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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/waymo-getty-streets.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Waymo has issued a software update to its fleet of nearly 4,000 vehicles to help them avoid flooded roads as part of a recall announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday. But the company hasn’t fully solved the problem of how its vehicles behave in these conditions. In…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/shiny-extortion.jpg?resize=1200,849″] Instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said on Tuesday it has “reached an agreement” with the hackers who breached its systems twice, stole a huge amount of student and staff data, and disrupted thousands of schools that rely on the company’s software. ShinyHunters, a financially motivated cybercrime group,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tiktok-header.jpg?resize=1200,800″] TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s launching TikTok GO, a way for users to discover and book hotels, attractions, and experiences directly within its app. The new offering is launching in the U.S. and is available to users 18 years and older. TikTok GO surfaces lodging and things to do through videos,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-01-at-6.45.13-PM.jpeg?resize=1200,560″] New types of design tools, such as Perplexity-owned Visual Electric, Figma-owned Weavy, Flora, and Krea, have risen in popularity in the last few years, thanks to AI. These tools bank on the promise that, with AI, a product team with designers can iterate through variations quickly. A new design startup, Dessn, now…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Spotify-20_2-1.jpg?resize=1200,683″] Spotify’s yearly Wrapped recap provides users a glimpse into their favorite artists and what they listened to most that year. As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, the streaming service is now releasing a limited-time feature that surfaces various facts about users, such as when they joined the app, the first song…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/vapi-founders-jordan-dearsley-nikhil-gupta.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Amazon Ring, facing a surge in customer-support calls during last year’s holiday season, evaluated more than 40 AI voice vendors before choosing startup Vapi to handle its inbound phone traffic. Today, Ring routes 100% of its inbound calls through Vapi’s platform. That deployment helped Vapi raise a $50 million Series B led…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217247219.jpg?w=1024″] Amazon deliveries keep getting faster. On Tuesday, the online retailer announced the launch of its 30-minute delivery option, dubbed “Amazon Now,” in dozens of U.S. cities. This ultra-fast delivery option will allow customers to shop across “thousands” of items, Amazon says, including fresh groceries, household essentials, and other locally relevant items. At…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2271655163.jpg?resize=1200,879″] Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded last year by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, on Monday announced something called interaction models, which, at its essence, sounds like AI that can interrupt you. Right now, every AI model you’ve ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/vlad-tenev-robinhood-GettyImages-2272038864.jpg?w=1024″] Just two months after listing its first venture fund on the stock market, Robinhood is preparing to launch a second. The company has filed a confidential registration for RVII, a standard regulatory step that allows it to work through the approval process before making details public. Unlike its first fund, which currently holds stakes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gm-headquarters-getty.jpg?resize=1200,800″] General Motors has laid off more than 10% of its IT department, or about 600 salaried employees — in a deliberate skills swap: clearing out workers whose expertise no longer fits and making room for some with AI-focused backgrounds. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it had conducted layoffs; they were first reported…