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WhatsApp is launching usernames: here’s how to reserve yours
WhatsApp is introducing a new way to add and chat with contacts, without having to share your phone number. Usernames will launch "later this year," …
WhatsApp now lets you reserve usernames
WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 35 characters.
Dbrand’s Steam Machine Companion Cube is canceled
Dbrand announced Monday that it's refunding everyone who bought its Steam Machine Companion Cube, which it said it made "without a license from Valve." Dbrand …
Wildwood featurette lifts the veil on building its stop-motion world
Director Travis Knight is also the creative mind behind 2016's Oscar-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings.
In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications
"We believe this will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry."
Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space …
"Where does the threshold live that an action necessitates some proportional reaction?"
These camera-free smart glasses made me feel like Tony Stark
Xgimi, the Chinese company known for its all-in-one smart projectors, is expanding its portfolio with a new line of screen-equipped smart glasses that first debuted …
Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency independence
The Supreme Court just placed once-independent agencies more firmly under presidential control. The court ruled in Slaughter v. Trump with a 6-3 vote that President …
Rocket Lab continues buying spree by acquiring satellite company Iridium
The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.
Comcast is splitting its media and broadband properties
NBCUniversal and Sky will be spun off into separate companies.
Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices
Pocket sells a $129 credit card-shaped puck, which sticks to the back of your phone, and promises unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and to-do items.
Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet
Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.
Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity
The company's productivity-focused gadget helps you set timers, block apps, and display custom messages and widgets on an LED display.
NASA's X-59 "frankenjet" tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom
NASA’s quiet supersonic flight tests could eventually go on a national tour.
China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity
China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM …
California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1
Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.
Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI …
Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to …
Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short
"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?
Clicking on the links now reveals blank pages and empty PDFs. "Intellectually, it’s not acceptable.”
China claims the world’s fastest supercomputer
Despite trade restrictions, China has reclaimed the title of the world's fastest supercomputer for the first time since 2018. LineShine has pushed El Capitan out …
Writer Ian Bogost says ‘The Small Stuff’ can help us reclaim our …
Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things?
The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece
I'm sure we're all familiar with Dark Crystal, so we know that Jim Henson can be weird and tackle slightly more mature subject matter. But …
TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
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