Innovation
Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says | TechCrunch
A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of targeting someone in civil...
Inside the Homeland Security Forum Where ICE Agents Talk Shit About Other Agents
Every day, people log into an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain...
Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models | TechCrunch
Enterprise AI company Cohere launched a new family of multilingual models on the sidelines of the ongoing India AI Summit. The models, dubbed Tiny Aya, are open-weight — meaning...
Scientists Found a Massive Lava Tube Hiding Beneath the Surface of Venus
Scientists may have found the first evidence of underground tunnels lurking beneath the surface of Venus, carved by the planet’s ancient volcanic activity. A team of researchers from the...
After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting | TechCrunch
For a brief, incoherent moment, it seemed as though our robot overlords were about to take over. After the creation of Moltbook, a Reddit clone where AI agents using...
I Tried the Mattress Currently at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center
Photograph: Julia ForbesBased on the advertised deep contouring and pressure-relieving AirCradle foam, I expected the pressure relief to be a standout feature, but it wasn't. This is not to...
The Nothing That Has the Potential to Be Anything
A recent example was published in 2025 by researchers at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility near Hamburg, among other institutions. They cooled iodopyridine, an organic molecule consisting of...
The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead) | TechCrunch
Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% this year after...
Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0
When a company releases a new AI model, it’s become customary for it to make a splash by pissing off an intellectual property owner or some other entity speaking...
The Apple Watch Is the Best Fitness Tracker for iPhone Users
New Fitness FeaturesCourtesy of AppleThere are many reasons to wear an Apple Watch besides the health features. Maybe you just want quick access to your text, calendars, or Siri....
