TechCrunch Mobility: Everything said on, and off, the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site, a new analysis has found. The study, from researchers at Stanford and Indiana…
November 2025
China is rolling back rare earth mineral restrictions, White House says
The White House released more details Saturday about a trade deal reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Meta has an AI product problem
Meta’s AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.
I’ve Managed Over 150 Ecommerce Stores — Here’s How to Actually Win Cyber Monday Sales
Try these insider tips from years of Amazon and online retail experience to help you prepare, boost conversions and turn Cyber Monday traffic into long-term customers.
Power Up Your PC With Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and More for $40
Streamline your workflow with eight essential Microsoft Office apps for only $40.
Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls the prediction markets
While Armstrong may have helped some Kalshi and Polymarket users make a little money, he was also illustrating how easily these markets can be manipulated.
Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs
A majority of consumers say they’re worried about data centers driving up electricity costs. Is the industry prepared for a possible backlash?
AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams
AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.
How to Drop Your Ego and Watch Your Business Build a Lasting Legacy
What if the real turning point in leadership isn’t when you raise your hand with the answer, but when you admit you don’t have one?