Innovation
Elon Musk-Founded Brain Implant Startup Says It’s a ‘Disadvantaged’ Business Despite Being Worth $9 Billion
Elon Musk, the rightwing culture warrior waging a “civilization-saving” battle against the “woke mind virus,” apparently isn’t above taking advantage of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs when it...
OpenAI’s New CEO of Applications Strikes Hyper-Optimistic Tone in First Memo to Staff
OpenAI’s incoming CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, sent her first note to staff on Monday, telling employees the tools they’re developing “will unlock more opportunities for more people than...
‘The Purge’ Movies May Return to Keep America Violent
During the 2010s, Blumhouse’s The Purge series came out a reliable clip, and even had a TV show. It seemed to have wound down with 2021’s The Forever Purge, but...
Former Tesla president discloses the secret to scaling a company | TechCrunch
Few companies have grown as quickly as Tesla, especially just before and after the company launched the Model 3, its first affordable EV. “We scaled Tesla in 30 months...
Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots | TechCrunch
Autonomous robotics startup Cartken, known for its four-wheeled robots that deliver food on college campuses and through Tokyo’s bustling streets, has found a new area of focus: industrials. Cartken...
The Viral Fall of Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot
Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot were unknown to most of the world just a few days ago. Now, they’ve lost their privacy, and possibly much more, thanks to a...
I Tested 100+ Pickleball Paddles to Select the Best at Every Level
I was not sure what to expect from Diadem's new BluCore paddle, which is among a handful of new paddles that have replaced the standard honeycomb polymer core with...
This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It
In 1994, Commodore crashed and burned. Once a home computing giant across the US and Europe, the company was undone by mismanagement and misfires. The carcass was picked clean...
How Elon Musk Created a Nightmare for Donald Trump
On June 5, Elon Musk did something no one had managed to do since Donald Trump first stormed the political stage in 2015: he destabilized the king of Make...
Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work | TechCrunch
Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain cloud computing systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, the company said it’s made...
