Innovation

‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Star Daniel Ings on Bringing a Westeros Legend to Life
George R.R. Martin‘s The Hedge Knight, the source-material novella for HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, doesn’t give many details about Ser Lyonel Baratheon. But there’s just enough...
The Fight for Warner Bros. Is Paramount’s Most Embarrassing Moment Yet
Ever since Disney got the green light to acquire Fox, every corporation’s decided it’d like to do the same thing. What was once a thing that frankly shouldn’t have...
Here are the 55 US AI startups that raised $100M or more in 2025 | TechCrunch
The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum.  There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised...
Are DJI Drones Still Banned?
As of December 23, 2025, the US Federal Communications Commission barred Chinese-based drone maker DJI from importing any new drones into the United State. That might sound like you...
De-Gunk and Descale Your Keurig with These Cleaning Tips
It can be tricky to figure out how to clean your Keurig, but it's important work. If your household is like mine, your pod coffee maker runs anywhere from...
Threads Is Now Clearly More Popular Than X (in Mobile App Form), Report Says
Say what you will about the social media platform Threads—for instance that its rushed rollout in 2023 felt like a rather cynical ploy by Meta to exploit the public’s...
Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT | TechCrunch
Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in...
‘Zootopia 2’ Is Hollywood’s Biggest Animated Movie Ever
Disney’s called it: Zootopia 2 has officially become the Motion Picture Association’s highest-grossing animated film of all time. As of this weekend, the Disney flick has made $1.7 billion worldwide...
TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine | TechCrunch
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! It’s...
I Have Biked an Insane Number of Miles to Find the Best Electric Bicycles
Other Ebikes We LikeBike Friday All-Day Photograph: Adrienne SoBike Friday All-Day for $5,600: Bike Friday bills the irresistibly tiny All-Day (7/10, WIRED Review) as the world's lightest Bosch-powered ebike,...
Back Up Your Whole Life With the Best External Hard Drives
If you're running out of storage space on your laptop or you need to back up your data and store that backlog of videos you're going to edit one...
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune | TechCrunch
Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by jettisoning its nonprofit mission, Bloomberg first...