Timef 06/13/2025

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he isn't confident that the U.S. will change its mind on chip export restrictions anytime soon.

Experts say that disrupting the electrification plans for the US car fleet could lead to long-term pain.

Best Buy is giving away a free $100 Best Buy gift card when you buy a Samsung Galaxy Ring for $399.99.

These 2-in-1 computers upgrade the norm with touchscreen displays, 360-degree hinges, and detachable keyboards.

As of June 13, you can get the Dewalt 20V MAX cordless drill and impact driver power tool combo kit (and two batteries) for $149.

Apple is planning to launch a big Siri overhaul in 2026.

These hard-working travel totes handle everything from a work trip to a weekend getaway.

Pentagon rules sharply limit US Marines and National Guard activity in Los Angeles, prohibiting arrests, surveillance, and other customary police work.

Teenagers can be scary and impossible to shop for. These adolescent-approved gifts can help.

Whether you’re a no-frills backpacker or a bag-checking fashionista, there’s a perfect packing cube out there for you.

Here are some of the top startups from Y Combinator's Spring 2025 Demo Day that caught investors' and our attention.

Whether you’re a founder gearing up for your next raise or a VC scouting your next portfolio win, TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, packs more into one day than most multi-day conferences manage to deliver. This isn’t your typical sit-and-listen event. It’s designed to help you build momentum in […]

Iconiq pursued Chime because the founders were focused, and didn’t get distracted by "shiny new objects."

“One of the things we’ve learned is people really do care about what it looks like when it’s on your head.”

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

As of June 13, the Sonos Ace headphones are on sale at Amazon for $329. This is 27% off their list price of $449.

How to watch the Major League Cricket for free. Live stream 2025 Major League Cricket for free from anywhere in the world.

“These pay packages that they’re offering are stretching into nine figures.”

According to physics, any blanket can cool you—for a few minutes. But a real cooling blanket is possible with phase-change materials.

On Yupp, chatbot users earn cash by saying which of two prompts they prefer—info that has great value to the AI companies running the models

Taylor Tomlinson's final episode of "After Midnight" has aired. Watch her last monologue.

Many mattress and bedding brands use “natural” and “organic” in their descriptions, but what does that really mean? Here's what to look for.

Tesla's upgraded Model S and Model X look mostly the same as before.

As of June 13, the 44mm Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 is on sale at Amazon for $279.99. It normally retails for $379.99, so you're saving 26%.

More of the same never felt so good.

Take control of your digital privacy with actionable tips like Facebook privacy checkup, location tracking management and data removal services to protect your personal information.

Sean Byrne's sharky serial killer thriller marks a new chapter for the Aussie leading man.

These addictive smartphone games are perfect for the small screen in your pocket.

Launch day has come and gone, so where can you buy the Switch 2 online? Get updates and check the latest stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, and more.

How to watch Queen's Tennis for free. Live stream Zheng vs. Raducanu in the 2025 Queen's Club Championships for free.

How to watch Queen's Tennis for free. Live stream Shnaider vs. Keys in the 2025 Queen's Club Championships for free.

As of June 13, the 11-inch Apple iPad (A16 chip, 128GB, WiFi) is on sale at Amazon for $299. This is 14% off its list price of $349.

Deciding between a robot vacuum and stick vacuum? The Eufy E20 is both, and I was thoroughly impressed while testing it at home.

Amazon just dropped a new lineup of Kindles. I reviewed the 2024 Kindle Paperwhite, and it's the best e-reader out there.

Save 13% on the Apple Pencil (USB-C) at Amazon.

Dakota Johnson appeared on "Hot Ones" opposite host Sean Evans to take on the spicy wing challenge.

Save 31% on the SHOKZ OpenRun Pro at Amazon.

Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized his company’s ambitions around a hypothetical future that is suddenly the talk of Silicon Valley.

Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized his company’s ambitions around a hypothetical future that is suddenly the talk of Silicon Valley.

