TechCrunch

The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/a-hotel-check-in-system-left-a-million-passports-and-drivers-licenses-open-for-anyone-to-see/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/silicon-valleys-vacationland-needs-a-new-energy-provider-just-as-ai-is-driving-prices-up/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/tesla-reveals-two-robotaxi-crashes-involving-teleoperators/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

OpenAI is launching personal finance tools for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S. first https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/openai-launches-chatgpt-for-personal-finance-will-let-you-connect-bank-accounts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Here's what the biggest tech court case of the year is all about. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/what-the-jury-will-actually-decide-in-the-case-of-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

More than 50 employees have reportedly left Elon Musk’s newly merged SpaceXAI since February, raising questions about burnout, leadership changes, talent poaching, and whether liquidity events weakened retention incentives. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/elon-musks-spacexai-has-been-bleeding-staff-since-its-merger/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/openai-says-codex-is-coming-to-your-phone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hardware company Atech raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding, including from a16z’s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers.  https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/lovable-just-backed-a-company-thats-looking-to-bring-vibe-coding-to-hardware/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Benchmark almost never backs hardware startups. So Eric Vishria dragged his feet ten years ago before agreeing to hear Cerebras' pitch. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/cerebras-ipo-makes-billions-for-benchmark-but-vc-eric-vishria-almost-didnt-take-the-meeting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/what-happens-when-ai-starts-building-itself/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has enlisted an outside law firm to work through its options. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/openai-is-reportedly-preparing-legal-action-against-apple-it-wouldnt-be-the-first-partner-to-feel-burned/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/clawdmeter-turns-your-claude-code-usage-stats-into-a-tiny-desktop-dashboard/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Short-form video is built for mobile, so it may seem counterintuitive, but it's true: YouTube Shorts are becoming quite popular on the big screen. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/youtube-viewers-watch-2-billion-hours-of-shorts-on-tvs-each-month/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/cerebras-raises-5-5b-kicking-off-2026s-ipo-season-with-a-bang/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees’ devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/openai-says-hackers-stole-some-data-after-latest-code-security-issue/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/khosla-ventures-is-betting-10m-on-ian-crosby-whose-last-startup-bench-imploded/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way  to turn off the feature, especially those who have ended up accidentally sending images to others not fully understanding how the feature works.  https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/how-to-turn-of-instagrams-new-instants-feature-and-retract-photos-you-accidentally-shared/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A group of likely Russian government hackers tried to hack a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks. He was then able to turn the tables on the hackers and reveal details of their espionage campaign. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/a-spyware-investigator-exposed-russian-government-hackers-trying-to-hijack-signal-accounts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/cisco-cuts-nearly-4000-jobs-to-spend-more-on-ai-reports-record-quarterly-revenue/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/wirestock-raises-23m-to-supply-multi-modal-data-to-ai-labs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K equity-free funding is running out. Deadline to apply is May 27. Apply now. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/two-weeks-left-startup-battlefield-200-applications-close-may-27/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/uber-to-open-2-campuses-in-india-to-support-product-development-operations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon