Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Uber seemed to …

Surveillance and analytics company Palantir recently posted what it called a “brief” 22-point summary of CEO Alex Karp’s book “The Technological Republic. ” Written by Karp and Palantir’s head of corporate affairs, Nicholas Zamiska, “The Technological Republic” was published last year and described by its authors as “the beginnings of …

The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo. Comparing human and robot running times may seem unfair; one social media user observed, …

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin successfully re-used one of its New Glenn rockets for the first time ever on Sunday, but the company failed at its primary mission: delivering a communications satellite to orbit for customer AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile issued a statement Sunday afternoon that the upper stage …

In a recent episode of “No Priors” — the excellent podcast co-hosted by AI investors Sarah Guo and Elad Gil — Gil made a point about exit timing that’s undoubtedly familiar to founders who’ve spent time with him but seems particularly useful in this moment of go-go dealmaking. For most …

OpenAI has been all over the news recently, whether that news is about acquisitions, competition with Anthropic, or bigger debates about AI’s impact on society. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I did our best to round up all the latest OpenAI news. …

Challenges keeping King's path fully open in south Keeping all of the King Charles III England Coast Path open will be "challenging", according to Natural England. Parts of the 2,689-mile route, which was inaugurated by the King in April, are currently inaccessible because of recent landslips. In Dorset, some landowners …

With more than 60% of the vote counted, his Progressive Bulgaria (PB) was in the lead with 45% of the votes, according to the Central Electoral Commission - an absolute majority of at least 132 seats in the 240-seat parliament. PB beat the liberal PP-DB coalition, which stood at 15%, …

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has appealed for help after her car containing hospital equipment used to treat her twin daughters was stolen. The 34-year-old said the black Land Rover was taken from her driveway in Brentwood, Essex, at about 03:00 BST on Sunday. Her twins, Ocean Jade and …

Erling Haaland's winning goal, the explosion of noise, the reaction at full-time. Sunday's monumental result at Etihad Stadium felt like the moment when the momentum of the Premier League title race fully swung Manchester City's way, with their 2-1 victory over leaders Arsenal. Mikel Arteta's side remain at the summit …