Innovation

Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani | TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s Grok really, really loves its creator. Since this week’s release of Grok 4.1, X users have circulated posts and screenshots that show Grok vastly overestimating Musk’s abilities...
I Can’t Believe How in Love I Am With ‘Hades 2’
I’ve been playing Hades II non-stop for the past few weeks, and I’ve lost count of the number of times it has blown me away. Every few hours, there’s...
I’ve Tested Every Pixel Phone Ever Made—Here Are the Best to Buy Right Now
There are some minor multitasking improvements—it's easy to put two apps side by side in split-screen, and you can move the slider in between them to resize the apps,...
Gizmodo’s Best Tech Gifts of 2025 list
The holidays are here, and that only means one thing: gifting season! Skip the gift cards, ugly sweaters you found at Goodwill, or slapped-together macaroni photo frame, and get...
Exclusive: Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’ | TechCrunch
Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even ‘shut down,’ according to a company-wide memo...
Nvidia CEO Dismisses Concerns of an AI Bubble. Investors Remain Skeptical
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn’t need any prompting on Wednesday to address the elephant in the room. “There's been a lot of talk about an AI bubble,” he said...
Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled | TechCrunch
Spotify has acquired the community-run database tracking sampled music, WhoSampled, the company announced Wednesday. The streaming service had also shared the news as part of its Wednesday blog post...
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, millions of people have started using large language models to access knowledge. And it’s...
TopResume Packages and Free Resume Review: Everything You Need to Get Hired
AI is making it harder to find a job. AI-driven Application Tracking Systems (ATS) can dump your resume before a recruiter has ever seen it, even if you have...
Emm raises $9M seed to create one of the world’s first ‘smart’ menstrual cups | TechCrunch
Jenny Button first thought of Emm during the COVID lockdown. She was using an Ora ring and Whoop and getting insights about her body, but there wasn’t a device that could tell her data about one...
Apes Were Kissing Millions of Years Before Humans, Study Suggests
While kissing might feel like one of the most natural things in the world, this familiar behavior is quite mysterious—various animals also kiss, despite a lack of practical benefits...
This Quest 3S Bundle Is $50 Off and Includes a Game and Gift Card
If you've been dreaming of getting into virtual reality but you've been holding out for a good deal, this may be your moment. I spotted a Meta Quest 3S...