Adam Breeden/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a tech journalist, I am surprisingly hardline about limiting the number of smart and internet-enabled devices in my home. Mostly because I firmly believe that no one should be able to post to social media from their refrigerator, and an oven does not need…
Dell Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Dell’s new XPS 13 costs $599 for students and $699 for everyone else. It’s an open challenge to the MacBook Neo with a bigger display, lighter body, and better I/O. It features Intel’s new “Wildcat Lake” Series 3 CPU, designed for budget PCs. …
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission: Bringing more transparency to data center construction and the impact those data centers have on nearby communities. Brockovich — who was famously played by Julia Roberts in a film dramatizing her legal case against Pacific Gas & Electric — recently launched a website with a map of…
Cesar Cadenas/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Acer and Asus are two of the top consumer laptop brands, but they couldn’t be more different in their offerings. Acer tends to focus more on practicality and value, with sensible machines and decent hardware at affordable prices. Asus, on the other hand, leans into…
The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong this weekend. Taking the number one spot at the box office is “Backrooms,” a feature film expansion of Kane Parsons’ series of YouTube videos featuring eerie found footage of a mysterious office space (drawn from a 4chan thread) that defies physics. Directed by Parsons, “Backrooms” will bring in…
After criticizing a startup called Artisan for misusing his work, artist KC Green — creator of the famous “This is fine” meme — said he’s reached an agreement with Artisan. The dispute arose after the startup appeared to use a version of Green’s art to promote its AI assistant Ava. In Artisan’s bus and subway…
Box founder Aaron Levie got us talking this week with a social media post suggesting that tech CEOs are “uniquely prone to AI psychosis.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I did our best to unpack Levie’s comment. For one thing, we noted that he isn’t disavowing AI…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! If you’re into EVs or sports cars, then you surely saw the kerfuffle over Ferrari’s first all-electric…
According to Crunchbase’s latest data around black founders, $643 million has poured into US Black-founded startups since the beginning of the year — an amount not seen since 2022, when Black founders raised $653 million in funding. For context, Black founders raised $942 million of all venture dollars last year (that’s 0.32% of the $290…
Will this improve my home Wi-Fi speed? No. It extends your home Wi-Fi coverage, not speed. Your connection may even be slightly slower than your main network, but it’s still very usable for browsing, streaming, and basic work. Also: Slow Wi-Fi? I found 10 proven ways to fix your internet this weekend (most are free) Can…