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When cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and AWS launched cloud software marketplaces a decade ago, it opened up a new sales channel for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies to get in front of potential enterprise customers. These marketplaces effectively enabled SaaS companies to bypass the traditional, lengthy sales cycles. But rarely is the seller-side experience a walk […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

When going abroad, the right plugs are essential to keeping your gadgets charged. These are our favorites.

We clocked thousands of test miles to bring you the best running shoes for every pace, ability, and running goal.

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains how to protect yourself against artificial intelligence-fueled romance scams, which have become the most common type of fraud in 2025.

Security experts often describe identity as the “new perimeter” in the world of security: in the world of cloud services where network assets and apps can range far and wide, the biggest vulnerabilities are often leaked and spoofed log-in credentials.  A startup called SGNL has built a new approach that it believes is better at […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

More and more legal professionals are embracing AI, surveys show. Per a recent poll from legaltech company Clio, 79% of firms used some form of AI for casework last year, up from just 19% in 2023. Despite some skepticism of the tech, in-house counsel has shown an interest, as well, with one survey suggesting that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Can red light therapy really help your skin? Here are the benefits certain wavelengths can bring your skin, and which LED face masks (and other LED devices) are worth buying.

There are many kinds of mothers, but these are our favorite picks for the WIRED mom in your life.

When planning your estate, leave instructions for handling your online accounts, data and other electronic affairs.

Brands are constantly trying to streamline how they source packaging materials and ingredient suppliers for their products in order to quickly meet consumer demand. However, even today this process can involve some laborious wandering around trade shows. Keychain is an AI-powered platform that aims to quickly connect the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry with manufacturing […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Firefly's Standard plan costs $9.99 per month, the Pro plan will run users $29.99 a month, and there's a more extensive Premium tier in the works. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Clips4Sale has released its "United States of Fetish." See which fetish is the most searched for in your state.

Soup up your sound with these active and passive speakers. We have picks for every budget.

E-commerce startups built around food continue to gobble up funding as investors look for sticky consumer concepts that can scale without breaking the bank. On Wednesday, Germany’s Lanch — which taps social media and influencers to develop popular food brands alongside retail networks for distributing them — closed funding of €26 million ($27 million) to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Holding out for a midrange hero? Xiaomi’s Poco X7 Pro is a compelling deal.

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The company buys marginal and degraded farmland, plants them with native trees, and harvests the resulting carbon credits. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A long stalled bid to beef up European Union rules around online tracking technologies — and put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, GDPR, which allows for fines of up to 4% of annual turnover for breaches — has been withdrawn by the Commission after co-legislators failed to reach agreement […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Lucidity, an Indian startup allowing enterprises to automate expansion and shrinking of their cloud storage, has raised $21 million in a Series A round. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

If you’re working for a small company and want to build a client portal or an internal tool, it can be difficult to find the budget and resources to allocate a developer to that small project. That’s why more than 600,000 people, including project managers, HR employees and marketing people, have been trying Softr’s no-code […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

You don’t have to be embarrassed every time Spotify Wrapped appears.

As per an investigation by the Associated Press (AP), Tesla has won a defamation lawsuit against one individual called Zhang Yazhou, who in February 2021 was a passenger in a Tesla Model 3 car that allegedly crashed due to faulty brakes, resulting in a four-day hospital stay for both her parents. Following the accident, Zhang […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment. A researcher from North Carolina is pioneering a new system that could get rid of forever chemicals forever.

Answers to each clue for the February 12, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson explains the steps to declutter text messages on a Mac or iPad. Apple offers ways to do this more efficiently.

Once reserved for romantic partners and other loved ones, the heart emoji can now mean anything—which means it has no meaning at all.

Beyond treating diabetes and helping people lose weight, GLP-1s may also improve libido. But the reasons are as complex as desire itself.

Apple seems to be preparing to launch several new products over the next couple of weeks.

After former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao went to prison, Richard Teng set out to show that the crypto exchange is now on its best behavior.

Researchers from Apple's Machine Learning team are working on a robot that's like the Pixar lamp.

The Chinese start-up used several technological tricks, including a method called “mixture of experts,” to significantly reduce the cost of building the technology.

As of Feb. 12, the Reolink wired WiFi video doorbell is available for $51.99 at Woot — a massive 65% discount.

