Week in Review: Apple won’t raise prices — yet

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/03/week-in-review-apple-wont-raise-prices-yet/

Google’s Gemini has beaten Pokémon Blue (with a little help)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/03/googles-gemini-has-beaten-pokemon-blue-with-a-little-help/

eBay and Etsy are relatively confident despite tariff pressures

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/03/ebay-and-etsy-are-relatively-confident-despite-tariff-pressures/

How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/03/how-riot-games-is-fighting-the-war-against-video-game-hackers/

AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/ai-chatbots-are-juicing-engagement-instead-of-being-useful-instagram-co-founder-warns/

TechCrunch Mobility: Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/techcrunch-mobility-aurora-launches-its-driverless-commercial-trucking-service-and-a-surprise-bidder-joins-canoos-bankruptcy-case/

Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/aurora-launches-its-driverless-commercial-trucking-service-and-a-surprise-bidder-joins-canoos-bankruptcy-case/

Google will soon start letting kids under 13 use its Gemini chatbot

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/google-will-soon-start-letting-kids-under-13-use-its-gemini-chatbot/

One of Google’s recent Gemini AI models scores worse on safety

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/one-of-googles-recent-gemini-ai-models-scores-worse-on-safety/

Apple and Anthropic reportedly partner to build an AI coding platform

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/apple-and-anthropic-reportedly-partner-to-build-an-ai-coding-platform/

Uber’s latest autonomous vehicle partner? Chinese startup Momenta

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/ubers-latest-autonomous-vehicle-partner-chinese-startup-momenta/

Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/dating-app-raw-exposed-users-location-data-personal-information/

Startups Weekly: Drama or game-changer? You decide

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/startups-weekly-drama-or-game-changer-you-decide/

Ara Partners new $800M fund will decarbonize old industrial assets

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/ara-partners-new-800m-fund-will-decarbonize-old-industrial-assets/

OpenAI pledges to make changes to prevent future ChatGPT sycophancy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/openai-pledges-to-make-changes-to-prevent-future-chatgpt-sycophancy/

Google’s NotebookLM Android and iOS apps are available for pre-order

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/googles-notebooklm-android-and-ios-apps-are-available-for-pre-order/

Apple approves Spotify app update that allows U.S. users to access pricing info, external payment links

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/apple-approves-spotify-app-update-that-allows-u-s-users-to-access-pricing-info-external-payment-links/

Airbnb is quietly rolling out an AI customer service bot in the US

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/airbnb-is-quietly-rolling-out-an-ai-customer-service-bot-in-the-us/

Apple changes US App Store rules to let apps redirect users to their own websites for payments

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/apple-changes-us-app-store-rules-to-let-apps-redirect-users-to-their-own-websites-for-payments/

Amazon CEO says 100,000 users now have Alexa+

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/amazon-ceo-says-100000-users-now-have-alexa/