X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money | TechCrunch
X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.
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Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months | TechCrunch
Wonderful said it will use its $550 million Series C funding to develop products faster, expand its FDE teams, and meet demand for its products.
Bay Area luxury home sales surge 39% as AI boom creates new wealth
News News: The artificial intelligence boom is making its presence felt in another corner of the US economy: the luxury housing market.High-income earners, inclu.
Adobe is making its tools available in Slack
Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack
Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people | TechCrunch
Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.
Nextdoor is taking on Yelp.
The social media app for neighborhoods is doubling-down on local business discovery with a new “Local Faves” hub that promotes verified neighbor recommendations to combat fake online reviews. “Local businesses have always grown through word of mouth. Online, though, reviews can be bought, manipulated, or faked,” says Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia. “Nextdoor’s approach mirrors the value of real word of mouth: a real neighbor, in a real neighborhood, sharing a business they’ve actually used.” [Image: Nextdoor says it can provide an honest discovery platform to businesses “that can’t be bought.” https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/nextdoor-faveawards-screen3.png?quality=90&strip=all]
Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO
The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors."
Reliance’s JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.
Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name | TechCrunch
Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B | TechCrunch
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.
Uber lets parents watch teen rides live
Uber teen accounts now feature live video streaming from the driver's camera, but encrypted recordings stay on Uber's servers for up to 14 days.
Google's answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design | TechCrunch
With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch
Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren't safe enough.
Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen | TechCrunch
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving | TechCrunch
Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company's status page indicates.
Fambot introduces an 'AI chief of staff' for families | TechCrunch
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.
This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient | TechCrunch
Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.
Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa | TechCrunch
Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook.