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After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal weekend on his social media platform X.

While Apple’s iPhone already supports texting, calling emergency services, and contacting roadside assistance via satellite connectivity, the company may have many more satellite-powered features in the works.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” 

A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence.

If you watched all the way to the end of the new Apple TV show “Pluribus,” you may have noticed an unusual disclaimer in the credits: “This show was made by humans.”

A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company is hoping the federal government can support the company’s ambitious plans for data center construction.

Three industry insiders walk through how startups can set up an employee equity strategy that remains fair as a company grows.

The company canceled a similar-sized award from 2021, when EV optimism was sky-high, due to the “unlikeliness” that the associated goals could be met.

Seven families filed lawsuits against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming that the company’s GPT-4o model was released prematurely and without effective safeguards. Four of the lawsuits address ChatGPT’s alleged role in family members’ suicides, while the other three claim that ChatGPT reinforced harmful delusions that in some cases resulted in inpatient psychiatric care. In one case, … Read more

GoWish, an app for making wishlists, is having a record year, and has doubled its users.

The Washington Post is the latest victim of a hacking campaign by the notorious Clop ransomware gang, which relied on vulnerabilities in Oracle software used by many corporations.

Apple’s new Crossbody Strap is a convenient way to go hands free but the strap can rub uncomfortably at times, and the phone looks silly when the strap is removed.

Kim Kardashian admitted that she has failed legal exams after blindly relying on ChatGPT’s advice.

The congressional research office confirmed a breach, but did not comment on the cause. A security researcher suggested the hack may have originated because CBO failed to patch a firewall for more than a year.

On Friday, Amazon announced the debut of Amazon Bazaar, a new low-cost shopping destination for Asia, Africa, and Latin America that will be available separately from the main Amazon shopping app. On Bazaar, most products are available under $10, and some are as low as $2, the retailer says. The product selection, available now on Android and … Read more

Instead of building seawalls or dikes, Terranova has developed a new way to raise cities to protect them from sea level rise.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton late on Thursday said he had sued online gaming platform Roblox, accusing the company of “deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform.”

A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch.

Musk said he picked the date so he “could say I was just kidding” if it changes again. He had spent months teasing a reveal by the end of this year.

With fusion advances showing real promise, Lowercarbon Capital plans to double down.

Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to be able to put all the Cybercabs it builds on the road, and thanked Waymo for “paving the path.”

TVS Motor booked a 152% return as it sold its Rapido stake to Accel and Prosus.

Perhaps one of the most anticipated video games of all time, GTA VI is now slated for a November 19, 2026 release.

The proposal received more than 75% approval. Musk can earn the $1 trillion in shares over the next 10 years if Tesla hits a number of milestones.

Slingshots AI grants provide resources that would be unavailable in most academic settings. Its debut program has 15 startups focused on AI evaluation.

These fraudulent ads purport to offer a product or service that isn’t actually real, and may be intended to solicit payments from less savvy users.

Altman named a long list of upcoming business he thinks will generate significant revenue.

The deal is the first selected by the Symbiosis Coalition, an advance market commitment founded to seed the market for nature-based carbon removal.

Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service, is designed to broaden the reach of ebook authors.

The furor over Sarah Friar’s comments grew so loud that Trump’s AI Czar David Sacks weighed in.