Whoop is in damage control mode. After debuting its Whoop 5.0 fitness tracker, users were angered to find it had reneged on a promise of free hardware upgrades. In a new Reddit post, the company now says users who have been members for over 12 […]
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TechCrunch All Stage 2025: Prepare 4 VC’s Jason Kraus will instruct on how to turn chaos into momentum
Being a founder often feels like you’re building the plane midflight. You’re juggling fundraising, product-market fit, marketing strategy, hiring — while quietly wondering if you’re even doing it right. TechCrunch AllStage 2025, which is happening on July 15 at the SoWa Power Station in Boston, […]
SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools
The music-sharing platform SoundCloud quietly updated its terms of use in February last year, adding language that lets it train AI models on its users’ content, as TechCrunch reported. And while the company says it hasn’t used user-created content for model training, it doesn’t rule […]
Amazon’s ad-free Kindle Paperwhite Kids has hit its best price to date
Whether you’re after a distraction-free reading experience or a fun way to keep the kids engaged this summer, the latest Kindle Paperwhite Kids is worth considering. And now, thanks to Amazon’s Mother’s Day promo, you can pick it up at either Amazon or Best Buy […]
Adidas’ 3D-printed sneaker review: What are those!?
A shoe engineered to be made entirely from additive manufacturing will be polarizing in the first quarter of the 21st century. That’s certainly been my experience wearing Adidas’ new 3D-printed Climacool sneakers on the beach, trail, or in the city. I felt more eyes on […]
Trump illegally fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission
On Friday, Donald Trump abruptly removed the three sitting Democrat appointees on the five-person U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission — the independent watchdog agency that issues recalls and regulates everyday products, including consumer electronics. With no apparent cause for removal, the firings violate existing Supreme […]
Donald Trump takes aim at more water and energy efficiency standards
Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Friday afternoon directing the Department of Energy to “consider using all lawful authority to rescind” or weaken regulations for water and energy efficiency for dishwashers and washing machines. The action also includes water use standards for showers, faucets, toilets, […]
Deltarune’s next chapters will launch alongside the Switch 2
The paid release of Deltarune, Toby Fox’s episodic Undertale spinoff, will be available for most people at the same time the Nintendo Switch 2 launches in Japan, Fox says in the Deltarune newsletter for May 2025. Deltarune’s first two chapters, released in 2018 and 2021 […]
Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans on photographing every single person who leaves the US by car, an agency spokesperson told Wired. The agency says it will start using facial recognition technology at official border crossings to match all outbound travelers’ faces to their passports, […]
Global News Highlights: Historic Pope Election and More – May 9, 2025
Global News Highlights: Historic Pope Election and More – May 9, 2025 #GlobalNewsToday, #PopeLeoXIV, #UKImmigrationReforms, #IndiaPakistanTensions, #USUKAgreement, #TurkiyeCensorship, #UkraineRussiaConflict, #EUWolfeProtections, #GlobalAffairs, #BreakingNews Join us on May 9, 2025, for a thrilling journey through the world’s most captivating news stories From the historic election of Pope […]