Innovation

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...
Pair Your Mac Mini With One of These Great Monitors
Just about any monitor can work with a Mac Mini. It doesn't need to be made by Apple or have any official certification. There's a case to be made...
Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems off...
Google and Apple reportedly warn employees on visas to avoid international travel | TechCrunch
Law firms representing Google and Apple have warned that employees who need a visa stamp to re-enter the United States should avoid leaving the country due to longer-than-usual visa...
He Got a Bunch of Money Again
Yesterday, with a single slam of a gavel, Elon Musk got almost 14 percent closer to being a trillionaire. He wants you to think that you can’t hurt him...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety | TechCrunch
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the RAISE Act, positioning New York as the second U.S. state to enact major AI safety legislation. State lawmakers passed RAISE Act in June,...