TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! If you haven’t noticed, Uber is suddenly everywhere, at least when it comes to autonomous vehicles. The company sold off Uber ATG, its in-house autonomous...

Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilitiesUS artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology firm Alibaba of "brazenly" and "illicitly" extracting its Claude AI model's capabilities.In a letter sent to two members of the US Congress, the San Francisco-based company said operators linked to Alibaba carried out almost...

From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn’t launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with a pitch. Dropbox demoed to a room of skeptics. Cloudflare took the stage before most people understood what edge networking meant. Discord was a scrappy game developer called Hammer &...

How Americans see China now How Americans see China now As President Trump heads to China this week, a new NPR-Chicago Council-Ipsos poll finds most Americans think U.S. tariffs have hurt both economies, and that the Iran war is bad for America.

Trump holds meeting to make 'final determination' on Iran dealGetty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has held a meeting to make a "final determination" about an agreement to extend a ceasefire with Iran. He said Iran must agree to never have a nuclear weapon or bomb, that the Strait of Hormuz be reopened for "unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions", and that any mines in the waterway...