Tesla expands robotaxi service to San Antonio

This will be the fourth Texas city in which Tesla will launch robotaxis.
Black British Designer Martine Rose Makes History As Balenciaga’s New Creative Director

Martine Rose is taking her independent fashion vision to one of the world’s most recognizable luxury brands. The British-Jamaican designer has been named creative director of Balenciaga, making her the first woman to lead the brand creatively in its 109-year history and only the second Black woman to head a major European luxury fashion house, […]
Uranium Enrichment Finds its Own Renaissance

Before operators can use uranium as reactor fuel, workers must enrich it. Currently, U.S. utilities, the owners and operators of the commercial reactor fleet, buy about 75% of their enrichment services from foreign countries. With national energy security coming into focus in light of ongoing global conflicts, the enrichment industry is having a renaissance of its […]
Rethinking Benchmarks: Market Concentration & Discount Rates

To borrow from an ancient proverb, the world of passive indexing is living in interesting times. Historically, broad market benchmarks like the S&P 500 were assumed to offer comprehensive, self-correcting exposure to U.S. stocks. However, when a tiny cohort of megacap technology names comprises an outsized portion of market performance and earnings growth, the fundamental […]
Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”

Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO.
If Snap’s Specs are still ridiculously expensive, they’re also a lot more comfortable than they used to be

Snap’s Specs, which have been in development for many years now, are going to market this fall. Will they be a hit with users?
Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy

In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair.
Sequoia partners reportedly blindsided when Roelof Botha joined SpaceX board

A new report claims Sequoia’s recent changes undo the legacy of the firm’s former steward.
Coordinated disturbances haunt grids worldwide. Here’s how researchers solved the mystery.

Mystery solved: Coordinated power drops have been haunting power grid worldwide, but a team of researchers in Germany found the culprit.
SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’

SNL seems to have its knives out for tech executives.
TechCrunch Mobility: The Cybertruck experiment is over

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
Ninja’s AutoBarista is impressively versatile, but one feature was a dealbreaker for me

The AutoBarista’s “Grind iQ” technology allows the machine to analyze your coffee beans to inform how it pulls a shot of espresso.























