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X’s new DMs feature, XChat, has begun rolling out to beta testers. Some X users who pay for the platform’s subscription product have reported that they can access XChat, while reverse engineer Nima Owji confirmed to TechCrunch that the new messaging system appears to be ready to ship. XChat is intended to be a more […]

“People agree with what he’s trying to do. But some people just need a villain,” a source tells WIRED.

Dating app Tinder is testing height as a preference, but not a filter.

Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, is gaining a more prominent place in your inbox with the launch of email summary cards, which will appear at the top of your emails. The company announced Thursday that users would have to tap an option to summarize an email with AI. However, the AI will now automatically summarize the […]

A judge queried lawyers during closing arguments on Friday about how A.I. should factor into his decision, which is expected by August.

We’re thrilled by the overwhelming response to our call for speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After a careful selection process, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 impressive finalists—10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtables. Now it’s your turn to help shape the agenda. Audience Choice voting […]

As we count down the final days to TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, we’re offering one last chance to score a special deal. We’ve launched the TC Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — your shot to show off your AI knowledge and win big. Just answer a few short AI-specific […]

Exhibit tables for TechCrunch All Stage — happening July 15 in Boston — are almost gone. If your product can help founders scale or your innovation can supercharge startups, this is your moment to shine. Here’s the deal: The deadline to book is June 6, but we’re almost sold out. That last 6’ table could […]

The Acer Chromebook 516 GE, a great alternative to entry-level gaming laptops, is on sale for just $449 at Best Buy — 31% off.

As of May 30, you can get the Lego Super Mario Piranha Plant (71426) for $47.99, down from $59.99, at Amazon.

Learn essential smartphone maintenance tips to free up space, enhance speed and secure personal data through digital and physical cleaning techniques.

June 5 is almost here — bringing real, unfiltered AI conversations… and higher ticket prices. Lock in your savings now. Register now to save $300 on your TechCrunch Sessions: AI pass — and get 50% off for your +1. Don’t wait for rates to spike when event doors open. Join us at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach […]

Two years after Sam Altman pitched Congress on AI guardrails, he's back in Washington with a new message: To beat China, invest in OpenAI.

As of May 30, get the Amazon Fire TV Soundbar for $30 off.

Elon Musk increased his drug taking during the 2024 presidential campaign in which he donated around $270 million to help elect Donald Trump.

The elusive boss of the Trickbot and Conti cybercriminal groups has been known only as “Stern.” Now, German law enforcement has published his alleged identity—and it’s a familiar face.

Thanks to this gadget, my grooming routine has never been easier (or more painless).

According to physics, one burns more calories than the other—and the winner might surprise you.

The photo gallery app in Honor's latest midrange phones has an image-to-video generative AI feature powered by Google. It'll probably come to your phone soon.

Siemens EDA, Cadence and Synopsys have received notices from the U.S. Commerce Department about new export controls on chip design software to China.

As of May 30, the Sony WF-C700N earbuds are on sale at Amazon for $78. They're usually listed for $119.99, so you're saving 35%.

Misfits Market, the online platform that delivers imperfect groceries to help minimize waste, announced the acquisition of household restocking service The Rounds on Friday. As a result of the deal, Misfits Market plans to take on over 250 items from The Rounds’ inventory. This allows the company to diversify into additional categories, such as household […]

Save 60% on the iRobot Roomba Q0120 at Amazon, now under $100.

As of May 30, the Sony ULT Field 1 is on sale at Amazon for $88. Normally it's listed for $129.99, so you're saving 32%.

Our top picks are comfy, cozy, and suited to every body.

Save 23% on the Apple Pencil Pro at Amazon.

As of May 30, the Garmin Forerunner 265 is on sale at Amazon for $349.99. It's usually listed for $449.99, so you're getting 22% off.

Save 42% on the Amazon Fire Max 11 at Amazon.

We explain the SkinTok trends behind exosome treatments and why experts are so skeptical.

Jimmy Kimmel has trolled Trump over his "TACO" nickname with a Village People parody.

“These products are really explicitly being designed to take away people’s jobs.”

Google has fixed a bug that led AI Overviews to say it's 2024 when it was asked if this year is 2025.

Programs that let people borrow an ebike for a few days at a time are blooming around the US. They’re convenient for all, but they also provide free transport for those priced out of bike ownership.

Discover the steps to download your Facebook data on desktop and mobile, ensuring you have a backup of your photos, messages and account activity.

Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.

The YouTubers turned A24 horror auteurs' psycho-biddy follow-up to "Talk to Me" is now playing.

Answers to each clue for the May 30, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

The unemployment rate for recent college graduates has jumped as companies try to replace entry-level workers with artificial intelligence.

NASA's Perseverance rover has two microphones to record Mars noise. Here's what scientists have learned about sound on the Red Planet.

Amazon isn't just home to designer dupes, but legit pre-loved versions of the real thing. You can find vintage Cartier Tank watches, Rolexes, and Chanel bags.

The rise of AI porn is the next frontier in self-pleasure, but it poses a threat to the livelihoods of people working in porn.

SwiftScan VIP can scan, edit, and save any document, and it's only $42 for life

Meet the 2020 MacBook Air, a laptop that's packed with power and productivity thanks to the M1 chip, 16-core Neural engine, and more for only $514.99 (reg. $1,299).

Headway gives you insights from some of the most popular non-fiction books available, and it's only $60.

PDF Converter Pro can edit, convert, and annotate PDFs — and it's only $24 for life.

Ana de Armas appeared on "Hot Ones" to take on the spicy wing challenge opposite host Sean Evans.

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

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1441 on May 30 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

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.

