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Best Organic Mattresses (2025): Birch, Avocado, Naturepedic, More

SCOTT GILBERTSON, JULIA FORBES

These natural, organic mattresses are eco-friendly alternatives to conventional models and just as comfortable.

How much of the AI data center boom will be powered by renewable energy?

ANTHONY HA

According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, the world will spend $580 billion on data centers this year — $40 billion more than will be spent finding new oil supplies.

TechCrunch Mobility: The robotaxi expansion that really matters

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Amazon satellite network gets a rebrand — and drops its affordability pitch

SEAN O'KANE

The company has been quietly changing how it talks about who its internet customers will be before it announced a big name change last week.

Are we nearing the end of Apple’s Tim Cook era?

ANTHONY HA

Apple is getting serious about succession planning, according to a new report.

BNPL is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone

CONNIE LOIZOS

As Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most.

Beloved SF cat’s death fuels Waymo criticism

ANTHONY HA

The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has shaken San Francisco’s Mission District and prompted new debates about robotaxi safety.

Danish startup FlatPay joins the club of European fintech unicorns to track

ANNA HEIM

Flatpay’s bet is that it can challenge larger players by charging small merchants a flat transaction rate to use its card terminals and point-of-sales systems.

Inside a Wild Bitcoin Heist: Five-Star Hotels, Cash-Stuffed Envelopes, and Vanishing Funds

JOEL KHALILI

Sophisticated crypto scams are on the rise. But few of them go to the lengths one bitcoin mining executive experienced earlier this year.

12 Best Tech Gifts That They'd Actually Want (2025)

LUKE LARSEN

Don't buy something for a loved one you wouldn't want for yourself. These are the hot tech products of 2025 that everyone will yearn for this holiday season.

OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It

ZOË SCHIFFER

As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.

11 Best Dry Shampoos for All Types of Hair (2025)

KAT MERCK

I spent months testing 30 dry shampoos on day-two hair and beyond—these are the most effective formulas you can buy.

Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan

KATE PARK

Sakana AI raised about $135M at a $2.65B post-money valuation in one of Japan’s largest fundraises this year.

Young People Are Tripping on Benadryl—and It’s Always a Bad Time

FIN CARTER

Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same.

I’ve already been using a “Steam Machine” for months, and I think it’s great

ANDREW CUNNINGHAM

With a little know-how, you can get yourself a Steam Machine right this minute.