For years, the anonymity service Tor has been the best way to stay private online and dodge web censorship. Much to the ire of governments and law enforcement agencies, Tor encrypts your web traffic and sends it through a chain of computers, making it very hard for people to track you online. Authoritarian governments see… Continue reading How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship
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Biden’s climate plan is back, and it’s all about building things
It’s been a long road for the “Build Back Better” plan — but Wednesday night, after over a year of both public and private negotiations, we finally saw a proposal that could actually clear Congress. Renamed the “Inflation Reduction Act,” the new Sen. Manchin-endorsed proposal would raise roughly $740 billion in revenue through a combination… Continue reading Biden’s climate plan is back, and it’s all about building things
Watch Annapurna Interactive’s games showcase here at 3PM ET
Annapurna Interactive is set to hold its second games showcase today at 3PM and you can watch it below (we’ll embed the stream once it’s available). The powerhouse indie publisher just released one of the most anticipated games of the year in Stray, as well as the acclaimed, speedrun-friendly Neon White. It’s about to offer… Continue reading Watch Annapurna Interactive’s games showcase here at 3PM ET
Hitoki Trident hands-on: Precision craftsmanship meets a stoney day at the planetarium
There is no better, brighter, more shining example of humanity’s immeasurable resourcefulness and engineering imagination than in the myriad ways we’ve come up with to get stoned, whether we’re smoking it, eating it, drinking it, pressing it between two really hot plates and then smoking the gooey runoff or gently heating it in a ceramic… Continue reading Hitoki Trident hands-on: Precision craftsmanship meets a stoney day at the planetarium
Instagram starts asking some users about their race and ethnicity
Between the controversy over Instagram’s attempts to ape TikTok and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noting that the volume of recommended content is set to double over the next year, the app has barely been out of the news this week. Now, the Instagram team wants to know more about the experiences of marginalized communities in… Continue reading Instagram starts asking some users about their race and ethnicity
Pixel Buds Pro review: Google’s best earbuds yet
In both 2020 and 2021, Google debuted new versions of its Pixels Buds, the second of which was a $99 model with loads of features. For the third year in a row, the company has new true wireless earbuds, but this time it added a key feature: active noise cancellation (ANC). With the Pixel Buds… Continue reading Pixel Buds Pro review: Google’s best earbuds yet
Senate deal would revive EV tax credits for GM, Tesla and Toyota
Automakers might just get the EV tax credit extension they’ve been hoping for. Bloomberg and InsideEVs claim Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin have reached an agreement on the Inflation Reduction Act that would replace the 200,000-unit cap on federal EV tax credits with a system that would restore those perks for GM, Tesla and… Continue reading Senate deal would revive EV tax credits for GM, Tesla and Toyota
JetBlue will acquire Spirit, creating the fifth-largest airline in the US
JetBlue and Spirit announced a $3.8 billion merger agreement after a previous deal between Spirit and Frontier Airlines fell apart Wednesday. The newly merged airline will be the fifth-largest in the US in a potential challenge to the dominance of the “Big Four” carriers. Spirit’s shareholders rejected the deal in favor of the more generous… Continue reading JetBlue will acquire Spirit, creating the fifth-largest airline in the US
Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck
We cover a lot of health startups here on TechCrunch, and you know what it’s really hard to get any sort of excitement about? An online pharmacy that raised yet another round of funding. Don’t get me wrong, Alto Pharmacy raising a Series E is impressive, as is raising $200 million. But realistically, those companies… Continue reading Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck
It’s time for technology teams to find their voice in customer experience
Let’s face it — every company is delivering things through apps and websites or is supported by digital tools. The only way to truly differentiate from digitally saturated markets is to to be able to go above and beyond the call of duty to please customers. It’s not just the price or quality of a… Continue reading It’s time for technology teams to find their voice in customer experience