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The four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — spoke from a prelaunch quarantine ahead of their scheduled Wednesday mission.

The Soundcore Sleep A30 Special earbuds are on sale for $179.99 at Amazon, down from the normal price of $199.99. The older Soundcore Sleep A20 earbuds are on sale for $119.99.

Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?

FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked, with Iran's Handala Hack Team claiming responsibility. No classified data was breached, the FBI says.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day is a reminder that many great businesses start small, often within families. Here are six practical ideas to consider.

Austria plans to implement a social media ban on users under 14.

SXSW made some changes this year, but some founders loved it all the same.

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

My favorite air fryer, the Our Place Wonder Oven, is on sale for its best price ever in Amazon's Spring Sale.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly will give Hong Kong-listed Insilico $115 million upfront to bring some of its AI-discovered drugs to the global market.

Running a startup like a one-person show works, until it doesn't. Here's what to fix before the whole thing stalls.

Parents today try to raise their children for good grades and high achievement. But that's not what we should be focusing on, says child psychologist Reem Raouda, who has studied over 200 kids. She shares the most important skill parents are forgetting to teach today.

As of March 29, the Samsung 40-inch G7 Gaming Monitor is available for $699.99. That's 42% off the list price of $1,199.99.

Meta's two courtroom defeats centered on different cases but both involved allegations that the company knew about its products' harms.

McDonald's tested humanoid robots from Keenon Robotics at a Shanghai location, where they greeted customers and delivered food in a short pilot program.

As of March 29, the Samsung S95F 65-Inch OLED TV is available for $2,197.99. That's 27% off the list price of $2,997.99.

As of March 29, the Roborock Q10 S5+ Robot Vacuum is available for $279.99. That's 49% off the list price of $549.99.

Aluminium Bahrain, or Alba, hosts the world's largest smelter and the attack adds to the pressure on global supplies of the metal.

As of March 29, the Anker Solix F3800 Portable Power Station is available for $3,498.99. That's 53% off the list price of $7,397.

The U.S. and other exporters are poised for a windfall, but disruptions to Persian Gulf supplies are also pushing gas-buying countries to consider alternatives like coal, solar and nuclear energy.

Steve Cahillane, a food industry veteran, is trying to revive the company behind Kool-Aid, Oscar Mayer and many other brands.

A long-term project to remove or modify dams may clear the way for endangered wild Atlantic salmon to swim freely up to the Sandy River. But it faces opposition from business and lawmakers.

No more YouTube or video games on school laptops. Textbooks and pencils are back. Some seventh graders say they prefer learning offline.

Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.

Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.

Their simplicity makes the funds appealing, but they could leave many workers near retirement, particularly baby boomers, short on savings.

Amazon Big Spring Sale TV deals go past its own Fire TVs. Now that 2026 TVs are out, Amazon is putting top 2025 QLED TVs on sale.

Newly released 2026 robot vacuums are on sale for Amazon's Big Spring Sale, like the Eufy C28 and Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow.

I'm a tech editor, and I found the top tech deals from Amazon's Big Spring Sale. Grab Sony headphones for $48, Kindles for $94, and $250 off MacBooks.

Shop the best iPad deals from Apple during Amazon's 2026 Big Spring Sale. Some M3 iPad Airs are sitting at record-low prices.

We found the best AirPods deals to shop during Amazon's Big Spring Sale. Grab AirPods 4 for $99, and save $60 on AirPods Pro 3.

Check out the best Apple Watch deals to shop during Amazon's 2026 Big Spring Sale. Save $60 on the Apple Watch SE 2 while it's 24% off.

We found the best MacBook deals at Amazon during the Big Spring Sale. Get a MacBook Neo for $689 and M4 MacBook Airs for $949, saving $250.

See all the best Apple deals from the Amazon Big Spring Sale, including $50 off AirPods Pro 3 and $250 off M4 MacBook Air laptops.

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is back until March 31. Take $100 off Apple Watch Series 11, 60% off Shark robot vacuums, and Kindles for $95.

The best deals on LG gaming monitors from the Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026 — score over $250 off

Get a refurbished Apple MacBook Pro (2020) for $429.97, featuring 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD storage, and a Retina display.

Get real-time updates on the Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026. We found record-low prices on Apple MacBooks, DJI drones, Kindles, Sony XM6 headphones, and more.

The DJI Mini 3 Fly More Combo is on sale for $499 in the Amazon Spring Sale. That's the record-low price at Amazon.

How a cascade of seemingly minor events led to the worst runway disaster at LaGuardia Airport in decades.

