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A guide to using Edits, Meta’s new CapCut rival for short-form video editing

AISHA MALIK

Meta shared that it was working on Edits in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores.

Serious About AI? The conversations that count start in 5 days at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

In just 5 days, the sharpest minds in artificial intelligence will gather at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for TechCrunch Sessions: AI—a one-day summit built for real insight, not recycled soundbites. Whether you're training your first model or managing a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, this is where the future of AI feels tangible. Let’s be honest: AI has […]

Google quietly released an app that lets you download and run AI models locally

KYLE WIGGERS

Last week, Google quietly released an app that lets users run a range of openly available AI models from the AI dev platform Hugging Face on their phones. Called Google AI Edge Gallery, the app is available for Android and will soon come to iOS. It allows users to find, download, and run compatible models […]

Priority Current Plus Ebike Review: Serious Power, Effortless Fun

RYAN WANIATA

Priority's new flagship ebike is a premium, classy-looking ride that lets you feel the joy of the open road.

Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

LILY HAY NEWMAN, WIRED.COM

BSA names Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev is "Stern," the leader of Trickbot.

Day 3 of the TechCrunch Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — Your next shot at winning big

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

TechCrunch Sessions: AI hits UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5, and we’re kicking Day 3 of AI trivia into high gear. This is your chance to prove you know your stuff — and score a major ticket deal while you're at it. Answer a few AI-focused trivia questions, and you could win two tickets […]

21 Gifts for Dads Who Don't Need Anything (2025)

MARTIN CIZMAR

The best gift idea for your dad is a nicer version of something he already owns. The second best is one of these things.

The 8 Best Handheld Vacuums, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

MOLLY HIGGINS

Lightweight, powerful, and generally inexpensive, the handheld vacuum is the perfect household helper.

Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space

ANNA HEIM

Space Forge, a U.K. startup headquartered in Cardiff, Wales, recently raised a £22.6 million (approximately $30 million) Series A to make wafer materials in space, where unique conditions unlock new possibilities.

Week in Review: Perplexity Labs wants to do your work

KARYNE LEVY

We've got a ton of stories for you this week, including a new AI-powered browser from Arc; not one but TWO hacks; Gemini email summaries; and much more.

Meta plans to automate many of its product risk assessments

ANTHONY HA

An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks of up to 90% of updates made to Meta apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, according to internal documents reportedly viewed by NPR. NPR says a 2012 agreement between Facebook (now Meta) and the Federal Trade Commission requires the company to […]

NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’

ANTHONY HA

The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis. As reported in NBC News, leaders from the civil rights group sent a letter Thursday to the Shelby County Health Department and Memphis Light Gas and Water criticizing the organizations’ “lackadaisical approach […]

Left-leaning influencers embrace Bluesky without abandoning X, Pew says

ANTHONY HA

It’s no surprise that many big, left-leaning social media accounts have recently joined Bluesky — but a new analysis from the Pew Research Center attempts to quantify that shift. This comes as an update to Pew’s news influencer report released in November 2024, which did not include Bluesky in its numbers. The report focused on […]

Trump pulls Isaacman nomination for space. Source: “NASA is f***ed”

ERIC BERGER

"NASA's budget request is just a going-out-of-business mode" without Isaacman.

Research roundup: 7 stories we almost missed

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

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