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Meta's newly launched video creation app, Instagram Edits, achieved over 7 million downloads in its first week, surpassing the debut of ByteDance's competitor, CapCut.
Elon Musk's xAI Holdings is reportedly in talks to raise $20 billion, which could establish it as one of the largest private funding rounds in tech history, potentially valuing the company at over $120 billion.
DoorDash is pushing back against a lawsuit from Uber, claiming the accusations of anti-competitive practices lack merit and labeling the lawsuit as a "scare tactic."
Apple is considering relocating iPhone production from China to India, aiming to manufacture all US-bound devices by 2026, while facing challenges in meeting heightened demand for its new Switch 2 gaming console.
Google's AI initiatives are gaining traction, with 1.5 billion monthly users engaging with its AI-summarized search results, while the company faces scrutiny regarding the accuracy and reliability of this AI-generated information.

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TechCrunch

Instagram Edits topped 7M downloads in first week, a bigger launch than CapCut’s techcrunch.com 21 minutes ago by Sarah Perez
Apps, Social, Instagram, videos, edits, Creators
Instagram Edits, Meta’s newly released video creation app, had a bigger debut than its direct competitor, ByteDance’s CapCut, once did. The ne…
Musk’s xAI Holdings is reportedly raising the second-largest private funding round ever techcrunch.com 8 hours ago by Connie Loizos
AI, Elon Musk, xAI Holdings
Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is in talks to raise $20 billion in fresh funding, potentially valuing the AI and social media combo at over $120 bil…
DoorDash seeks dismissal of Uber lawsuit techcrunch.com 14 hours ago by Kirsten Korosec
Transportation, DoorDash, Uber
DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling com…
TechCrunch Mobility: Slate’s ‘transformer’ EV truck breaks cover and Tesla’s dueling realities techcrunch.com 15 hours ago by Kirsten Korosec
Transportation, techcrunch mobility
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just cli…
Anthropic sent a takedown notice to a dev trying to reverse-engineer its coding tool techcrunch.com 15 hours ago by Kyle Wiggers
AI, Anthropic, OpenAI
In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more de…

Wired

Fujifilm Instax Mini 41 Review: A Stylish, Capable Budget Instant Camera wired.com an hour ago by Scott Gilbertson
Gear, Gear / Products / Cameras, Gear / Reviews, Product, Review
Fujifilm’s latest Instax camera is simple, delightful, and capable of some surprisingly good images.
BoldHue Review: Print Your Own Foundation wired.com an hour ago by Louryn Strampe
Gear, Gear / Reviews, Gear / Products / Beauty, PYOF
This makeup printer custom shade-matches you—and creates your foundation on demand.
Best Noise-Canceling Headphones (2025): Over-Ears, Wireless Earbuds, Workout Pairs wired.com 2 hours ago by Parker Hall, Ryan Waniata
Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, Gear / Products / Headphones, Gear / Products / Audio, Silencio
Tune out (or rock out) with our favorite over-ears and earbuds.
Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System wired.com 2 hours ago by Umair Irfan
Science, Science / Environment, Charging, Up
This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially.
The 22 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (May 2025) wired.com 2 hours ago by Matt Kamen, WIRED Staff
Culture, Culture / Movies, Guides
Conclave, Challengers, and Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video th…

Engadget

DoorDash calls Uber's lawsuit accusing it of anti-competitive practices a 'scare tactic' engadget.com 20 minutes ago by Mariella Moon
Business, Company Legal & Law Matters, Consumer Discretionary, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Mariella Moon
DoorDash is asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Uber in February, calling it meritless and a "cynical and calculated scare tactic…
Engadget review recap: Panasonic S1R II, NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti and more engadget.com 21 minutes ago by Billy Steele
Media, Technology & Electronics, Consumer Discretionary, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Billy Steele
New devices are still hitting our desks at Engadget at a rapid pace. Over the last two weeks, we've offered up in-depth analysis of cameras, e…
MasterClass deal: Save 40 percent on an annual subscription engadget.com 2 hours ago by Kris Holt
Celebrities, Arts & Entertainment, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Kris Holt
MasterClass is a good platform to learn a new skill and transfer that doom-scrolling energy into something more productive — and probably more…
How to watch LlamaCon 2025, Meta's first generative AI developer conference engadget.com 15 hours ago by Ian Carlos Campbell
Software, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Ian Carlos Campbell
After a couple years of having its open-source Llama AI model be just a part of its Connect conferences, Meta is breaking things out and hosti…
Gmail on Android tablets and foldables now has an adjustable layout engadget.com 17 hours ago by Will Shanklin
Software, Technology & Electronics, Handheld & Connected Devices, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Will Shanklin
Android tablet or foldable owners can now adjust the divider between Gmail's message list and conversation views. 9to5Google spotted the chang…

The Verge

Bionic Bay mixes floppy physics with hard sci-fi theverge.com 21 minutes ago by Andrew Webster
Entertainment, Games Review, Gaming
Wandering through Bionic Bay's dark alien world is unsettling and awe-inspiring. There are massive structures with no clear purpose and autono…
Kuxiu’s ‘world first’ solid-state power bank costs more but lasts much longer theverge.com 3 hours ago by Thomas Ricker
Accessory Reviews, Reviews, Tech
The Kuxiu S2 magnetically attached to the MagSafe-compatible case on my iPhone 15 Pro. Solid-state batteries are the future. They're more po…
GPU prices are out of control again theverge.com 12 hours ago by Sean Hollister
Entertainment, Gaming, PC Gaming, Report
An Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card. | Photo by Tom Warren/The Verge Every so often, Central Computers - one of the last remaining dedicated Sil…
Bending to industry, Donald Trump issues executive order to “expedite” deep sea mining theverge.com 13 hours ago by Justine Calma
Energy, Environment, News, Policy, Science
Donald Trump wants to mine the depths of the ocean for critical minerals ubiquitous in rechargeable batteries, signing an executive order on T…
Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia theverge.com 15 hours ago by Emma Roth
News, Policy, Politics, Speech
Interim DC attorney Ed Martin has written a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation — the organization behind Wikipedia — that calls into question …