When you’ve been doing this job long enough, you start to develop strange interests (though some might compellingly argue that strange interests are a prerequisite). Lately for me it’s been power banks. Quite possibly the…

In 1999, hundreds of companies made a madcap dash to the public markets, capturing the imaginations of everyday Americans who thought they could day-trade their way to fortunes. Startups like Webvan and eToys were suddenly…

“Works with AirPower mat”. Apparently not. It looks to me like Apple doesn’t treat customers with the same “high standard” of care it apparently reserves for its hardware quality. Nine days after launching its $199…

For the last two years, Didi has been the dominant car-hailing force in China and its success has spawned a handful of competitors initiated by both internet firms and old-school carmakers. Just last week, another…

Lately, we're all worried about what crooks might find out about us on the "dark web." Given high-profile data breaches at places such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Health Alliance Plan, as…

In the name of getting big quick, it seems like some of the most valuable private tech companies are turning to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a way to accelerate business growth. So-called “unicorns”—privately-held technology…

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. We love the reader feedback. Keep it coming. Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? Catch up by reading the first…

Leonard Kleinrock Contributor When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at…

The marquee feature on this year's new iPhones, tentatively called the "iPhone 11," could be a third rear camera. The iPhone rumor comes from Japanese Apple fan blog Mac Otakara, which has in the past…

Twitter is rolling out the redesign to its camera feature TechCrunch reported on a month ago that’s designed to let you capture photos, videos, and live footage and connect them to global conversations. Starting today…

Thirty years ago, an English software engineer submitted a "vague, but exciting" proposal to his boss about a system for managing information that would later be known as the World Wide Web. Tim Berners-Lee was in…

China is getting serious about the way live streaming videos affect tens of millions of youngsters, so much so a top authority has proposed to tighten restrictions on underage use. According to a report from…

Curious about your dog's family history, genes and medical risks? New DNA testing kits for pups will give you those answers. USA TODAY BOSTON — Find out your dog’s family history, health risks and the genes…

A staff member shows the new Huawei Mate X smartphone with 5G network provided by China Unicom and Huawei in Beijing, China, March 1, 2019. (Jason Lee/REUTERS) Free markets are. The United States and China…

Silhouettes stand next to a screen projection of Facebook’s logo in this picture taken March 28, 2018. (Dado Ruvic/REUTERS) Censors can behave in unpredictable, arbitrary, and capricious ways -- and no one has a sufficient…

Samsung decided to forgo the Mobile World Congress pomp and circumstance, instead opting to through its own part last week in San Francisco. I’ve been carrying around a Galaxy S10 for a few days now,…

Even after years of using systems like the Google Assistant or Siri, talking to inanimate objects can still feel weird. In cars, the early voice recognition systems were typically close to unusable, with a user…

The clean energy boffins in their labs are always upping the theoretical limit on how much power you can get out of sunshine, but us plebes actually installing solar cells are stuck with years-old tech…

This is the year when the money spent on digital advertising will finally overtake spending on traditional ads — at least according to the latest forecast from eMarketer. The research firm is predicting that U.S.…

There can be little doubt that 5G is going to take center stage at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. After years of hype without any real products, this is finally going to be…

Colin Kroll, a college dropout turned startup millionaire, drifted through his company’s holiday party at Gran Morsi, a cozy Italian restaurant in downtown Manhattan. Dressed in a gray sweater and jeans, he chatted up employees…

BEST DEALS ON NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES THIS WEEK Listening to music can have a profound effect on your state of mind — which could be part of the reason we buy headphones like they're candy. Listening…