November 18, 2025

TechCrunch Top 3

Meta wins antitrust trial as judge denies that it's a monopoly: A federal judge ruled that Meta is not a monopoly in a lawsuit with the FTC. Read More

Monarch Tractor sued over tractors that were 'unable to operate autonomously': Burks Tractor, a dealership located in Idaho, has sued Monarch for breach of contract and allegedly violating its warranty because the California-based startup's tractors were "unable to operate autonomously." The dealership also says the 10 tractors it purchased "continue to experience significant problems," and calls them "defective." Read More

AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multibillion-dollar Microsoft deal: Lambda's new raise was a solid beat over the amount that deal-watchers say it was hoping to hit. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on 'latent bug': An outage at internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare took down several big websites and services, including ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, and X. Read More

Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers: The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms. Read More

Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding app and record benchmark scores: Google released Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model, to be made immediately available through the Gemini app and AI search interface. Read More

Creator Tayla Cannon receives $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures' Creator Fund to build PT software: Tayla Cannon's Rebuildr receives $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures. Read More

Snapchat rolls out 'Topic Chats' for public conversations: The social network says the new feature will let users chat about what's happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality TV show "Below Deck." Read More

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Last but Not Least

Databricks reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $130B+ valuation: Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion. Read More