The Nintendo Switch 2 improves upon the original in ways both expected and deeply unexpected.

We've gone through the major changes in iOS 26; now it's time to dive into the finer details.

The Kindle Paperwhite Signature is Amazon's highest end Kindle, stocked with lots of storage. But with a $200 price tag, you're better off with just the Paperwhite.

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await.

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.

The Tianwen-2 probe has sent a self-portrait as it heads toward one of the most enigmatic objects in our space neighborhood: the quasi-moon Kamo’oalewa.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes some hard-to-believe — and hard to prove — claims about AI.

Are Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, and Pedro Pascal perfectly miscast in Celine Song's "Materialists"? Review.

Get an Apple MacBook Air for only $199.97 (reg. $999) through July 20, while supplies last.

Dean Dublois returns to direct the live action "How to Train Your Dragon." But how does it fare? Movie review.

Take advantage of this amazing deal on 1TB of cloud storage for life from Koofr Cloud Storage, now just $119.97 (reg. $810) with code KOOFR through July 20.

Master PDFs once and for all with this lifetime license to PDF Converter Pro, now just $23.99 (reg. $99.99) with code SAVE20 through July 20.

Give your wallet a major upgrade with a 1-year Sam's Club Membership with Auto-Renew, now just $25 (reg. $50).

Save 13% on the Amazon Fire TV 32-inch 2-Series at Amazon.

The U.S. government's climate and weather website Climate.gov may shut down after its entire content production team was cut.

Netflix has dropped its trailer for "Brick", a mystery/thriller from writer/director Philip Koch about a couple trapped in their apartment by a mysterious brick wall.

Answers to each clue for the June 13, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has taken direct images of a distant planetary system, revealing two exotic giant exoplanets.

Data-labeling firm Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a "significant" investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion.

Data-labeling firm Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a "significant" investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion.

Get Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac at just $39.99 — lifetime access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with no subscription fees.

How to watch the NBA for free. Live stream Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (Game 4) in the 2025 NBA Finals for free.

Nothing impresses like home-made ice cream.

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" #1455 on June 13 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.

As of Thursday, June 12, Walmart had Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World bundles for sale, though only via third-party sellers.

Launched in April, the Meta AI platform offers a “discover” feed that includes user queries containing medical, legal, and other seemingly sensitive information.

A Cloudflare representative claimed that Google Cloud was the cause of the widespread internet outage experienced Thursday, June 12.

Sign up for Amazon Prime before Prime Day to access exclusive deals and content.

Lately, Felicis, like most VCs, has been all over AI. Its portfolio now includes, for example, Browser Use, Poolside, Runway, and Supabase.

Meta has taken legal action against the advertisers behind a popular deepfake porn app, as the company recommits to its ad policies.

Google Cloud is reporting service outages across the globe.

It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically what it feels like right now on the new standalone Meta AI app, where swathes of people are publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot. When you ask […]

Cloudflare experience issues on Thursday, which can be an issue for large swaths of the internet.

Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it's just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.

A "Spaceballs" sequel starring Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Keke Palmer, and Mel Brooks is coming in 2027.

Major online retailers' websites are still working amid this afternoon's massive internet outage, including Amazon.

XGS Energy will build the new power plant in New Mexico.

Tesla alleges that Zhongjie Li stole confidential trade secrets and used them to launch a robotics startup a week after he left Tesla.

Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday, affecting a range of services, from global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. At 11:19 am PT, Cloudflare said it was investigating service disruptions affecting its customers, according to its status page. At 12:12 pm PT, Cloudflare said it was starting to see its […]

Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday, affecting a range of services, from global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. It appears that a Google Cloud outage is at root of these other service disruptions. Google Cloud said it started investigating service issues affecting its customers at 11:46am PT. The company […]

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

A massive outage hit several internet services on Thursday, including AWS, Cloudflare, Google, Twitch, and dozens more platforms.

