Google Maps vs. Waze: I compared the two best navigation apps, and this one wins

Google Maps vs. Waze: I compared the two best navigation apps, and this one wins

When should you use Waze over Google Maps? If you care most about avoiding traffic, hazards, and speed traps, Waze is your app. It’s faster at rerouting and more focused on drivers. But if you need a navigation app that will give you oodles of information about businesses, parking, nearby things to do, and landmarks,…

Samsung will give you a free 32-inch Odyssey monitor right now – how to qualify

Samsung will give you a free 32-inch Odyssey monitor right now – how to qualify

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The Samsung M9 combines the best of both a premium monitor and a smart TV, letting you run entertainment and productivity apps on the same desktop. And right now, when you order directly from Samsung, you can save $800 on the M9 smart monitor and…

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions

Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant said. “We acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a company at the frontier of robotic intelligence designed to enable robots to understand, predict, and adapt to human behaviors in complex and dynamic environments,” a Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch in…

Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

Amjad Masad has been building Replit for a decade, but the last 18 months have been something else entirely. The AI coding assistant company went from $2.8 million in revenue in all of 2024 to tracking toward what Masad describes as a billion-dollar annual run rate. At TechCrunch’s sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on…

Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity

Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity

Musely, a direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform, has secured over $360 million in non-dilutive capital from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF). The company specializes in compounded treatments for skin, hair, and menopause care. Musely co-founder and CEO, Jack Jia, told TechCrunch that when CVF investors reached out to him last year, he wasn’t looking to raise…

T-Mobile is giving 5G customers Hulu and Netflix subscriptions, free – here’s how to get them

T-Mobile is giving 5G customers Hulu and Netflix subscriptions, free – here’s how to get them

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Great news for T-Mobile customers — if you’ve got an Experience Beyond or Go5G Next plan, Hulu with ads is now automatically included as a free benefit, along with Netflix. Customers on the new Better Value phone plan and the All-In Home Internet plan also get Hulu and Netflix.  Also: The best live…

Musk v. Altman is just getting started

Musk v. Altman is just getting started

Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk’s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam Altman betrayed the “nonprofit for the…

Klay Thompson! Net worth, Stats, Girlfriend, Wife, Career, and FAQs! | eAskme

Klay Thompson! Net worth, Stats, Girlfriend, Wife, Career, and FAQs! | eAskme

Klay Thompson is a popular American basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks. His net worth is $140 million. He is a part of the NBA. In 2011, he was drafted by the Golden State Warriors. Klay Thompson’s breakup with his girlfriend, Megan Thee Stallion, made most of the headlines in 2026. He was part of…

Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic

Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic

Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital and hedge funds, has a new plan to generate bigger returns on AI beyond its sizable stakes in Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and data center companies like Singapore’s DayOne and CoreWeave. It has launched a venture called Next Frontier to buy up land near large power sources…