Uber is entering India’s growing B2B logistics market by extending its partnership with the Indian government-backed nonprofit that aims to break the domination of the e-commerce duo Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart and widen digital commerce in the South Asian nation. On Monday, the ride-hailing giant announced it will soon launch its B2B logistics service through… Continue reading Uber eyes B2B logistics push in India through state-backed open commerce network
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Tesla starts accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, confirms insane depreciation
Tesla Cybertruck (Source: Tesla) Tesla has started accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, something that wasn’t the case more than a year after deliveries of the electric pickup truck started. We are starting to see why Tesla didn’t accept its own vehicle as a trade-in: the depreciation is insane. The Cybertruck has been a commercial flop. When Tesla… Continue reading Tesla starts accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, confirms insane depreciation
21 Best High School Graduation Gifts (2025)
For the grad who is constantly jotting down random thoughts, mapping out to-do lists, or prefers hand-written notes, a digital notebook is an excellent choice, and they won’t run out of pages. The ReMarkable 2, the top pick in our Best Digital Notebooks guide, has a matte screen that feels like paper, and writing on… Continue reading 21 Best High School Graduation Gifts (2025)
Heybike’s Alpha step-through e-bike is an affordable, all-terrain dreamboat
I’ve tested out a number of e-bikes in my time here at TechCrunch. And I’ve never been so tempted to hang onto one as I have with Heybike’s new Alpha. This sturdy, fat-tire, all-terrain e-bike is worth the $1,699 price tag. The Alpha ticked a whole lot of my boxes, including ones I didn’t even… Continue reading Heybike’s Alpha step-through e-bike is an affordable, all-terrain dreamboat
Benevolent Orca Pods Are Adopting Baby Pilot Whales in an Apparent Effort to Clean Up the Species’ Image
As so-called “killer whales” have made news over the past few years for violent boat attacks in European waters, marine biologists have noticed a far sweeter behavior in Iceland’s frigid waves: the adoption of a baby whale from an entirely different species. In interviews with Scientific American, scientists described their shock at observing a pilot whale… Continue reading Benevolent Orca Pods Are Adopting Baby Pilot Whales in an Apparent Effort to Clean Up the Species’ Image
Something Wild Happens When You Try to Take a Video of a Car’s Sensors
Public service announcement: don’t point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. A video recently shared on Reddit demonstrates why. As the camera zooms in on the sensor affixed to the top of a Volvo EX90, a whole galaxy of colorful dots is burned into the image, forming over the exact spot that the… Continue reading Something Wild Happens When You Try to Take a Video of a Car’s Sensors
Engineers Reveal Robot That Takes Care of Old People So You Don’t Have to
The United States is not a great place for old people, to put it lightly. Though the elderly population is at its highest number in history, seniors face a myriad of unprecedented crises in the form of AI-powered insurance claims denial, unwalkable communities, and eldercare abuse. That’s not to mention the prospect of growing old… Continue reading Engineers Reveal Robot That Takes Care of Old People So You Don’t Have to
Elon Musk Is Doing Business With Actual Terrorists, Nonprofit Finds
Who’s paying for a blue checkmark on X-formerly-Twitter these days? According to a new report by the big tech accountability nonprofit Tech Transparency Project (TTP), the answer is: a bunch of terrorists. The TTP investigation found that more than 200 X users including individuals who appear to be affiliated with Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis,… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Doing Business With Actual Terrorists, Nonprofit Finds
Startup Claims Its “Superwood” Is Stronger Than Steel
A new startup claims it can mass-produce “Superwood,” a material that’s stronger and lighter than steel, with 90 percent lower carbon emissions compared to the widely used alloy. InventWood, the company behind the material, says its new product “has the capacity to substitute up to 80 percent of steel used globally,” and “reduce greenhouse gas… Continue reading Startup Claims Its “Superwood” Is Stronger Than Steel
I used two GPS hiking apps for backpacking and I’ll do it again
A thing about me is I do belong among the wildflowers. A thing about me is I do belong among the wildflowers. Elizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. For most of my… Continue reading I used two GPS hiking apps for backpacking and I’ll do it again