Innovation
I Didn’t Care for Dildos Until I Tried This One From Lelo
My first sex toy was a bright blue dildo. I was about 19, and as a college student in New Hampshire, I did what anyone in my position would...
Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch
Anthropic’s Super Bowl commercial, one of four ads the AI lab dropped on Wednesday, begins with the word “BETRAYAL” splashed boldly across the screen. The camera pans to a...
I Really Hope the New ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime Keeps the Major’s Manga Goofiness
One of the things that gives me pause is that we’re only two years out from the year in which manga creator Masamune Shirow’s massively influential cyberpunk series, Ghost...
Our Favorite Pixel Phone Is $100 Off
The latest mobile phone isn't always the greatest. Despite a series of newer, updated Pixel 10 models, we still think the previous generation's Pixel 9a is more than enough...
Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations | TechCrunch
Spotify on Wednesday announced changes to its built-in song lyrics feature, which includes making lyrics translations globally available, offering the ability to view lyrics when offline, and relocating the...
Not So Fast, Google: That Lenient Monopoly Ruling from Last Year Is Being Appealed
Tech god-kings like Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai tend to win in the courts when it matters, and there’s very little chance that’s about to change, but there’s just the...
An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide
In the US, nearly half of adults are single. A quarter of men suffer from loneliness. Rates of depression are on the rise. And one in four Gen Z...
Avalanche thinks the fusion power industry should think smaller | TechCrunch
Nuclear fusion conjures images of massive reactors or banks of dozens of large lasers. Avalanche co-founder and CEO Robin Langtry thinks smaller is better. For the last several years,...
SpaceX and xAI Are Merging Into a Very Silly-Sounding Conglomerate. Take It Seriously
SpaceX is acquiring xAI. Ever since this merger of two Musk companies became a rumor, crazy numbers like $1.5 trillion started being thrown around when discussing the total valuation...
Epstein Files Reveal Peter Thiel’s Elaborate Dietary Restrictions
Peter Thiel—the billionaire venture capitalist, PayPal and Palantir cofounder, and outspoken commentator on all matters relating to the “Antichrist”—appears at least 2,200 times in the latest batch of files...
Two Stanford students launch $2M startup accelerator for students nationwide | TechCrunch
Two Stanford students announced Monday that they have raised $2 million for an accelerator program called Breakthrough Ventures, which aims to fund businesses founded by college students and recent graduates...
