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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HealthApp-3-CoachMessages.width-1000.format-webp.webp?w=1000″] Alongside taking the wraps off the new Fitbit Air, a Whoop-esque fitness band, Google on Thursday said it is also rebranding its Fitbit app as Google Health and launching an AI-powered health coach as a subscription service. The Health app will become a central part of Google’s fitness strategy, capitalizing on its…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fitbit-air.png?resize=1200,752″] Google on Thursday unveiled its new Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable that retails for $100. The device includes health and fitness tracking features like 24/7 heart rate monitoring, heart rhythm monitoring with A-fib (atrial fibrillation) alerts, blood oxygen level, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages and duration, and more.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Startup-Battlefield-2023-1.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100,000 equity-free, and more opportunities for major scaling impact. Pre-Series A founders — and anyone who knows a startup worth backing — this is your reminder: The deadline is approaching…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sms-blaster.jpg?resize=1200,939″] Police have arrested and brought 44 charges against three men for allegedly operating an SMS blaster in downtown Toronto. The scheme, which began in November 2025, is the “first known instance” of an SMS blaster operating in Canada, according to the police report. In a statement, the Toronto Police Service said it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Google-Exhibit-Disrupt-2025.jpg?resize=1200,800″] You can spend months trying to get in front of the right people. Or you can show up where they’re already looking. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, more than 10,000 founders, investors, and operators will gather at Moscone West from October 13–15. And at the center of it all — where deals start, conversations accelerate, and new companies…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/skyroot.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Skyroot Aerospace has become India’s first space tech unicorn after raising $60 million in a new investment ahead of the maiden orbital launch of its Vikram-1 rocket in the coming weeks. The funding round valued the Hyderabad-based startup at $1.1 billion on a pre-money basis and included about $50 million in primary…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aurora-chris-urmson.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] Listen onApple PodcastsListen onSpotify Self-driving has been “almost here” for over a decade. But somewhere between DARPA challenges and a handful of driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston, Aurora co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson’s story changed. The self-driving truck company started commercial driverless operations last April and is now scaling from a handful of trucks to hundreds this year. …

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LinkedIn-Ad-with-Text-GA-BOGO-V1-Rectangle.png?w=1200″] Two days. That’s all that’s left to lock in your place — with your partner, co-founder, or colleague — at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Right now, you can buy one pass and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type, but that offer ends May 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices go up, and the opportunity to show up…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2254580342.jpg?w=1024″] Chinese AI companies may not be swimming in as much cash as their Western rivals, but their open source models are still facing no shortage of interest from those who don’t mind a performance hit in exchange for cheap inference. And investors are taking notice. Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based AI lab developing…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/spotify-logo-phone-GettyImages-2236404299.jpg?w=1024″] For the last few years, apps like Google’s NotebookLM, Hero, and lately Adobe Acrobat have given users the ability to create podcasts based on existing material like documents, daily schedules, and articles. Now, Spotify is letting you access these podcasts within its app, but you’ll need some programming tools to do so.…