June 21, 2025
Tech
The Download: Talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction
AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose chatbots for sex talk too,…
June 21, 2025
Tech
‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit
Midjourney’s new AI-generated video tool will produce animated clips featuring copyrighted characters from Disney and Universal, WIRED has found—including video…
June 21, 2025
Tech
Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid
If becoming a spy sounds like an exciting way to live like a le Carré character, let this newest affidavit…
June 20, 2025
Tech
The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene
Early-stage micromobility has shifted over the last few years. The cowboy antics of e-scooter companies causing chaos in a bid…
June 20, 2025
Tech
After trying to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32B AI startup, Meta looks to hire its CEO
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI talent hiring spree continues. In recent months, Meta tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, the $32 billion AI…
June 20, 2025
Tech
3 more days to save up to $210 on your TC All Stage pass
The countdown is on — you have just 3 days left to save on your pass to TechCrunch All Stage,…
June 20, 2025
Tech
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT Review: Great Value Gaming
It’s AMD’s turn. After months of $2,000+ GPUs and long discussions of DLSS, we’re finally on the red team’s turf.…
June 20, 2025
Tech
How a 30-year-old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation
In April, Mark Zuckerberg, as tech billionaires are so fond of doing these days, pontificated at punishing length on a…
June 20, 2025
Tech
The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV
The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved lenacapavir, an injectable form of HIV prevention that is almost 100…
June 20, 2025
Tech
’28 Years Later’ Director Danny Boyle Says Shooting on iPhones Let Him Capture ‘Startling’ Violence
In 2001, Danny Boyle had a problem. To make his new postapocalyptic horror movie, 28 Days Later, he had to…