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They Made D4vd a Star. Now They Want Him Convicted of Murder

JENNIFER SWANN

A legion of young fans propelled the singer D4vd to viral fame. Now that he’s been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, they say the clues were in their Discord all along.

Best Robot Vacuum of 2026: Shark, Eufy

NENA FARRELL

Tired of vacuuming? Hand the reins to a robot vacuum.

Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI

AISHA MALIK

Topics can range from "School," "Entertainment," and "Lifestyle" to "Travel," "Writing," and "Health and Wellbeing," among others, Meta says.

Best Fitbit Models for Beginners, Athletes, and Kids (2026)

BOUTAYNA CHOKRANE

The fitness trackers I'd recommend to beginners, athletes, and kids.

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

CHRISTOPHER NULL

Send the pool guy packing. One of these robotic buddies can maintain your water quality instead.

Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost

BOONE ASHWORTH

The Kickstarter-funded glasses from L'Atitude 52°N have AI features bundled for 1 year, but the company doesn't know yet how much it will charge for access after that.

Lume Cube Edge Light Go Review (2026): Versatile, Portable

MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Portable lamps are rarely, if ever, as powerful, precise, and multipurpose as the Lume Cube Edge Light Go.

AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch

TIM FERNHOLZ

Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.

WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags

JAGMEET SINGH

WhatsApp is rolling out prepaid phone recharges to its 500 million users in India via PayU.

Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package

SEAN O'KANE

The company is following through on its promise to not let Musk "double dip" if he won his appeal to restore Tesla's 2018 compensation package, worth $56 billion.

Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.

Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues

KATE PARK

Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers held a rally at the company’s Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea on Thursday to signal they are prepared to walk off the job for an 18-day strike next month.

Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident

JULIE BORT

TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident.