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Craving carb-y comfort? We picked our favorite outdoor ovens for backyards, countertops, or camping.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie wants to bring his city back to its glory days. And he’s convinced tech leaders — who often pitch utopian ideals of their own — can help him deliver. “I’m a mayor that is picking up the phone and calling CEOs,” said Lurie during TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event on Thursday night. […]

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Double-clicking is something we all do, often without giving it a second thought. But it could be giving hackers permission to do something dangerous.

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

One of Nintendo’s best and most influential controllers is making a comeback on Switch 2, alongside a host of classic games.

Multiple US states have logged record pollen counts this spring, with climate change likely to blame.

Plus: Another DOGE operative allegedly has a history in the hacking world, and Donald Trump’s national security adviser apparently had way more Signal chats than previously known.

Kurt the CyberGuy offers some of his easy expert tips to free up storage space on your Android if your device is running short on storage.

Plus: Samsung debuts its Galaxy Tab S10 FE tablets, Ooni has bigger gas-powered pizza ovens, and Traeger solves a griddle riddle.

A completely new Rolex, the most complicated wristwatch ever made, pieces that survive impacts of 10,000 g’s, and “magic ceramic”—the annual gathering of the watch world delivered big-time in 2025.

While the White House carved out a narrow exemption for some semiconductor imports, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs still apply to GPUs and chipmaking equipment.

A Hubble telescope image shows the most detailed view of NGC 346 yet, a stellar nursery within the Small Magellanic Cloud dwarf galaxy.

As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said.

We tried sleep earbuds and earplugs from Ozlo, Anker Soundcore, 1More, and Loops — and three stood out as the best.

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs set in, it may well be time to say goodbye to the under-$30,000 car.

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Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business works for Mac or PC and is on sale for life for $159.97.

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Get a refurbished MacBook Air 13.3 inch with Intel chip for just $199.97 with this deal.

NASA's Perseverance rover just caught a rare sight: one Martian dust devil devouring another. These interactions are seldom seen.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has new insight about why a star-forming region near the Milky Way's core isn't making many stars.

"RRR," "A Simple Plan," and "Godzilla Minus One" are just a few of our picks for the best of what's available on Netflix. The only streaming guide you need tonight.

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ChatGPT has seen India as its largest market by monthly active users and the second largest by downloads, per the external data seen by TechCrunch.

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

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

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" #1386 on April 5 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

The use of a video persona created with artificial intelligence software to help make an argument earns a stern rebuke.

These businesses, including e-commerce platforms and payment processors, are pulling back on public offering plans and bracing for pain.

OpenAI announces limited time offer for U.S. and Canadian students that provides free access to the advanced chatbot.

A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems, among other proposals.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Over the 13 years reporting on Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, I have watched the rise, fall, near misses, and rise again of the company and […]

Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary with exciting Copilot updates, new AI features, and a fun livestream event, including native apps and AI-powered tools.

Kalshi is the largest prediction market in America, creating an entire trading economy around political, sports, and cultural events. To some, including several states, it’s an illegal effort that requires gambling licenses. To others, including some courts and members of the Trump administration, it’s just a new financial opportunity. In a conversation with TechCrunch’s Maxwell […]

A new study appears to lend credence to allegations that OpenAI trained at least some of its AI models on copyrighted content. OpenAI is embroiled in suits brought by authors, programmers, and other rights-holders who accuse the company of using their works — books, codebases, and so on — to develop its models without permission. […]

Forerunner has seen a number of high-profile successes, showing an ability to get ahead of consumer trends with investments in Oura, Chime, the Farmer’s Dog, and beyond in non-B2C companies. To get a sense of how that happened, and what’s next for Forerunner in the AI era, TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos spoke with […]

President Trump delays TikTok ban for another 75 days. Here's what you need to know.

A successful reflight of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster would be an important milestone for its Starship program.

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its […]

Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan. Meta announced this significant policy change in January when it also loosened its content moderation rules. The timing of this change coincided with President Trump’s inauguration, which Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attended after […]

The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.

