SXSW 2025 live coverage: AI takes center stage
TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked off Friday in ...
Billionaire TikTok Bidder Throws Most Absurd Party at SXSW
It sounds like a bad joke. Bluesky, the Onion, and Project Liberty walk into a bar. But at SXSW, the tech and film festival held in Austin this weekend, the three organizations did just that, hosting ...
Party’s On—But Gen Z Can’t Stop Freaking Out About TikTok’s Future
On Saturday night a party was raging at a dive bar in East Austin co-hosted by Project Liberty, a non-profit founded by ...
The People’s Bid for TikTok proposes letting users benefit from targeted ads
The People’s Bid for TikTok, a consortium organized by Project Liberty founder Frank McCourt, wants to let users take control of their personal data. At SXSW, McCourt and investor Kevin O’Leary ...