Between long-distance relationships and increasing costs, more people are digitising their Valentine's Day.

Find out how to watch the animated Oscar contender "Flow" at home, including the release date and the best Max streaming deals.

Scientists are using the James Webb Space Telescope to observe asteroid 2024 yr4, a near-Earth object that has a low chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

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8 ways to forget your heartbreak on the most cursed day of the year

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As of Feb. 12, the Corsair HS80 MAX gaming headset is available for $79.99 at Woot.

As of Feb. 12, Apple Watch Ultra 2 is available for $679.99 at Amazon, saving you $119 off its regular price of $799.

We curated the best Amazon Echo devices, from the latest Echo Dot to the most popular Echo Show. Read up on our favorite devices and see which one is right for you.

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Have your tissues at the ready! Bridget Jones is back with a tearjerker, just in time for Valentine's Day.

Apple Maps has been updated to label the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," a day after Google Maps made the change.

Notably, the image tools are not available in countries and regions like India, Indonesia, the EU, and the U.K. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Consumer demand for credit options varies across regions, and for fintechs, understanding these differences is key to survival. In developed markets, where credit cards are common, consumers often view buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings positively because of their flexible installment options. But in emerging markets like the Middle East, where credit card penetration is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Tax season doesn’t have to be stressful. Find TurboTax service codes and coupons right here on WIRED.

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The best cheap VPNs deals, including popular services like ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and Surfshark.

1MinAI gives you lifetime access to multiple GPT models, including Meta AI, Google AI, ChatGPT, and more. You can generate copy, images, analyse files, conduct research, and more.

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In a letter to a US senator, a Florida-based data broker says it obtained sensitive data on US military members in Germany from a Lithuanian firm, revealing the global nature of online ad surveillance.

Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].

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

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1334 on February 12, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

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

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Federal workers are suing DOGE and its creator, Elon Musk to cut off the new agency's access to their personal data. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Founders Fund is on track to conclude fundraising of its third growth fund at the end of March, according to people close to the firm. The Peter Thiel-founded outfit is raising $3 billion, a source told TechCrunch and  Axios also reported. The fund, which is intended primarily for additional investments in its successful late-stage portfolio […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The "cease work" order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will stall regulation that could govern tech companies like Apple and Google.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off.

Apple Maps will soon rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following similar changes made by Google this week, in order to comply with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that officially changed the name. U.S.-based Apple users may see the “Gulf of America” as soon as Tuesday, according to Bloomberg, and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google is among the first companies to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps. Other sources for online maps have not yet followed Donald Trump's executive order.

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot platform, may not be as power-hungry as once assumed. But its appetite largely depends on how ChatGPT is being used, and the AI models that are answering the queries, according to a new study. A recent analysis by Epoch AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, attempted to calculate how much energy a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Remember that Christmas movie “Miracle on 34th Street,” where Macy’s in-store Santa, Kris Kringle, sends a frazzled shopper to a competitor’s store to find the Christmas present her son wanted because Macy’s was out of stock? Now, Amazon is doing the same thing online. The retailer announced on Tuesday the test of a new Amazon […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise. People who are angry with the decision accuse Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of cozying up to the Trump administration at the expense of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google Tuesday confirmed that its annual developer conference is set for May 20-21, 2025. The event will be held at the usual spot, Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheater, a few minutes — depending on traffic — from Google HQ. The two-day event is a mix of both public- and developer-facing content. CEO Sundar Pichai will kick […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Microsoft has added another 389 megawatts of renewable power to its portfolio as the tech giant scrambles to meet the power demands required to match its AI ambitions.  The additional renewable power spans three solar projects developed by EDP Renewables North America — two in southern Illinois and one outside Austin, Texas. Microsoft is buying […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

Shopify took down Kanye West’s online store after the musician sold t-shirts with the swastika symbol. West, who also goes by Ye, advertised his online store in a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, directing viewers to his website, where the only item listed was the swastika t-shirt. Though Shopify removed a policy banning sellers from […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A leading cybersecurity firm has filed a lawsuit alleging Elon Musk and DOGE of breaching the security of Americans.

The Trump administration was ordered by a federal judge to restore public health websites they abruptly pulled down.

Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed on the calendar by default.  Other events that were removed from the default calendar include Jewish Heritage, Indigenous People Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month.  Google spokesperson Madison Cushman Veld confirmed the changes to TechCrunch, saying that in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A researcher affiliated with Elon Musk’s xAI startup is researching a method to alter the politics of Grok and better align the chatbot with conservatives.