Finance and energy ministers, as well as central bank governors from the G7 nations prepare for talks on Iran.

See the Moon phase expected for March 29, 2026 as well as when the next Full Moon is expected.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1744 on March 29 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

The astronaut, Michael Fincke, experienced a medical emergency in January that rendered him unable to speak, he said.

The astronaut, Michael Fincke, experienced a medical emergency in January that rendered him unable to speak, he said.

The Times called him “the world’s most highly regarded forensic criminologist,” but later in his career he faced accusations that he had hidden and fabricated evidence.

While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.

How to watch live football for free. Live stream Colombia vs. France in a 2026 International Friendly for free.

While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.

Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

In at least five cases, customers sought medical attention to remove bristles “from their digestive tract or throat,” a federal agency said.

MLB's new robot ump system lets players challenge ball-strike calls by tapping their head, with results appearing on stadium screens within seconds.

Ghost tapping scams use small contactless charges to test stolen card details, the BBB warns. Learn to spot unauthorized NFC charges before fraud spreads.

The 11-inch Apple iPad Air (M3, WiFi + Cellular, 256GB) is only $649.99 during Amazon's Big Spring Sale, its lowest price ever.

The Trump T1 smartphone has felt fake every step of the way, but a new FCC listing implies that it's actually a real product.

A Czech-to-English translator for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 took to Reddit to complain about AI making his job "obsolete."

Mini Kindle pods are going viral on TikTok, but what are they? We can tell you what they aren't: Kindles.

Woot has DeWalt cordless tools on sale for up to 52% off and is adding another 10% off with code DEWALT10.

All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Get a lifetime Microsoft Office 2021 license and never pay a monthly fee again.

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store. 

Meta and Entergy Louisiana agree to a deal that would have the tech giant underwrite the electricity costs of its latest, $27 billion data center.

Sony has suspended sales on almost all of its SD card models, a sure sign that the global RAM shortage is affecting everyone.

Apple is blocking an App Store app from receiving updates because it looks too much like Launchpad, a feature that Apple recently removed from Mac.

Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn't disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year.

Are you an early adopter? Mashable-tested AR glasses from TCL and Xreal are on sale during the Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026.

A new lawsuit alleges that Google's artificial intelligence improperly published private information of Jeffrey Epstein's victims.

Here's how silence and softened policies can create legal blind spots for businesses, and how business owners can reduce liability and make their companies better, safer places to work.

Worried about consumer inflation to come from Strait of Hormuz closure? The economy has one word for you other than oil: plastics.

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

Fusion, fission, and even natural gas are appeared tied in the race to deliver new power to the grid in the early 2030s.

One low price unlocks lifetime access to business and tech courses.

Boomboxes, instant cameras, and even landlines are making a comeback. Here are the coolest retro-inspired devices available.

The best deals on Hisense TVs from the Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026 — score $500 off a 100-inch monster.

As corporate policies change, Americans will feel higher oil prices in their pocketbooks beyond the gas pump.

The oil industry's grim outlook for global oil and gas supplies stands in contrast to the Trump administration's promise that the disruption is short term.

From Las Vegas to the Côte d’Azur, high-profile chefs are taking their cuisine on the road.

Managed futures, which track macro themes expected to play out over months, do well when traditional assets are falling. This could be one of those times.

We polled nearly a dozen VCs to find out which W26 startups are the sought after in the batch.

The entry of the Houthis in the war marks a significant escalation in the conflict as it enters its second month.

China and Russia have a big lead in efforts to control once impenetrable Arctic waters. The U.S. is spending billions on new icebreakers in a race to catch up.

Bose QuietComfort headphones are down to $249 in the Amazon Spring Sale.

Energy markets are starting to reflect the growing risk of physical supply disruptions.

Amazon's Big Spring Sale has the Sony WH-CH520 wireless headphones for just $43.95 right now.

How to watch live football for free. Live stream Mexico vs. Portugal in a 2026 International Friendly for free.

The Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Elite Trainer Box is available to buy for $79.99 at Amazon.

The Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Booster Bundle is available to buy $49.95 at Amazon.

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is back until March 31. Take $100 off Apple Watch Series 11, 60% off Shark robot vacuums, and Kindles for $95.

Neal Mohan on A.I. slop, parental controls and his platform’s impact on our lives.

Propaganda and disinformation have flooded the internet in a sophisticated effort to undermine support for U.S. and Israeli attacks.

Gas lines and quadrupling oil prices freaked out American consumers. But the oil crises also transformed global finance.

As artificial intelligence takes on more and more tasks, tech executives are embracing teams as small as two: one person plus A.I.

Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology start-ups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.