Innovation

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results in Far Fewer Content Takedowns
Meta announced in January it would end some content moderation efforts, loosen its rules, and put more emphasis on supporting “free expression.” The shifts resulted in fewer posts being...
The Trump Administration Wants to Create an ‘Office of Remigration’ to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country
As part of a sweeping reorganization of the State Department, the Trump administration is creating an Office of Remigration. Remigration is an immigration policy embraced by extremists that calls...
How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Made Sure at Least One Character Got a Genuinely Happy Ending
In the first episode of the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale, viewers met Janine, played by Madeline Brewer. Like June, the main character played by Elisabeth Moss, she’s...
Top 30 startups announced for VivaTech 2025 Innovation of the Year Award | TechCrunch
The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting companies, the award honors those pushing boundaries and...
Cassian Andor’s Aliases, Ranked
Cassian Andor lived a lot of lives before he gave it all on the beaches of Scarif in Rogue One. And part of living those lives, sometimes by choice, sometimes...
Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE
One of Elon Musk’s top allies at the General Services Administration (GSA), Nicole Hollander, appears to be scaling back her work for the agency, according to sources and documents...
Inside the AI revolution: Top insights and breakthroughs from our partners at TechCrunch Sessions: AI | TechCrunch
At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, the spotlight is on the future of artificial intelligence and the startups shaping it. This high-energy event brings together founders, investors, and technologists to explore...
Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots | TechCrunch
AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots. The company announced a pair of open-source robots, HopeJR...
Hasbro’s New Marvel Legends Figures Are the Bendiest Boys Around
Today Hasbro revealed a boatload of Marvel Legends figures, and they were united beyond the mere fact that they were action figures made by Hasbro, and were from Marvel...
A Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration’s Handling of Far-Right Terrorism
The 2024 Swedish tournament mirrors similar extreme right-wing martial arts tournaments hosted elsewhere in Europe for years. It also indicates the success of the Active Club model in spreading...
Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes $38M Series A to transform key grid technology | TechCrunch
Heron Power, the electrical grid-focused startup founded by former Tesla executive Drew Baglino, announced Thursday it has raised $38 million in a Series A funding round. Heron Power is...
No Mercy for Apple, Amazon Is Clearing Out Mac Mini M4 Stock at a New All-Time Low Price
When most people think of Apple, the MacBook lineup comes to mind. But among Apple’s bestsellers, there’s a desktop contender that consistently punches above its weight: the Mac Mini....