October 29, 2025

Microsoft Azure is down, affecting 365, Xbox, Minecraft, and others: Microsoft Azure is facing a significant outage, with services affected like Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Minecraft. Read More

Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker: Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement. Read More

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch the Startup Battlefield finale, Cluely, Solana, SF's mayor: If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage. Tune in right here starting now! Read More

Deck empowers you to connect with over 100,000 web-based systems using a single, secure API. Whether it's finance, HR, or compliance workflows, if a user can access it via browser, Deck can automate it end-to-end.Push payments, swap cards, fetch documents, no custom builds needed.

2024's Startup Battlefield runner-up geCKo Materials reveals four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt: geCKo Materials returned to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to debut new products as it pushes deeper into commercializing its tech. Read More

Box CEO Aaron Levie on how AI is changing the enterprise SaaS landscape: He painted a picture of a future of enterprise software where the SaaS is used for the core business workflow, and then the agents ride on top of that. Read More

San Francisco mayor: 'We should be the testbed for emerging tech': While San Francisco's mayor Daniel Lurie is opening his arms to autonomous vehicles, other cities are more resistant. Boston, for instance, has considered a ban on autonomous vehicles in the city. Read More

GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers: The automaker has been on a tear of cuts to its workforce and will idle two battery factories for the first half of 2026. Read More

Google to bring shuttered nuclear power plant back from the dead: Google is working with NextEra to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa to power the tech company's data centers. Read More

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Day 3: This is the third and final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register here to get a 50% discount and don't miss out on innovation and scaling. Read More

Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield. Read More

Phia's founders on how AI is changing online shopping: Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save. Read More

Claude Agent has become the first third-party AI agent to be built natively into JetBrains IDEs. Powered by Anthropic’s Claude Agent SDK, it delivers advanced agentic coding inside familiar workflows. With the addition of Claude Agent, JetBrains introduces a multi-agent IDE experience, empowering developers to do even more with the tools they already know and love.

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Bending Spoons to acquire AOL: Wednesday's news marks a new chapter for AOL, which was once one of the most recognized brands on the internet, known for its email service and "You've Got Mail" notification. Read More

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