Countless sites and providers went down on Thursday. The internet still managed to make jokes.

Is Google down? Here's what you need to know about the widespread outages across Google Meet, Nest, Cloudflare, and more.

On Thursday, June 12, Down Detector recorded widespread errors across the web, with users reporting outages at Twitch, Google, Gmail, and Discord.

The Olto is the newest entry into the always-churning market for electric two-wheelers, and it will cost $3,495.

Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital.  Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company has raised nearly $180 million in funding to […]

Ninja's collab with MomTok creators just dropped and shoppers can get 20% off the dirty soda packs and Ninja Thirsti Max bundles.

The undocumented migrant community in the United States is using social networks and other digital platforms to send alerts about raids and the presence of immigration agents around the US.

At WWDC 2025, Apple announced several AI features, such as a workout coach, live translation, and more.

Snapchat is introducing a suite of new tools and features to make it easier for creators to post and share content on its platform.

Need to make a dinner reservation or change your flight? Now AI agents can do that for you. This episode of Uncanny Valley looks into what Sam Altman calls “the next giant breakthrough.”

In 2016 when Chime desperately needed cash, over 100 VCs said no. One seed VC, took a chance and saved the company, co-founder Ryan King recalls.

The iPhone maker quietly updated a February security advisory to publicize a flaw that was used to hack at least two journalists in Europe.

Upgrade your PC for just A$23 with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license, on sale through 20 July.

A mint-green Labubu figure just sold for over $150,000 at a Beijing auction, making it the most expensive Labubu ever.

Our senior shopping reporter rounds up some last-minute Father's Day deals and gifts, like next-day Prime shipping on Yeti coolers or Beats headphones.

Barbie-maker Mattel and OpenAI have teamed up to bring generative AI to the toy-making and ever-expanding pipeline of IP repackaging.

Amazon is quietly doubling it ads from Prime Video.

Amazon shoppers can get a free $30 gift card with their purchase of the Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones, which are on sale for $448.

The Chapter 11 filing will let Powin continue operating while it restructures its debt.

The 13-inch Macbook Air M4 is on sale at Amazon for $849, down from the normal price of $999. That's a 15% discount.

As of June 12, get the Samsung Galaxy A16 for under $200 at Amazon.

An experiment to launch AI-generated summaries on Wikipedia pages has been paused after backlash from its community of editors.

House Democrats sent letters to the potential buyers of the genetic testing company, asking how they plan to protect customer genetic data under a change of ownership.

Smartphone startup Nothing will sell its next flagship model, the Nothing Phone (3), in the U.S. through its website and Amazon.

Instagram is finally going to let users rearrange their grid, and is testing a way for users to quietly post to their profile without having the content appear in users' feeds.

The 4-year-old startup nabbed a $20 million Series B from SignalFire.

Instagram introduces new creative tools, including customizable grid layouts, Spotify sharing in Notes, and custom fonts inspired by Rosalía.

Smartphone startup Nothing will sell its next flagship model, the Nothing Phone (3), in the U.S. through its website and Amazon.

Sterling Stock Picker uses AI from the creators of ChatGPT to help you navigate the stock market, and right now you can secure a lifetime subscription for $55.19 (reg. $486) with code SAVE20 through July 20.

Here are the top products Mashable readers bought in May 2025, including Fire TV sticks, tons of Apple products, and Sony WH-1000XM6s.

As of June 12, get the 65-inch Toshiba C350 Fire TV for its lowest price yet at Amazon.

How to do the TikTok trend that lets AI finish your photo, who will be taken by the police TikTok trend

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

"The Diplomat," starring Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, Allison Janney, and Bradley Whitford, returns this fall on Netflix.

Nintendo Switch 2 accessories include Hori camera, Samsung microSD express cards, and more.

Robert Malone, a mainstay in conspiratorial circles, and Martin Kulldorff, a coauthor of the widely criticized Great Barrington Declaration, are two of the most concerning picks.