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
TechCrunch Mobility: Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case
Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case
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
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
Google’s 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
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
Amazon CEO says 100,000 users now have Alexa+
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/amazon-ceo-says-100000-users-now-have-alexa/