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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is reportedly expected to repeal the 2009 "endangerment finding" that underpins U.S. climate regulatory efforts.

YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.

Hauler Hero has seen its customer base, revenue, and head count double since the company raised its seed round in 2024.

India’s new rules take effect February 20, tightening deepfake oversight and shrinking takedown windows to as little as two hours.

Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees' to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going.

Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia.

India's Aadhaar is moving into wallets, hotels and policing through a new app. Critics say that amid the broader Aadhaar rollout, it's unclear how data shared through the new app would prevent breaches or leaks.

This is the typical next step before it launches a commercial service.

YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app.

The move comes as Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported drafts.

AI isn't going to replace major SaaS apps with vibe-coded versions, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi believes. But it could give rise to competitors.

India's Anthropic Software has taken the U.S. AI giant to court over a name dispute.

OpenAI faced a backlash late last year when it tested app suggestions that looked like unwanted ads. Still, the AI company needs to generate revenue from its popular chatbot to cover the costs of developing its technology and growing the business.

Ouster is paying $35 million along with 1.8 million shares.

Is Musicboard shutting down? Company says no, but users are worried.

After announcing $190 million in ARR in December, Harvey may be raising again.

Bhusri said in a statement that the company's next chapter would be focused on AI.

The new Lyft service comes with a number of guardrails. Only a parent or guardian can create a teen account and drivers who are matched with these underage passengers must meet additional criteria and pass yearly background checks.

According to TechCrunch’s ongoing tally, including the most recent data spill involving uMobix, there have been at least 27 stalkerware companies since 2017 that are known to have been hacked, or leaked customer and victims’ data online. 

The company raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but intense competition between frontier labs and the ongoing cost of compute have made them eager to raise as quickly as possible.