Innovation

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 2 Is All But Confirmed
Pennywise might have bid farewell to that “lively crowd” before disintegrating into fiery fragments at the end of It: Welcome to Derry season one—but fans knew it wasn’t the...
Micron Megafab Project Faces a New Hurdle as Activists Seek a Benefits Deal
Days after Micron broke ground on a $100 billion chip factory in New York state, a coalition of environmentalists, labor unions, and civil rights groups are urging the US...
Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit | TechCrunch
Days ahead of a scheduled trial, social media company Snap has settled a lawsuit accusing the platform of causing social media addiction, according to reports from multiple outlets. According...
Elon Musk Makes Part of X Algorithm Open Source, Says It ‘Sucks’
[Sketchiest Guy in the World Voice] Hey kid, wanna see the X algorithm? It’s right over here. No really, Elon Musk appears to be partly making good on his promise...
This Unique Air Fryer Cooks Your Food in Heatproof Glass—It’s on Sale Right Now
Want to be the hero of your next Super Bowl party? Check out the Ninja Crispi Portable Glass Air Fryer, an intriguing twist on the air fryer that's a...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says tariffs are starting to drive up product prices | TechCrunch
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says consumers are beginning to see higher prices as sellers look to absorb added costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Jassy told CNBC that Amazon...
‘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...