Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin successfully re-used one of its New Glenn rockets for the first time ever on Sunday, but the company failed at its primary mission: delivering a communications satellite to orbit for customer AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile issued a statement Sunday afternoon that the upper stage of the New Glenn rocket…
In a recent episode of “No Priors” — the excellent podcast co-hosted by AI investors Sarah Guo and Elad Gil — Gil made a point about exit timing that’s undoubtedly familiar to founders who’ve spent time with him, but seems particularly useful in this moment of go-go dealmaking. For most companies, Gil said, there’s roughly…
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Google has launched a Gemini app for the Mac. The app has all the features and skills of the website. Plus, the app can analyze the content in any shared window. I often turn to Google Gemini…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Uber seemed to be everywhere, all at once in…
Surveillance and analytics company Palantir recently posted what it called a “brief” 22-point summary of CEO Alexander Karp’s book “The Technological Republic.” Written by Karp and Palantir’s head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska, “The Technological Republic” was published last year and described by its authors as “the beginnings of the articulation of the theory” behind…
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Personal Intelligence makes Gemini responses more personal. It pulls from Google apps, so no more manually adding context. You control which app data is used and can disable it anytime. Every day, there’s a new AI feature…
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways Android can share audio with multiple earbuds and headphones. Your devices must support LE Audio and Auracast. The feature is simple to use and available on Pixel and Samsung devices. How many times have you wanted to let a friend…
It happens in every emerging industry: founders and investors push toward a common goal, until the money starts to roll in and that shared vision begins to diverge. Cracks are emerging in the fusion power world, which I saw firsthand at The Economist’s Fusion Fest in London last week. It didn’t dampen the overall buoyant…
Blue Origin has successfully reused one of its New Glenn rockets for the first time ever, marking a major milestone for the heavy-launch system as Jeff Bezos’ space company looks to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company accomplished the feat Sunday on just the third-ever launch of New Glenn, and a little more than…
Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways The smartphone market is facing pressure due to the supply constraints of memory chips Phones launched in 2026 have been underwhelming, and many have seen price hikes. The top phones from 2025 are discounted now, making them a better purchase than newer…