iFixit Says Switch 2 Is Probably Still Drift Prone

The long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 finally dropped this week, and while it makes a number of big improvements on its predecessor—things like a better screen, beefier internal specs, and more accessible controls—there is one thing it’s worse at. According to the repairability advocates and gleeful disassemblers at iFixit, it’s even harder to fix than the… Continue reading iFixit Says Switch 2 Is Probably Still Drift Prone

Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

For years, gray-market services known as “bulletproof” hosts have been a key tool for cybercriminals looking to anonymously maintain web infrastructure with no questions asked. But as global law enforcement scrambles to crack down on digital threats, they have developed strategies for getting customer information from these hosts and have increasingly targeted the people behind… Continue reading Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

Elon Musk’s Fight With Trump Threatens $48 Billion in Government Contracts

Elon Musk’s business empire, including SpaceX, Starlink, and Tesla, collectively stands to lose at least $48 billion in sales over roughly the next decade if President Donald Trump acts on his veiled threat to cancel the companies’ contracts with the US government, according to a WIRED review of publicly available data. Amid growing criticism from… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Fight With Trump Threatens $48 Billion in Government Contracts

Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil, marking a major policy shift that occurred just weeks after lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation with the same aim. The order instructs the FAA to end the overland supersonic ban and… Continue reading Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders

TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I’ve spent a decade covering Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, so it would be natural for me to weigh in here about the billionaire’s public fallout with… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like

Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI

With the latest moves from both companies, life is getting increasingly treacherous for AI startups. With the latest moves from both companies, life is getting increasingly treacherous for AI startups. Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a… Continue reading Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI

Tesla’s Optimus robot VP is reportedly leaving the company

The head of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company, according to Bloomberg News. The departure comes as Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed the company will have “thousands” of Optimus robots operating in its factories by the end of this year. “And we expect to scale Optimus up faster than… Continue reading Tesla’s Optimus robot VP is reportedly leaving the company

Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped design Rivian’s first electric bike

LoveFrom, the creative firm founded by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive, played a role in the development of Rivian’s first electric bike, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch.  For about 18 months, a handful of LoveFrom staff worked alongside Rivian’s design team and engineers within a skunkworks program led by Specialized’s former… Continue reading Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped design Rivian’s first electric bike

Toyota has another $20,000 electric SUV for China: Meet the bZ5

When will Toyota launch an electric SUV for under $20,000 in the US or Europe? We’ll keep dreaming. Toyota is launching the new bZ5 electric SUV next week in China amid an intensifying EV price war. The new SUV will draw power from BYD’s batteries and EV powertrain as Toyota looks to get a leg… Continue reading Toyota has another $20,000 electric SUV for China: Meet the bZ5

‘Everything’s computer’ no more: Trump wants to sell his Tesla from that dumb ad

Not even three months ago, convicted felon Donald Trump and his largest funder, ketamine-fueled Tesla CEO Elon Musk, appeared together on the White House lawn, improperly using government resources to do a low-budget ad to help Tesla get out of the sales ditch that Musk has dug for it. Now, amidst an explosive feud between… Continue reading ‘Everything’s computer’ no more: Trump wants to sell his Tesla from that dumb ad