The Republican-led US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil’s prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt. In the first of three tariff bills expected in the Senate this week, lawmakers approved the Brazil measure …

Self-driving truck startup Waabi shared Tuesday at TechCrunch Disrupt the launch of a new autonomous truck made in partnership with Volvo, the Volvo VNL Autonomous truck. The unveiling comes eight months since the Uber- and Nvidia-backed startup announced it was partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to build a custom-built truck based on Volvo’s autonomy platform using Waabi’s software stack. Waabi …

Katie Hill’s dream home isn’t on the market — but one day, it will be, and she wants dibs. That, and a bit of neighborly envy, is how she got the idea for her startup, Unlisted Homes, which is a Top 20 Startup Battlefield finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. “I’ve always imagined myself as an old lady with a big …

Tutoring is one of the most effective tools for improving a child’s education, yet very few kids in the U.S. receive it. A 2023 survey of the nation’s largest school districts found that fewer than 10% of students received tutoring. One factor is that tutoring is too expensive for many families, often costing hundreds or thousands of dollars a month. …

Even after reviewing résumés, cover letters, and interviews, choosing the right candidate for a job can be a mysterious process. Hiring managers often rely on their biases about the world or gut feelings to inform their decision, making the process far from an exact science. That’s why Sarah Lucena built Mappa, an AI-powered behavioral intelligence platform that aims to take …

As companies push to increase efficiency and stay competitive, they’re encouraging, or in some cases outright requiring, workers to know how to use AI tools. However, the push for AI use has exposed a training gap.  “There are few solutions available on the market that are dedicated to non-technical people,” Aureliusz Gorski, founder and CEO of Warsaw-based CampusAI, told TechCrunch.  …

If every good startup begins with a problem, this one may have begun with a bad Slack conversation. As CEO and co-founder Tom Bachant tells it, he remembers seeing the chaos of Slack-based support — the haphazard ticketing, the jumble of DMs, and little chance for insight into the underlying problems. “The first point was just seeing that Slack was …

The Sun’s Jerome Starkey says his friend was “press-ganged” after a seemingly routine traffic stop The Sun’s defense editor, Jerome Starkey, has claimed that his Ukrainian colleague and translator was forcibly drafted into the army amid the country’s ongoing conscription crisis. In a story published over the weekend, Starkey wrote that he, photographer Peter Jordan, and an unnamed Ukrainian journalist …

An 11-year-old British boy has died while a man believed to be his dad, 37, is still missing after they got into difficulty while swimming at a beach in Malta, according to reports. Local media suggested that the terrifying incident unfolded at Ramla Bay in Gozo, in the Maltese Islands, on Monday afternoon. They were said to have been at …

As grids come under strain from growing demand from data centers and EVs, geothermal startups have been racing to unlock energy that lurks deep within the Earth. Now, one startup has developed the world’s hottest geothermal well — one that harbors enough energy to power thousands of homes. Mazama Energy said today that it had drilled a well in Oregon …

Russian politicians have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription rather than just in autumn and spring. As the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, Russia is seeking to fill the ranks in its armed forces. The legislation, which has been approved by the lower house, the State Duma, in a third and final reading, must now be vetted …

Brynn Putnam, the founder behind the connected fitness startup Mirror, is back with a new startup: a tech-powered gaming console that combines the best of board games and video games, called Board. After selling Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million in 2020, Putnam returned to entrepreneurship to create an entirely new product, which she unveiled Tuesday for the first time …

Netflix is looking to vertical video as a way to experiment with new content types, said CTO Elizabeth Stone, speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday. The exec noted the company didn’t want to compete directly with apps like TikTok or other short-form drama apps, but did acknowledge there are more ways that Netflix can take advantage of …

Horrific reports are emerging of ethically motivated mass killings and other atrocities from Sudan after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of El Fasher in the country’s western Darfur region over the weekend. Now, Sudan’s army has claimed that more than 2,000 civilians were brutally massacred at the hands of these paramilitary forces in just 48 hours.  The RSF …

Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur and Diary of a CEO host, has revealed his business empire has been valued at $425 million (£320 million) following a major eight-figure investment — a deal that cements his position as one of the richest entrepreneurs ever to appear on Dragons’ Den. The 33-year-old investor, who joined the BBC show in 2022, announced the new …