TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/techcrunch-mobility-lyft-buys-its-way-into-europe-kodiak-spacs-and-how-chinas-new-adas-rules-might-affect-tesla/

White House replaces covid.gov website with ‘lab leak’ theory

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/white-house-replaces-covid-gov-website-with-lab-leak-theory/

ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it ‘creepy’

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/chatgpt-is-referring-to-users-by-their-names-unprompted-and-some-find-it-creepy/

Startups Weekly: Mixed messages from venture capital

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/startups-weekly-mixed-messages-from-venture-capital/

TikToker sues Roblox over her Charli XCX ‘Apple’ dance

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/tiktoker-sues-roblox-over-her-charli-xcx-apple-dance/

ChatGPT will now use its ‘memory’ to personalize web searches

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/chatgpt-will-now-use-its-memory-to-personalize-web-searches/

Trump EPA targets two-man geoengineering startup for ‘polluting the air’

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/trump-epa-targets-two-man-geoengineering-startup-for-polluting-the-air/

From Bogotá to the Battlefield: LatAm startups are winning big in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/from-bogota-to-the-battlefield-latam-startups-are-winning-big/

The Nintendo Switch 2 will still cost $450 in the US, despite tariffs

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/the-nintendo-switch-2-will-still-cost-450-in-the-us-despite-tariffs/

Final day to submit your speaker application and shape the next wave of startups at TechCrunch All Stage

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/final-day-to-submit-your-speaker-application-and-shape-the-next-wave-of-startups-at-techcrunch-all-stage/

Netflix is revamping search with AI to improve discovery

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/netflix-is-revamping-search-with-ai-to-improve-discovery/

OpenAI pursued Cursor maker before entering into talks to buy Windsurf for $3B

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/openai-pursued-cursor-maker-before-entering-into-talks-to-buy-windsurf-for-3b/

Defense tech Theseus landed Y Combinator, the US Special Forces and $4.3M from a tweet

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/defense-tech-theseus-landed-y-combinator-the-us-special-forces-and-4-3m-from-a-tweet/

Ramp is trying to get the US government as a customer after seeing a tweet from DOGE

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/ramp-is-trying-to-get-the-us-government-as-a-customer-after-seeing-a-tweet-from-doge/

OpenAI launches Flex processing for cheaper, slower AI tasks

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/openai-launches-flex-processing-for-cheaper-slower-ai-tasks/

Carbon removal startup Holocene bought by oil and gas giant Occidental

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/carbon-removal-startup-holocene-bought-by-oil-and-gas-giant-occidental/

As the trade war escalates, Hence launches an AI ‘advisor’ to help companies manage risk

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/as-the-trade-war-escalates-hence-launches-an-ai-advisor-to-help-companies-manage-risk/

Chinese shopping app Taobao joins DHgate in Top 5 on US App Store

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/chinese-shopping-app-taobao-joins-dhgate-in-top-5-on-us-app-store/

Former Y Combinator president Geoff Ralston launches new AI ‘safety’ fund

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/former-y-combinator-president-geoff-ralston-launches-new-ai-safety-fund/

Google’s latest AI model report lacks key safety details, experts say

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/googles-latest-ai-model-report-lacks-key-safety-details-experts-say/