November 05, 2025

TechCrunch Top 3

Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team: Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist. Read More

Tinder to use AI to get to know users, tap into their Camera Roll photos: Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that will get to know users through questions and, with permission, will access Camera Roll photos on their phones to learn more about their interests and personality. Read More

Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia's solar boom: Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Epic Games CEO calls Google's antitrust settlement a win for Android's 'vision as an open platform': The companies on Tuesday reached a settlement that sees the search giant agreeing to Android app store reforms that include lowering fees and enabling more competition. Read More

Google gets the US government's green light to acquire Wiz for $32B: Google announced its intent to acquire cloud security company Wiz in March and the deal is now on track to close in early 2026. Read More

Lucid Motors' chief engineer leaves after 10 years: Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shakeup at the company. Read More

Microsoft built a fake marketplace to test AI agents — they failed in surprising ways: The research raises new questions about how well AI agents will perform when working unsupervised — and how quickly AI companies can make good on promises of an agentic future. Read More

Replika founder raises $20M pre-seed for Wabi, the 'YouTube of apps' : Wabi, a startup from the founder of Replika, has just raised a $20 million pre-seed round. Wabi is like "YouTube for apps" — a social platform where anyone can use prompts to instantly create mini apps and share them with friends. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use: While driving, users can now ask Gemini to answer questions about places of interest on their route, return results about other topics (like sports or news), and even perform tasks like adding events to their calendar. Read More