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Elon Musk mocks AWS outage, says X chat remains secure and unaffected
A massive global outage hit Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday, taking down several major websites and apps worldwide. Amid the disruption, Elon Musk highlighted that his own platform, X chat, remained unaffected, promoting it as a secure and independent alternative.
Elon Musk takes a swipe at Amazon amid massive AWS outage, gets fact-checked by X
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk also took a swipe at Amazon over the chaotic situation and reminded that his X platform ...
Musk pay draws more pushback as Glass Lewis urges ‘no’ vote
Tesla Inc. shareholders are being urged by a second major proxy adviser to vote against CEO Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package.
Proxy firm Glass Lewis joins ISS in urging vote against Musk's $1 trillion pay package
Proxy firm Glass Lewis has recommended that Tesla shareholders vote against the proposed $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon ...
Signal President Spars With Elon Musk Over Trust in Private Messengers
Signal President Meredith Whittaker responded to Musk’s post on X, noting, “Signal is trusted by the security and hacker ...
Elon Musk’s post sends memecoin price soaring
Floki meme coin rallied in double digits after Elon Musk revived his viral “dog CEO” joke. Floki (FLOKI) rose sharply on Oct.
Elon Done With Tesla?: Musk Hints at Stepping Down From Company If His $1TRILLION Pay Day Is Rejected
Elon Musk may need a few extra dollars in his pockets as he's hinted at stepping down from the company if his $1trillion plan falls through.
Apple will let users roll back the Liquid Glass look with new ‘tinted’ option
Apple is responding to user feedback on its new Liquid Glass design with a setting that lets users choose between Clear and Tinted appearances. Introduced in iOS 26.1 beta 4, the option gives users more control over interface opacity after complaints that Liquid Glass made some elements harder to read.
Top OpenAI, Google Brain researchers set off a $300M VC frenzy for their startup Periodic Labs
When Liam Fedus announced he was quitting OpenAI, VCs swarmed. One even wrote a love letter. Here's how Felicis' Peter Deng won the deal.
US and Australia sign $3B critical minerals deal
Leaders of the country's governments announced they would work together to secure critical minerals supplies outside of Chinese control. The deal includes a new gallium refinery in Western Australia.
Meta AI’s app downloads and daily users spiked after launch of ‘Vibes’ AI video feed
New data from Similarweb shows Meta AI’s mobile app is surging in popularity, jumping from 775,000 to 2.7 million daily active users in just four weeks. The app is now seeing roughly 300,000 new installs per day — up from under 200,000 previously.
Trump DOE confirms it’s canceling over $700M in manufacturing grants
The Department of Energy said it was canceling grants to build new factories in places like Alabama and Kentucky. Three startups are affected.
Claude Code comes to web and mobile, letting devs launch parallel jobs on Anthropic’s managed infra
Vibe coding is evolving and with it are the leading AI-powered coding services and tools, including Anthropic’s Claude Code. As of today, the service will be available via the web and, in preview, on the Claude iOS app, giving developers access to additional asynchronous capabilities. Previously, it was available through the terminal on developers' PCs with support for Git, Docker, Kubernetes, npm, pip, AWS CLI, etc., and as an extension for Microsoft's open source VS Code editor and o
Anthropic brings Claude Code to the web
Anthropic now lets developers spin up Claude Code agents, and manage them, from their web browser on desktop and mobile.
Cards Against Humanity settles trespass lawsuit against SpaceX
The dispute centered on a plot of land along the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, that Cards Against Humanity purchased in 2017.
FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source
One post, authored by Khan’s staff, was published on January 3, 2025 with the title “AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm.” It noted that the FTC was “taking note of AI’s potential for real-world instances of harm – from incentivizing commercial surveillance to enabling fraud and impersonation to perpetuating illegal discrimination.”
Shin Starr’s robotic food truck kitchen will serve up Korean BBQ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Shin Starr's OLHSO food truck is an autonomous kitchen on wheels, serving Korean BBQ cooked by a robot.
Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his ‘biggest failure’ so far
At WordCamp Canada 2025, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg called Tumblr his “biggest failure,” noting the challenge of maintaining the platform’s half a billion blogs while it remains unprofitable. Though plans to migrate Tumblr to WordPress infrastructure are on hold, Mullenweg said he hasn’t given up.
Regulators probe Waymo after its robotaxi drove around a stopped school bus
The incident happened in Atlanta, Georgia earlier this month. Waymo says it has already updated the software on its robotaxis.
San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Newly elected mayor Daniel Lurie steps onto the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27-29 at Moscone West, in a homecoming of sorts for both tech and the city that helped define it. Register now to save and catch this live discussion.