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Trump Isn’t Even Good at TV Anymore

MILES KLEE

From Trump TV to a Shark Tank knockoff, the president’s latest entertainment ventures are a steep decline from his days on The Apprentice.

Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation

JULIE BORT

Just 9 months after raising an $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed $1 billion Series A for its mission to build AI models "without ingesting half the internet."

‘It’s the President’s Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms

HUGO LOWELL

As the White House contemplates losing Congress, there has been an unusually early effort to find a Republican scapegoat.

Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity

SARAH PEREZ

Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during Q3 earnings. The AI app now has over 10M users.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and scaling their companies.

Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores

CAROLINE HASKINS

Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.

Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

Tesla’s once-booming energy storage business also shrunk in Q3 2026.

Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse

SCHARON HARDING

Survey of 2,018 IT heads at big firms points to a lack of leverage.

Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought

KYLE ORLAND

Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.

Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Hosts are threatening to leave the platform after Airbnb says that they can no longer require guests to strip beds or do other time-consuming cleaning chores.

Mark Zuckerberg Agrees to Stay in California Despite Billionaires’ Tax Ballot Measure

PARESH DAVE

Meta’s board feared that its CEO’s departure could disrupt the company’s AI ambitions. A new stock agreement gives him financial incentives to stay put.

Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock

LUCAS ROPEK

The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.

Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown

MARINA TEMKIN

Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

Tesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of year

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Tesla said it will start selling its Cybercab to customers by the end of the year even as federal regulators investigate whether the gold-hued, autonomous two-seater, which lacks a steering wheel and other traditional controls, meets vehicle safety standards. During the company's third-quarter earnings call, Lars Moravy, vice president of engineering at Tesla, said the […]

FCC chair warns media not to run the "fake polls" Trump keeps complaining about

JON BRODKIN

Ex-FCC chairs say Brendan Carr aims to scare broadcasters into self-censorship.