Grammarly has secured a $1 billion commitment from General Catalyst. The 14-year-old writing assistant startup will use the new funds for its sales and marketing efforts, freeing up existing capital to make strategic acquisitions. Unlike a traditional venture round, General Catalyst will not receive an equity stake in the company in return for the investment. […]

Sahil Lavingia, who says he was fired from DOGE after speaking out about his experiences there, told WIRED about how he communicated with the group, who appears to be in charge, and what might be coming next.

Meta says loosening its enforcement policies earlier this year led to fewer erroneous takedowns on Facebook and Instagram—and didn't broadly expose users to more harmful content.

"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.

The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting companies, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will […]

The head of a major AI company is warning the public about mass job loss due to artificial intelligence.

Nicole Hollander, who previously slept in Twitter's offices while assisting Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, appears to be stepping away from a key role in the General Services Administration.

At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, the spotlight is on the future of artificial intelligence and the startups shaping it. This high-energy event brings together founders, investors, and technologists to explore how AI is transforming industries — from the pitch deck to full-scale deployment. We’re proud to spotlight our partners — not just for their support, but […]

When asked to confirm the current year, Google’s AI-generated top result confidently answers, “No, it is not 2025.”

OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely tells WIRED his new platform, Subs, will help creators earn more money, using longform video, video calls, and a suite of AI features.

The new supercomputer shows the increasing desire of government labs to adopt more technologies from commercial artificial intelligence systems.

The US says it will "aggressively revoke" Chinese student visas and has paused interviews for all student visa applicants. Experts warn the moves could weaken American leadership in STEM.

A new poll finds Democrats and Republicans agree they don't like a moratorium on regulating AI.

AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots. The company announced a pair of open-source robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robot that has 66 actuated degrees of freedom, or 66 independent movements, including the ability to walk and […]

Black Forest Labs, the AI startup whose models once powered the image generation features of X’s Grok chatbot, on Thursday released a new suite of image-generating models — some of which can both create and edit pics. The most capable of the models in the new family, called Flux.1 Kontext, can be prompted with text […]

Tesla has only been testing its driverless robotaxi service in Austin, Texas for "several days," according to Elon Musk.

Tinder Gold and Premium subscribers in the test group will have access to the feature, but not free users.

Delaware’s attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI’s for-profit conversion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The independent evaluation could prolong the transition, or gum up OpenAI’s plans even further. OpenAI’s conversion will help it attract new investment and eventually go public, but first, the startup needs to secure approvals […]

Delaware's attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI's for-profit conversion.

Spencer Rascoff is taking over as Tinder CEO in July, and he wants to make a lot of changes.

You might have seen the viral video of a kangaroo being denied access to a flight. It isn't real.

A member of a California-based fight club seems to have attended an event hosted by groups with ties to an organization the US government labeled a terrorist group. Will the Trump administration care?

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Pro plan that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs is available on the web, iOS, and Android, and coming soon to Perplexity’s apps for Mac and Windows. “Perplexity Labs can help you […]

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On Thursday, Anduril and Meta announced news that feels like a fairy tale ending for Anduril co-founder, Palmer Luckey. The two companies are working together to build extended reality (XR) devices for the U.S. military, Anduril announced in a blog post. “I am glad to be working with Meta once again,” Luckey is quoted as […]

YouTube announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks. With this integration, viewers will soon be able to use Google Lens to search what they see while watching Shorts. For example, if you’re watching a Short filmed in a location that you’re interested in visiting, you can select […]

DeepSeek’s updated R1 reasoning AI model might be getting the bulk of the AI community’s attention this week. But the Chinese AI lab also released a smaller, “distilled” version of its new R1, DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, that DeepSeek claims beats comparably-sized models on certain benchmarks. The smaller updated R1, which was built using the Qwen3-8B model Alibaba […]

The Treasury said FUNNULL was involved in providing infrastructure for pig butchering crypto scams.

The trailer for "The Home," the new horror film from "The Purge" writer/director James DeMonaco starring Pete Davidson, has dropped.

WhatsApp Status now lets you personalize updates with features like music, stickers, and layouts, similar to Instagram Stories.

If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Tesla’s energy division.

The Sonos Era 300 speaker is on sale at Amazon for $359 — that's 20% off its usual cost and matches its all-time low.

Just ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next month, Apple on Thursday announced new figures related to the U.S. App Store’s financial success. The company says its U.S. App Store ecosystem has generated $406 billion in developer billings and sales in 2024 — a figure that’s nearly tripled in size since 2019, when it then […]

The DJI Power 1000 portable power station is on sale at Amazon for $549 with the on-page coupon, down from the normal price of $999. That's a 45% discount.

Get a year's worth of Spotify Premium for $45 when you purchase a $99 gift card at Amazon.

A mysterious security incident has indefinitely shut down Victoria Secret's website.

As of May 29, save 50% on 'The Last of Us' games at Amazon.

The Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar is on sale for just $369 at Amazon, down from its usual $499. That's 26% in savings.

In a surprise ruling on Wednesday, a U.S. Trade Court blocked President Trump from imposing tariffs under emergency powers.

As of May 29, get this $22 emergency lantern that lets you charge your phone by hand crank.

The Govee Outdoor String Lights are just $54.99 at Govee, down from the normal price of $99. That's a 45% discount.

Based on Richard Osman's wildly popular cozy crime novel, Netflix's "The Thursday Murder Club" movie has released a trailer.

Apple's iPad Pro is now $150 off, bringing it under $850 for the first time ever. Shop now at Amazon.

Tesla has updated its iPhone app with the ability to show Supercharging info as a Live Activity.