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TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo's new documentary Africa: Earth's Wild Home

Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?

ANTHONY HA

On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.

Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions

ANTHONY HA

AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.

New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls

Staples Print and Marketing Services Review: Fast Holiday Gifts

SCOTT GILBERTSON

Staples’s printing service offers fast pickup and in-store experts who can help you get your family photos, novelty gifts, and business documents looking exactly how you want.

A Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!

KATE KNIBBS

As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”

Omega Has New Bond Watches Even If There Isn’t a New James Bond

JEREMY WHITE

With no new 007 actor named and no film in the near future, Omega has had to get creative to keep its lucrative spy watch train running.

Withings BodyScan 2 Review: Worth Its Weight

CHRISTOPHER NULL

After months of testing, this high-end smart scale has made me rethink how much a bathroom weigh-in can tell me.

Best Power Banks (2026): My Picks After Testing Over 100

SIMON HILL

Keep your phone, laptop, handheld gaming console, and other electronics running with these travel-friendly power banks.

Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won’t hurt them?

TIM FERNHOLZ

Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don't hurt the real ones.

Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches

SCHARON HARDING

Ars Technica's guide to new keyboard sensing technologies.

The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

The full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage lineup revealed, featuring Max Hodak, Mark Wahlberg, Benchmark partners, and more. Register now to save up to $100 on your pass and get a second at 50% off.

Meet the Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

Meet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Get your pass now to save up to $100, and get a second at 50% off.

Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’

RUSSELL BRANDOM

Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent's infrastructure and targeting Alibaba's map service, Amap.