Innovation

Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Suddenly Sold Out (Sort Of)
After months of being a commercial disaster, something curious is happening with the Tesla Cybertruck. For the first time since its troubled launch, Elon Musk’s futuristic pickup is showing...

The First ‘One Piece’ Season 2 Trailer is Full of Pirate Action
The live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece wasn’t just good, it was good in a way that took everyone by surprise. With the numbers to show for it, it’s no...

A Special Diamond Is the Key to a Fully Open Source Quantum Sensor
Quantum computing is either a distant dream or an imminent reality depending on who you ask. And while much of this year's Quantum Village at the Defcon security conference...

Wild Pigs in California Are Turning Neon Blue on the Inside, Officials Warn
Unexpected exposure to rodenticide is turning California’s wild pigs blue, state authorities say. “I’m not talking about a little blue,” Dan Burton, owner of a wildlife control company in...

Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach | TechCrunch
Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk with you quickly about something important. We’ve discovered that scammers are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads and...

Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World
The Trump administration's radical changes to United States fiscal policy, foreign relations, and global strategy—combined with mass firings across the federal government—have created uncertainty around US cybersecurity priorities that...

It Took Just 24 Hours of Complaints for OpenAI to Start Bringing Back Its Old Model
OpenAI unveiled its latest generative AI model, GPT-5, on Thursday. CEO Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having a “superpower” and the equivalent of “a legitimate PhD-level...

Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’ | TechCrunch
During a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team were peppered with questions about the new model and requests to...