Innovation

Elon Musk Made Tesla Fans Think Unsupervised Robotaxis Had Arrived. They Can’t Find Them
“Just started Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car,” Elon Musk wrote on X last Thursday. That post embedded a second post from the...
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunch
Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that...
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third...
How Winter Storm Fern Slowed Down the Bitcoin Network
The Bitcoin network hashrate, which is the amount of computing power that is pointed at the crypto network, saw a massive decline over the weekend, falling from just over...
Our Favorite Ski Helmets Will Keep You Comfortable and Protected This Winter
Safety CertificationsOnly choose helmets that meet safety standards such as ASTM F2040, CE EN 1077, or Snell RS-98. These helmets will have passed rigorous tests for impact resistance and...
Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan | TechCrunch
Google is bringing AI-powered photo editing to more users around the world, making it easier to fix your photos with simple text commands instead of complicated editing tools. The...
Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives
According to Appfigures, the top five free iPhone apps right now in the U.S. are: ChatGPT JumpJumpVPN V2Box UpScrolled Threads Yesterday, Apple blogger John Gruber of Daring Fireball posted...
Amazon Is Rolling Out Alexa+ to All Users. But Not Everyone Wants It
“Alexa+ is significantly more capable than the original Alexa, so we’re working to make it available to as many customers as possible,” said an Amazon spokesperson. “We notified customers...
Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump | TechCrunch
On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over “some of the things we’ve seen in the last few days,” referring to the violence...
Ira Parker Teases a Big Event from ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 2
If you’ve been watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, you probably haven’t taken much note of the weather in and around Ashford Meadow. Sure, there’s a bit of...
Intel Panther Lake Is the Answer to Apple Silicon We’ve All Been Waiting for
Note: This story has been updated with additional testing on the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H in the MSI Prestige 14 Flip.This isn't just another Intel chip launch. Far...
Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M | TechCrunch
As demand grows for privacy-first enterprise AI that can run without sending sensitive data to the cloud, SpotDraft has raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures in a strategic Series...