TECHNOLOGY
SpaceX’s Starlink nabs American Airlines contract, another win for its IPO
American Airlines said Tuesday it plans to install Starlink on more than 500 narrow-body Airbus aircraft beginning early...
OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
Popular AI gateway maker OpenRouter, founded in 2023, has raised a hefty $113 million Series B led by CapitalG, the grow...
Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir
After years of it seeming like the Spider-Man film rights might be better off in Marvel's hands alone, Into the Spider-V...
This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots
In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going pu...
Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing ‘risk to public interest’
The Dutch government has blocked American IT giant Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity, a Dutch cloud provider that hosts t...
Ghost hackers: the cybersecurity mystery that nobody has solved
In the long history of hacking, there have been numerous data breaches that, years or even decades later, remain unsolve...
Iranian hackers blamed for breach of Los Angeles transit system that took weeks to recover
Security researchers say a March breach of the Los Angeles transit system (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportatio...
Universal Music Group and TikTok renew agreement to combat unauthorized AI music
Universal Music Group (UMG) and TikTok recently announced the renewal of their licensing agreement, which includes a com...
Spotify now lets you stream narrated magazine articles, too
The streaming service said that, starting today, there will be over 650 long-form magazine articles (available in Englis...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket rates end May 29
Four days. That’s all that’s left to decide, not just whether you’ll be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, but also how you’ll ...
7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned says a data breach at convenience store chain 7-Eleven affects over 1...
Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation
E-commerce logistics company Stord has raised a $250 million round at a $3 billion valuation, it announced Tuesday. This...