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28 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun

SIMON HILL

We found lots of math-filled and science-rich toys for tiny nerds to assemble, bake, squish—or even tear apart and rebuild.

The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame

CHRISTOPHER NULL

Send the pool guy packing. Let one of these robotic buddies maintain your water quality instead.

The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

DAVID SEAR, MANOJ JOSHI, AND MARK PEAPLE, THE CONVERSATION

New climate evidence adds context to these long voyages.

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption

AARIAN MARSHALL

In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars. The company says it’s fighting monopolies.

Best Kitchen Composters and Food Recyclers (2026)

KAT MERCK

Responsibly dispose of your food scraps with one of these indoor, (mostly) odor-free, WIRED-tested devices.

A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

ANDY GREENBERG, DHRUV MEHROTRA

The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.

White Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New Movie

DAVID GILBERT

Described as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie Citizen Vigilante has been hailed by the far-right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.

Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?

SHEON HAN

By some benchmarks, Julia code can run 10X to 1,000X faster than Python—but there’s a reason it’s not a very popular programming language.

iGarden Swim Jet X Pro 10 Review: Endless Pool

CHRISTOPHER NULL

Swimming against the iGarden Swim Jet X Pro 10’s artificial current is a real workout, even if it doesn’t quite replace a full-size lap pool.

6 Best Bidets of 2026: Toto, Brondell, More, All Tested in My Bathroom

JORDAN MICHELMAN

These butt-cleaning machines also offer luxe features like custom seat warming and adjustable water flows.

Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Washington D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo's competing views.

LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy

ZACK WHITTAKER

The LAPD, one of Flock's biggest government customers, is ending its contract with the company citing civil liberties concerns.

Waze adds new AI-powered features and customization updates

AISHA MALIK

Some of the new features are powered by Google's Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the the tech giant's broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze to compete with rival services such as Apple Maps.

SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May

SEAN O'KANE

This will be the first Starship test flight for SpaceX as a public company, testing the market's appetite for the company's "fly, fail, fix" approach to rocket development, which often ends in fireballs.