Innovation
Despite paying $900M in tariffs, Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t announcing price increases — yet | TechCrunch
Increased tariffs cost Apple $900 million last quarter, the company said when it announced solid first quarter results. While almost a $1 billion in extra fees paid to the...
A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’
Meta’s copyright battle with a group of authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, will turn on the question of whether the company’s AI tools produce works that can...
Jeremy Renner Says Disney Offered Him Half His Hawkeye Wage for Season 2
If any recent Disney+ Marvel show seemed poised to get a second season, it was Hawkeye. It starred one of the original Avengers, played by Jeremy Renner; set up...
Bird Buddy ‘s Wonder Blocks isn’t just for bird,it’s saving pollinators!
Last year, TikTok had been taken over by the Bird Buddy—a smart bird feeder with a built-in camera which could capture stunning photos and videos of your local birds....
Peacock trained TikTokers to make content, and now four creators are getting original series | TechCrunch
Three years ago, a group of TikTokers joined NBCUniversal’s new initiative aimed at transforming social media influencers into the next generation of TV show creators. Now, four of these...
Resident Alien Is Still a Syfy Show After All
As recently as April 29, when Variety dropped a Resident Alien update—Stephen Root guest-starring as Alan Tudyk’s father is pretty fantastic casting—it seemed certain that the sci-fi show was...
What Caused the European Power Outage?
The causes of the power outage that left millions in Spain and Portugal without electricity on Monday have yet to be fully determined, though service has now been restored...
LinkedIn Games Are Still the Best Part of LinkedIn
“The solver encounters a path while they’re solving that almost makes it like they’re having a conversation back with me,” the puzzle creator Snyder says. “I’ve left a trail...
Nvidia takes aim at Anthropic’s support of chip export controls | TechCrunch
Nvidia clearly doesn’t agree with Anthropic’s support for export controls on U.S.-made AI chips. On Wednesday, Anthropic doubled down on its support for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Framework...
Pam Bondi Claims Trump Saved 75% of Americans From a Fentanyl Overdose
The Trump administration might have to double-check its math. This week, Attorney General Pam Bondi ludicrously claimed that President Donald Trump had saved 75% of the American population from...
