Innovation
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy | TechCrunch
3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s bankruptcy might affect customers’ data. Representatives Brett Guthrie, Gus Bilirakis, and Gary Palmer...
Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing
While capabilities like dancing can be fun and eyecatching, they don’t actually show how useful humanoid robots are in real-world situations, says Fern. Even being able to run a...
Ryan Coogler on Sinners’ Personal Post-Credits Scene
Coogler brought a lot of his own history into Sinners, and its final minutes were key to making the film work. Sinners has mainly been advertised on the prospect of...
Ahsoka: Dave Filoni on Losing Ray Stevenson, Recasting Baylan
When Ray Stevenson died, Ahsoka season two almost died with it. Dave Filoni, the show’s creator, was at Star Wars Celebration Japan this weekend and did a panel about...
Robots run a half marathon, slowly | TechCrunch
It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the first world’s...
Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case | TechCrunch
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stuff for you this week: antitrust lawsuits against Google and Meta; Grok can now remember; Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow...
Famed AI researcher launches controversial startup to replace all human workers everywhere | TechCrunch
Every now and then, a Silicon Valley startup launches with such an “absurdly” described mission that it’s difficult to discern if the startup is for real or just satire....
An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess
On Monday, a developer using the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor noticed something strange: Switching between machines instantly logged them out, breaking a common workflow for programmers who use...
Protect and Charge Your Apple Watch With Our Favorite Accessories
If you have an iPhone, there’s a good chance you also have an Apple Watch. We’ve rated it the best smartwatch and the best fitness tracker for iPhone owners....
The Best iPad to Buy (and a Few to Avoid)
Other iPads to ConsiderPhotograph: AppleApple no longer sells these iPads, but these slightly older models are still good options, as long as you can find them for the right...
