British PM Keir Starmer's job is in jeopardy after his party was trounced in elections After a victory for the far right in municipal elections, Britain's center-left ruling party is in turmoil over whether to replace the unpopular prime minister, Keir Starmer — and with whom.

When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits? Anthropic recently took its two newest AI models offline due to an export control order from the Trump administration, prompting broad debates about AI policy and digital sovereignty. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Sean O’Kane, Rebecca Bellan, and I discussed what actually prompted the...

Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help In February, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) sent letters to seven U.S. companies working on autonomous vehicle technology with a list of questions. He especially wanted to know how often these companies’ vehicles — operated by Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox — rely on input from remote staff. They all...

Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitorThomas Ricker is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years.Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating in low-Earth orbit to light up its Starlink internet competitor. With last night’s launch, Amazon Leo has 396...

Claws Explained: From AI Generation to AI Execution"First there was chat, then there was code, now there is claw," AI researcher Andrej Karpaty posted on X in February.  The AI lexicon continues to expand, with claws now a new layer on top of AI agents, and it all began with OpenClaw.  OpenClaw -- which went through short-lived iterations as Clawdbot and Moltbot -- is an...