The Army has granted upstart weapons maker Anduril control of one of its highest-profile and long-troubled projects known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, founder Palmer Luckey announced in a blog post Tuesday. IVAS was initially awarded to Microsoft in 2018 to develop augmented reality headsets for soldiers based on a ruggedized version of Hololens. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Elon Musk changed his name to "Harry Bōlz" on X, sparking a surge in Solana meme coins.

Severance, Silo, and Slow Horses are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.

OpenAI’s CEO claims the company has yet to receive an official offer from Elon Musk’s team, sources say.

Here's how to take control of the algorithms on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok if your social media feeds aren't showing you content you want to see.

Apple is rumored to release the iPhone SE 4 this week. Here's what we know about the new budget-friendly option.

Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse — the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub also used by Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, and others. Now, the Automattic-owned blogging platform is sharing more information about when and how that integration could actually happen. As it turns out, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

On Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would be financed by Musk’s AI company, xAI, and a consortium of outside investors, per a letter sent to California and Delaware’s attorneys general. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly dismissed Musk’s bid, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Duolingo killed off its owl mascot in what's almost certainly an ad of some sort.

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech!  This week we’re looking at how fintech heavyweights such as Klarna and Stripe are incorporating crypto into their strategies, which companies are planning for IPOs, one fintech’s Super Bowl ad, Stripe’s new lead of startups and venture capital, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

If security is a concern, then you'll want to update to iOS 18.3.1 as soon as possible.

Apple Tuesday announced the long-awaited debut of Powerbeats Pro 2. The new headphones arrive nearly six years after the original Powerbeats hit the market. The new model maintains the familiar ear hook for workouts, while delivering upgraded sound, better battery life, and a wireless charging case. The earbuds also mark a major next step in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

As of Feb. 11, save on a variety of hair tools during GHD's Valentine's Day Sale.

In an interview at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s unsolicited $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit as “an attempt to slow [OpenAI] down.” “[Musk] obviously is a competitor,” Altman said. “He’s raised a lot of money for [his AI company] xAI, and they’re trying to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Stripe is in talks for another shareholder sale that could value the company at “at least” $85 billion, according to multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter. The Information first reported the news that the payments infrastructure giant is working to sell employee-owned stocks. The move would help workers gain some liquidity as […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Bluesky users on Android now have access to a new app that works more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday, an app called Pinksky launched an Android version of its photo-centric social networking experience built on top of Bluesky. The app is now one of many attempting to court former Instagram users by offering a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Wednesday & Enid's Dorm Room Lego Building Set is on sale for $76.49 in the Best Buy app, down from the usual price of $89.99. That's a 15% discount.

Presidents' Day deals are already live at Walmart, here are the best deals on iPads, Samsung TVs, laptops, and more in 2025.

Four people have so far come forward as victims of the Paragon spyware campaign targeting WhatsApp users, including one journalist and three activists. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google users noticed cultural holidays have been disappearing from their calendars, as the company moves to recognize only public holidays.

Abdullah Saeed's "Deli Boys" sees Pakistani American brothers, Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj (Saagar Shaikh), uncovering their dad's secret. Trailer.

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According to a report published Tuesday by The Information, Apple is partnering Alibaba to bring its Apple Intelligence platform to China. The deal is said to arrive after the iPhone maker reportedly explored – but ultimately rejected – a potential partnership with uber-buzzy AI startup, DeepSeek, as well as with Bytedance. Apple initially selected Baidu […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Mast enables reforestation without landowners needing to wait decades to harvest timber or claim carbon credits. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

"The White Lotus" Season 3, which stars Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, and more, is both overstuffed and underwhelming.

BuzzFeed, the media site known for its celebrity news and quizzes, announced on Tuesday that it’s developing its own social media platform, in a move to counter the current negativity on the internet. Semafor first reported BuzzFeed’s plan for the platform this past week. Details on the new platform are not yet public. However, the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Think tanks and universities have helped expose problematic Chinese business practices. Now, those businesses are accusing them of defamation.

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"Picture This," starring Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, premieres March 6 on Prime Video.

Male bonding moves way too fast in the trailer for Andrew DeYoung's "Friendship," starring Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson. Trailer.