Here's the latest for Monday, April 29th: Dam burst in Kenya kills at least 40; Smoke seen rising above the northern Gaza Strip as war continues; Driverless semi-trailer trucks to appear on Texas interstate; Light festival in Italian Alps monastery town
Soto is off to a hot start in his first season with the Yankees.
Grand Theft Auto VI’s return to Vice City is officially scheduled for fall 2025. On Thursday, parent company Take-Two Interactive saidit’s narrowed GTA 6’s previously announced 2025 window to autumn of next year.
Signs inflation continues to cool is pushing stocks to record highs, with the Dow crossing 40,000 for the first time ever on Thursday.
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumed Thursday in Manhattan.
Fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus continues his positional exit interviews with the shooting guards.
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HBO is set to release a documentary about the beleaguered MoviePass subscription service. It premieres on May 29.
Understanding how banks make money can help you evaluate your banking relationships to ensure you're getting the most bang for your buck.
The reigning world No. 1 started the second major of the year with the shot of the tournament so far.
EA Sports has revealed the release date for College Football 25, the first game in the series in over a decade.
Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned. In an analyst briefing ahead of Build, Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's executive VP of the Microsoft Cloud and AI group, directly compared Cobalt to AWS's Graviton chips, which have been available to developers for quite a few years now. Guthrie said that Microsoft's chips will offer 40% better performance over other ARM chips in the market.
Astronauts are no exception. You need to be in peak physical condition for space travel, but bulky space suits and lower gravity levels can be a recipe for disaster, causing them to trip over themselves. Engineers at MIT have developed an exoskeleton designed to help give astronauts more support and help right themselves after stumbling in the moon’s low gravity.
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Meta is starting to test custom Tweetdeck-like feeds that will allow users to track multiple topics, searches and accounts.
The letter, which was obtained by TechCrunch, says Sony Music has “reason to believe” that the recipients of the letter have “may already have made unauthorized uses” of its content. The company’s portfolio of artists includes numerous notable artists like Harry Styles, Beyoncé, Adele and Celine Dion. “We support artists and songwriters taking the lead in embracing new technologies in support of their art,” Sony Music said in a statement.
Much of how people buy food has moved online — restaurants often replace menus with QR codes that let you order with your smartphones, and grocery shopping has been revolutionized with delivery services like Instacart. Now, GrubMarket, which provides software and services that help link up and manage relationships between food suppliers and their customers, is hoping to make the distribution process more digital and efficient via a new acquisition. California-based GrubMarket recently acquired Butter, a SaaS platform that aims to digitize the traditionally manual food distribution process with AI, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch.
Bolt founder Ryan Breslow has proposed a settlement with investor Activant Capital this week, which could put an end to a lawsuit brought by Activant. The investor accused Breslow of adding $30 million to Bolt’s balance sheet in the form of personal debt and removing board members when they urged Breslow to repay it. Activant sued Breslow in July 2023, in a Delaware court, on behalf of Steve Sarracino, a former Bolt board member, alleging that Breslow removed him and two other board members when they declined to help Breslow repay the $30 million loan.
The Meater Plus smart meat thermometer has dropped to $70, its lowest price to date.
A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers' personal information, TechCrunch has learned. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commissioner Graham Doyle confirmed to TechCrunch that the DPC has received “a breach notification on this matter" — referring to Dell — which is "currently under assessment.” Asked to elaborate, Doyle declined to comment further.
Like every other chip manufacturer, Ampere is looking to profit from the AI boom. The company's focus, however, has always been on fast and power-efficient server chips, so while it can use the Arm IP to add some of these features to its chips, it's not necessarily a core competency.