Jaguar Land Rover to pause production for third week due to cyberattack
The company owned by Tata Motors is estimated to be losing millions of pounds a week due to the shutdown.
The Download: squeezing more metal out of aging mines, and AI’s truth crisis
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a…
Airbuds is the music social network Apple and Spotify wish they had built
Airbuds, a music social app aimed at Gen Z, raises $5M as the app reaches 5 million monthly users.
How Working With Rivals Can Actually Unlock Bigger Opportunities
Traditional competition is a zero-sum game: When one wins, the other loses. It’s time to embrace co-opetition.
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria
Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now, the same technology can compose a working genome. A research team in California says it used AI to propose new genetic codes for viruses—and managed to get several of these to replicate and kill bacteria. The scientists, based at Stanford University and the non-profit Arc…
‘I’m Play-Fighting With My Best Friends’: How WWE Superstar Chelsea Green Keeps It Light While Delivering Heavy Blows
Chelsea Green shared her career journey — bruises and all — on the new episode of “How Success Happens.”
From Startup Battlefield to the Disrupt Stage: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
From Startup Battlefield in 2013 to the Disrupt Stage in 2018: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27-29. Register here to join.
Amazon launches AI agent to help sellers complete tasks and manage their businesses
The company is updating Seller Assistant, its AI tool for third-party sellers, to help handle tasks on the seller’s behalf.
Your Loyalty Program Shouldn’t Just Retain Customers — It Should Grow Their Business and Yours
The future of loyalty is a frictionless flywheel that gains momentum with every joint success. Stop incentivizing purchases and start enabling program members’ success.
VC firm Insight Partners says thousands of staff and limited partners had personal data stolen in a ransomware attack
The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, notified current and former employees, as well as the firm’s limited partners, that their data was stolen in a January cyberattack.
Lovable co-founder and CEO Anton Osika on building one of the fastest-growing startups in history at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Lovable has quickly become one of the most talked-about startups of the year, breaking records and making headlines as one of the fastest-growing software companies in history. Co-founder and CEO Anton Osika will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss “Lovable and the Future of Consumer Tech.” Register here to save your seat.