Automakers selling cars in China banned from using ‘autonomous driving’ in ads
AI benchmarking platform Chatbot Arena forms a new company
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/ai-benchmarking-platform-chatbot-arena-forms-a-new-company/
Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’
Instagram’s new Blend feature creates a custom reels feed for you and your friends
Here are all the tech companies rolling back DEI or still committed to it — so far
OpenAI’s Stargate project sets its sights on international expansion
The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos
Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup
Make a brand impact by hosting a Side Event during TechCrunch All Stage Week in Boston
Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok slowed Meta’s growth
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/mark-zuckerberg-says-tiktok-slowed-metas-growth/
Shein and Temu to raise prices for US shoppers in response to tariffs
Wasp’s platform is the glue that holds web dev apps together
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/wasps-platform-is-the-glue-that-holds-web-apps-together/
Archer Aviation wants to help New Yorkers skip airport traffic with electric air taxis
Smashing, the reading curation app by Goodreads’ founder, shuts down
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/smashing-the-reading-curation-app-by-goodreads-founder-shuts-down/
xAI adds a ‘memory’ feature to Grok
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/xai-adds-a-memory-feature-to-grok/
Zoom restores service after an hours-long outage
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/zoom-restores-service-after-an-hours-long-outage/
Chapter, a Medicare startup with links to Vance, Thiel, and Ramaswamy, just raised a round at $1.5B valuation
Trump administration reportedly considers a US DeepSeek ban
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/trump-administration-reportedly-considers-a-us-deepseek-ban/
Rippling wants UK fintech Revolut to reveal who paid off Deel’s alleged “spy”
Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation