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Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say

ASHLEY BELANGER

Some Americans fear the FTC may be thinking about personalized pricing all wrong.

Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

JEREMY HSU

Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.

Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero

JULIE BORT

Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.

Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

RYAN WHITWAM

The private Android-based OS will expand beyond Pixels next year.

Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers

SCHARON HARDING

Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.

The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch

SARAH PEREZ

The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.

TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.

Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams

LUCAS ROPEK

Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.

Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging

JOHN TIMMER

Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.

Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says

ASHLEY BELANGER

Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.

How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

Rillet CEO Nicholas Koop shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.

Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

LUCAS ROPEK

Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.

Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

REBECCA BELLAN

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.

Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet

AARIAN MARSHALL

A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updates—but they will also require physical warning stickers and camera-related updates.

The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom

ZEYI YANG

Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.