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Some of our favorite heated blankets are on sale (and might even arrive in time for you to use this weekend).

To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies.

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more […]

The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes."

Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.

The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.

Silicon Valley’s power brokers spent the past year currying favor with President Trump. Two deadly shootings in Minneapolis are now exposing the price of that bargain.

The CEO of retailer GameStop, Ryan Cohen, has said he wants to acquire a publicly traded company.

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Today is the last day to lock in a plus-one pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisco.

WIRED has been testing beard trimmers for six years. Our favorite is compact, reliable, ridiculously adjustable, and offers a five-year warranty.

Every television deserves a row of speakers to call its own. These are our favorite soundbars from Samsung, Yamaha, Bose, and more.

The notoriously challenging book is being rereleased for its 30th anniversary. Its fandom is annoying, sure—but at least they read.

Microsoft's latest financial results make for grim reading for anyone invested – emotionally or otherwise – in the future of Xbox. The headline figure is that revenue from the company's gaming operations fell by 9% year-on-year in the three months from October to December last year, but within that is the really dramatic figure: a 32% crash in hardware revenue.

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Tech giant Google has started to open access to its latest AI tool, Project Genie, which allows users to create "playable worlds".

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With impeccable accuracy and poise, Samsung’s midrange OLED dazzles on the little things.

The Supreme Court of Austria has ruled that the loot boxes in the FIFA games do not constitute gambling as they do require some skill.

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Great keyboard technology inside a disappointing, conceptually flawed ceramic shell.

What is NAD+? Here’s how it works in your body, why it matters, and if supplementation is worth the hype.

Virtually every aspect of your health can be traced back to your microbiome. But some tests are better than others.