesigned home screen

Apple Sports is introducing tennis coverage ahead of Wimbledon, along with a redesigned home screen experience.

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Bill Gates-backed AirLoom begins building its first power plant

Wind power has run into some headwinds, and not the kind that spin its turbines.  Recently, President Trump has decided to wage war against the technology, an unwelcome bit of friction that coincides with rising costs in recent years. Onshore wind power went for $61 per megawatt-hour last year, according to Lazard, bucking a decade-long […]

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Blockchain-driven platform to mimic stock trading, allowing users to buy shares of SpaceX, other hot private companies

Republic, a New York based investment startup, is planning to offer users exposure to SpaceX by issuing a “tokenized” representation of its shares.

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Takeaways From Hard Fork’s Interview With OpenAI’s Sam Altman

Mr. Altman discussed President Trump’s understanding of artificial intelligence, the war for A.I. talent and OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft.

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Winning capital for your AI startup? Kleida Martiro is leading the conversation at TechCrunch All Stage

AI-native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like — and too often, investors are still playing by the old ones. At TechCrunch All Stage, happening in Boston on July 15, Kleida Martiro, partner at Glasswing Ventures, will lead a breakout that cuts straight to the core of this disconnect. Her session, […]

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Bumble to lay off 30% of its workforce

Dating app Bumble announced on Wednesday that it’s laying off 30% of its workforce, impacting around 240 positions.

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Drone maker AeroVironment shares pop 20% on earnings beat

AeroVironment stock rocketed more than 20% higher Wednesday as the drone maker beat fourth quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines.

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Bumble jumps 26% as dating company plans to axe 30% of workforce

Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, who stepped down as CEO at the beginning of 2024, returned to the role earlier this year.

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Amazon’s Ring launches AI-generated security alerts

The move is part of the smart home security company’s plans to push deeper into AI, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff said.

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Google unveils Gemini CLI, an open-source AI tool for terminals

Google is launching a new agentic AI tool that will put its Gemini AI models closer to where developers are already coding. The company announced on Wednesday the launch of Gemini CLI, an agentic AI tool designed to run locally from your terminal. The new tool connects Google’s Gemini AI models to local codebases, and […]

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