Month: July 2026

TechCrunch Mobility: The battle over robotaxi rules Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/19/techcrunch-mobility-the-battle-over-robotaxi-rules/

‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’ “Everybody knows the Greeks are inside.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/19/odyssey-director-christopher-nolan-calls-ai-an-obvious-trojan-horse/

Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause This isn’t the first time power outages have caused issues for Waymo. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/waymo-appears-to-pause-san-francisco-service-amidst-power-outage/

Kimi: Threat or menace? Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about “full AI communism.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/kimi-threat-or-menace/

All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year Th Honda Prologue will no longer be sold in the U.S., joining a growing list of EV models to exit the market this year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/all-the-evs-that-were-discontinued-or-killed-off-in-the-u-s-this-year/

Federal employees can download TikTok on their work phones again The Department of Justice says that federal employees can now download TikTok on their government devices. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/federal-employees-can-download-tiktok-on-their-work-phones-again/

A 600-mile road trip (and data) proves EV charging doesn’t suck anymore A recent road trip in an EV revealed just how much faster and more reliable DC Fast charging has become in the U.S. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/a-600-mile-road-trip-and-data-proves-ev-charging-doesnt-suck-anymore/

Five startups spearhead coalition to put small air quality sensors at the heart of EU clean air policy Today sees the launch of Clean Tech for Clean Air (CT4CA), a coalition launched in Brussels to support the role of small sensors in Europe’s clean air framework under the revised EU Air

Meet the scaleup tackling AI’s forgotten challenge: your camera roll The AI industry has become obsessed with generating images, videos and text. But one London scaleup is tackling a different challenge: making sense of the enormous personal archives we’ve already created. I’ll be honest, usually the closest I get to

SAP acquires Prior Labs just 18 months after launch in €1B+ deal SAP has acquired the German-founded frontier AI company Prior Labs for over €1 billion. The transaction, which comes just 18 months after Prior Labs was founded, establishes it as one of Europe’s pre-eminent AI research labs.  Prior Labs