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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/gm-onstari.jpg?resize=1200,800″] General Motors has reached a privacy-related settlement with a group of law enforcement agencies led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Back in 2024, The New York Times reported that automakers including GM were sharing information about their customers’ driving behavior with insurance companies, and that some customers were concerned that their…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2266475966.jpg?w=1024″] Nvidia continues to be a major investor in the AI ecosystem, committing more than $40 billion to equity investments in AI companies — and that’s just in these early months of 2026, according to CNBC. Much of that total comes from a single bet, a $30 billion investment in OpenAI. But CNBC…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-528022874.jpg?w=1024″] As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told TechCrunch about the experience: “I had, like, this weird feeling in my stomach. I went to go sign into the VPN, and the VPN was like, ‘this…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-08-at-2.27.29-PM.png?resize=1200,467″] San Francisco real estate has never been very accessible. But the record sales happening right now in the city’s high-end market are testing the upper limits of what even this famously unaffordable city thought was possible. Consider a six-bedroom, 5,700-square-foot home in Cow Hollow, one of San Francisco’s most coveted neighborhoods. It…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/prime-video.webp?resize=1200,675″] Amazon is adding a short-form video feed to the Prime Video app called “Clips,” the company announced on Friday. Rolling out first in the U.S., Clips will include… well, clips of shows on Prime Video that are designed to hook a viewer and get them to give the full show a try.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/HFTb6BbbcAANe5y-e1775584097859.jpeg?w=597″] Bloomberg has a deep dive this week into how Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is trying to rescue one of Silicon Valley’s most storied, and stumbling, chipmakers. It’s worth a read, but it actually undersells the most jaw-dropping part of the story: Intel’s stock has risen a stunning 490% over the past year,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Matthew-Prince-CloudflareDSC00252.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Cloudflare on Thursday joined a growing list of tech companies — including Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon — that have reported increased revenue alongside massive layoffs, attributing both trends to their use of AI. Cloudflare, which provides internet security and performance services to millions of websites worldwide, announced it was cutting its workforce…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Porsche-electric-macan-Getty.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday. The automaker’s battery subsidiary, Cellforce Group, is perhaps the highest-profile casualty. The division had already been through a “realignment” in August after Porsche dropped plans to make its own batteries, turning…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1041147560.jpg?resize=1200,800″] As families across the U.S. prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, Allison Stern is looking beyond the single day of appreciation. Stern just closed $10 million in commitments for her debut early-stage fund, Mother Ventures, which focuses exclusively on the mother as a consumer. “In the U.S., moms are responsible for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/avride-uber.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Avride, a robotaxi company that has partnered with Uber, after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury. The safety regulator’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said all 16 crashes that it has identified have to do with…