Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced that it re-opened its Series A to raise a total of $935 million for the round. While the company did not disclose the valuation, TechCrunch separately learned that its post-money valuation is now...

Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump depicting him as an apeGetty ImagesObama seen on the campaign trail in November 2025Former US President Barack Obama has indirectly addressed a racist video posted on President Donald Trump's social media, telling a podcast host that the "shame" and "decorum" that once guided public officials is now lost.The offensive video included a clip depicting...

Gemini Gets New Notebooks Feature That Syncs With NotebookLMGemini is getting a new feature in the form of notebooks, further integrating with NotebookLM, Google announced on Wednesday.NotebookLM is easily one of Google's best AI tools available. It allows you to add sources to a notebook and ask questions or generate a series of outputs, based only on the material you've given it, making it...

Anthropic's AI Assistant Claude Is Now Available in Microsoft Word If you're using Word, you can now try out an alternative AI tool to Copilot, though it's only in beta testing for now. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to...

Motorola's 2026 Razr Ultra Needs These Features to Win Me Over Last year's Razr Ultra was a strong foldable pick, but there are ways to make that $1,300 phone more enticing. Abrar Al-Heeti Senior Technology Reporter Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet trends, entertainment, pop culture and digital accessibility. In addition to her current...