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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gemini-google-vehicles.jpeg?w=1200″] Google announced on Thursday that it will begin rolling out Gemini to cars with Google built-in, marking a significant upgrade from the current Google Assistant. The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience. The announcement follows closely behind news from General Motors, which revealed yesterday…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tiktok-icon-badged-GettyImages-2246518404.jpg?resize=1200,795″] TikTok is launching a new “Campus Hub,” the company told TechCrunch in an email on Thursday. The new hub features dedicated college group chats and personalized feeds designed to help students stay connected with their campus communities, even while they’re away for the summer. The new hub builds on the app’s campus…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/bms2e11-featured.png?resize=1200,675″] Loading the player… Surviving the long road to FDA approval isn’t just about building great technology — it’s about keeping your team motivated, finding the right investors, and learning how to operate when timelines are uncertain. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Robhy Bustami, co-founder and CEO of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/link-2026-04-30-at-1.04.31-PM.jpg?resize=1200,659″] Financial services platform Stripe is introducing a digital wallet specifically built for the AI era, where autonomous agents can perform tasks that include shopping, paying for reservations, buying tickets, and more. At its annual conference this week, the company introduced an upgraded version Link, its digital wallet that allows you to connect…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/bms2e11-featured.png?resize=1200,675″] Surviving the long road to FDA approval isn’t just about building great technology — it’s about keeping your team motivated, finding the right investors, and learning how to operate when timelines are uncertain. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Robhy Bustami, co-founder and CEO of BioticsAI, a Startup…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Salesforce_logo-e1672835031758.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Artificial intelligence continues to advance at a dizzying clip, forcing enterprises to develop and release new products quicker than ever or risk becoming irrelevant to a faster-moving competitor. Salesforce believes it has found a strategy that allows it to keep up even if it isn’t clear where AI is headed next. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/uber-lucid.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Uber’s forthcoming luxury robotaxi service with Lucid Motors and Nuro is getting a fourth partner: Hertz. The companies announced Thursday that Hertz will provide “day-to-day vehicle asset management, including charging, maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and depot staffing.” The service, announced last year, is supposed to launch by the end of 2026 in the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1399595760.jpg?resize=1200,675″] VC firm 137 Ventures announced Thursday that it has raised more than $700 million across two new growth-stage funds to back startups “with the potential for significant market impact.”  In the past year, the firm, founded by former Founders Fund investor Justin Fishner-Wolfson, said it has deployed more than a billion dollars…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dentist-office-1252046775.jpg?resize=1200,798″] Practice by Numbers, the developer of a patient management software used in thousands of dentists’ offices, has fixed a security flaw that exposed the private health records of patients on a portal that comes bundled with the software, TechCrunch has learned. One patient, Joseph R. Cox, reported the bug to TechCrunch after…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/X-and-Threads-GettyImages-1763609384.jpeg?resize=1200,832″] Elon Musk’s X is still trying to woo back advertisers — this time with a rebuilt, AI-powered ads platform that started to roll out on Thursday. The tech company initially struggled to grow ad revenue in the first few years of Musk’s reign, leading it to shift its focus to other monetization…