Mach CEO Ethan Thornton has been building weapons systems of varying shapes and sizes since high school, but his ambitions have turned into a company that recently landed a contract with the U.S. military and a plan to develop cross-functional factories. TechCrunch’s Charles Rollet interviewed Thornton during the StrictlyVC 2025 event in San Francisco, exploring […]

GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub’s AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users. On Friday, GitHub announced “premium requests” for GitHub Copilot, a new system that imposes rate limits when users switch to AI models other than the base model for tasks such as “agentic” coding and multi-file edits. While GitHub Copilot subscribers can […]

President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for the TikTok ban by 75 days. Trump shared a post on Truth Social on Friday stating that he is signing an executive order to allow for more time to finalize a deal. “My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we […]

Another deadline looms for TikTok's sale or shut down, but President Trump will likely step in.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol are cracking down on border entries, including a rise in electronic checks that let agents scroll through your electronic devices.

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As of April 4, these are the best Nintendo Switch game deals we could find following the April 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Direct reveal.

A year ago, Bluesky was opening up to the public and was known as one of the many X competitors that emerged after Elon Musk acquired the network formerly known as Twitter. Today, Bluesky’s social network has grown to over 33 million users, while the technology it’s built upon — the AT Protocol (or ATProto […]

A protester interrupted Microsoft’s Copilot-focused keynote Friday afternoon, calling attention to the company’s reported dealings with the Israeli military. “Shame on you,” the protester said. “You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military […] All of Microsoft has blood on its hands.” Microsoft Head […]

The perception of San Francisco has been on the decline for years due to a number of factors. The city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, joined TechCrunch’s Maxwell Zeff to talk about Lurie’s efforts to turn that around. Lurie highlighted his administrative and on-the-ground efforts in a push for San Francisco to remain the center of the […]

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week reminded us that different startups share a different approach to news: Some choose to remain quiet for a very long time, even about their acquisition […]

Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, would not seem to be in the line of fire from tariffs. But President Trump’s trade actions are hitting even social networking businesses.

Flexport’s business is built on supply chains, and the new tariffs the U.S. is placing upon its trading partners have plunged international trade into chaos. Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen joined TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos for a StrictlyVC conversation on the ins and outs of the tariffs’ impact, the industry’s reaction, and […]

On Friday, Google released API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, an AI reasoning model with industry-leading performance on several benchmarks measuring coding, reasoning, and math. For prompts up to 200,000 tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens (roughly 750,000 words, longer than the entire “Lord of The Rings” series) and $10 per […]

Both firms hoped to raise at least $1 billion in their public market debuts.

For its 50th birthday, Microsoft is teaching its AI-powered Copilot chatbot a few new tricks. Copilot can now take action on “most websites,” Microsoft says, enabling it to book tickets, reserve restaurants, and more. The bot has gained the ability to remember specific things about you, similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, like your favorite food and […]

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In an unprecedented move, Nintendo has pushed preorders for its highly-anticipated Switch 2 to an unknown date. Why? Trump's tariffs.

As of April 4, you can score a Bestway Hydro-Force Kayak Set for just $69.99 at Woot. That's 77% off the list price.

Since IPOs slowed to trickle a few years ago, limited partners who invest in venture capital funds have had one giant problem: a dearth of liquidity. Lack of cash returns has been especially troublesome for wealthy individuals or their small family offices – who manage the assets of the wealthy – that made substantial investments […]

Following an April 2 livestream, Nintendo announced that some marquee games for the Nintendo Switch 2 will cost $79.99. What does that mean for the new generation of the popular handheld gaming console?

The two have long been divided on whether speech can be restricted, and when. Under the Trump administration, the gap is widening.

As of April 4, you can buy a Cuisinart Single0Serve Coffee Maker and Grinder for $59.99 at Woot. That's a 52% discount. But it's only at this price for the next 14 hours.

The best Amazon deals on April 4 include the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer, Garmin Approach S12, JBL Live Pro 2, and JBL Go 4.

Nintendo is delaying preorders for the newly announced Switch 2 in the U.S. due to concerns around President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Preorders will no longer begin on April 9. “Preorders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025, in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market […]

YouTube Shorts gets new in-app video editing tools, including clip rearrangement, music, text, templates, and AI-powered features.