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Toyota CES 2025 press conference: How to watch Five years ago, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda went to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to share with the world his “personal dream field” — a plan to realize… Building a model city On a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, people will live […]

Robinhood, already a “comeback” stock, has more aggressive plans for 2025 Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. After a bumpy few years following Robinhood’s 2021 IPO — a period during which shares of the commission-free trading app fell by more than 90% After suddenly restricting trading in some meme

Investigation reveals pedophilia in the child influencer industry New York Times investigation It found that dozens of would-be pedophiles widely exploited the child influencer industry, passing themselves off as photographers or social media experts to get close to children. One of these men, Michael Allen Walker, reportedly promised mothers that their daughters would gain a

Accel closes $650 million for new India fund Accel has raised $650 million for its eighth fund in India as the US venture firm expands its investment strategy in the South Asian market. The new fund belongs to the company The seventh India Fund was secured in March 2022. Accel – which has backed companies

A look back at my favorite episodes from TechCrunch’s Found podcast TechCrunch’s Found podcast, which has been bringing listeners the stories behind startups since April 2022, released its final episode today. I’ve been one of the hosts of Found since November 2022 and during that time I’ve spoken to over 75 founders about the startups

Elon Musk’s pro-Trump critics claim they are censoring X Conservatives critical of Elon Musk accuse the platform he owns of censoring them. CNN reports. Political activist Laura Loomer caused a stir Online discussion He secured the right regarding work visas known as H-1Bs, which Musk supports. Loom Claim now Her account was not verified and

A judge allows California’s ban on addictive feeds for minors to go into effect Late Tuesday evening, a federal judge Forbidden Tech lobby group NetChoice is challenging a recently enacted law in California, SB 976which prohibits companies from providing “addictive extracts” to minors. The effect of this decision is that starting Wednesday, companies will start…

Will Smith eats spaghetti and other weird AI standards set in 2024 When a company releases a new AI-powered video generator, it won’t be long before someone uses it to create a video of actor Will Smith eating spaghetti. It’s become a meme as well as a standard: see if a new video generator can

Elon Musk promises Tesla in 2024, from robotaxis to Optimus robots Elon Musk has had an eventful 2024, thanks to his strong push into right-wing politics and leveraging his X social media platform and significant influence to help. Donald Trump Winning the presidential elections. Putting politics aside for a moment, it’s worth focusing on another

The online moments that defined 2024 Ah, 2024: the year we discussed how to pronounce “hok tuah,” pondered the health benefits of eating rocks, and made room for a Broadway show. It was a year in which rhetoric could seem shockingly pure and cheerful — at least for a few minutes, before we all snapped