Innovation

Waymo Released a Revealing Postmortem on Its San Francisco Blackout Meltdown
A postmortem from Waymo on Tuesday is offering at least some clarity about what the hell happened to its poor, benighted San Francisco operation after much of the power...
Trump administration’s ban on foreign-made drones starts this week — you can say goodbye to new DJI models | TechCrunch
On Monday, the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission banned all new foreign-made drone models from distribution in the U.S., citing “national security concerns.” Americans who already own older foreign...
Which Is Better, T-Mobile, Verizon, or AT&T? There Is an Answer
"Unlimited" is a funny term. Unlimited cell phone plans often come with a long list of footnotes, terms, conditions, and exceptions. Mercifully, all of the Big Three cell companies...
The Final Episode of ‘Strange New Worlds’ Has Found Its Sulu and Bones
Paramount has confirmed that the final episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will see two legends board the starship Enterprise: the Star Trek prequel has found stars to play Hikaru Sulu...
Don’t Buy a Laptop Before Considering These Important Features
As you can see, gaming laptops have become a major emphasis for AMD, because it's the one area where AMD has managed to win designs from Intel. One great...
Pentagon Adds Grok-Derived Products to Something Called the ‘AI Arsenal’
The Pentagon is now armed to the teeth with “frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models,” according to a press release issued Monday. Are you trembling...
OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch
Even as OpenAI works to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that prompt injections, a type of attack that manipulates AI agents to follow malicious...
HelloFresh Meal Kits Now Come With a Free $100 Carbon-Steel Blade
I don't know if a good knife is hard to find. But they usually cost at least a hundred dollars, and so it's worth noting when HelloFresh is offering...
Elevate your home bar with these mixology gadgets | TechCrunch
While a shaker, some mixing tools and ice can do the job just fine, modern tech has enabled the invention of some impressive gadgets that can spritz up your...
AI Mate in Wondershare Filmora V15: a new era of intelligent video creation
Digital filmmaking tools are more powerful than ever before, driven by advances in hardware capabilities, software engineering, and the rise of generative AI—giving professional creatives a huge amount of...
A rough week for hardware companies | TechCrunch
In just about a week, iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filed for bankruptcy. They’re very different companies — selling Roombas, lidar, and e-bikes, respectively — but as...
Open Channel: What’d You Think of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’?
2025’s holiday movie season has a big flick in this weekend’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third entry in James Cameron’s long-running sci-fi series. After the first movie dropped...