Innovation

India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries | TechCrunch
Airbound, an Indian drone startup, has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom, as it begins a drone-delivery pilot with a private hospital...
All the Questions We Still Have After ‘Tron: Ares’
Tron: Ares ends with a couple of big questions about what could come next on the Grid and beyond. Unfortunately, the biggest of those after opening weekend is whether...
WIRED’S Favorite PC Monitor Is $75 Off
If you're tired of staring a tiny laptop screen while working from home, consider scooping up our favorite desktop monitor for almost 25 percent off its normal price. The...
Slate Auto’s Electric Truck: See It Here First at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Get ready for one of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s most electrifying moments — literally. Chris Barman, CEO of Slate Auto, is rolling one of her company’s brand-new electric trucks onto...
The New ‘Running Man’ Trailer Is Beyond Action Packed
Anytime director Edgar Wright releases a new movie, it’s an event. Throw in Glen Powell playing the Arnold Schwarzenegger role in a high-octane Stephen King adaptation, and, well, all...
More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life
A recent study of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has detected several organic compounds that had never been recorded there before. The findings, published this month in Nature Astronomy,...
All the Fantastic Cosplay From New York Comic Con 2025, Day 3
New York Comic Con 2025 is full speed ahead, and crafty fans are out in force showing their love for their favorite shows, movies, video game characters, and beyond...
The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025  | TechCrunch
Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their own to protect themselves. And older people, who did...
Your Cat Probably Isn’t Drinking Enough Water. A Fountain Can Help.
Compare Our PicksOthers We TestedCourtesy of PetkikPetkit Eversweet Max for $90: This techy automatic fountain can be either cordless or battery-powered (lasting up to 83 days), and the drinking...
Scientists Just Took a Giant Step Toward Scaling Up Nuclear Fusion
A team of researchers at MIT think they may have lowered one of the major barriers to achieving large-scale nuclear fusion—taking us one step closer to making an abundant...
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta | TechCrunch
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta. The Wall Street Journal reports that AI researcher...
The Best Carpet Cleaners We’ve Found, Tested in Busy Households
Compare Our PicksOthers TestedPhotograph: Simon HillHoover HF4 Hydro for £199: For UK folks in flats or small houses with a mix of carpet and hard floor, this cordless, space-saving...