After yesterday’s launch of the first crewed Starliner mission was scrubbed, NASA, Boeing and ULA made the decision to wait a few days before making another attempt. Starliner was scheduled to finally lift off on Saturday afternoon after a series of delays, but this attempt […]
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Unicorn-rich VC Wesley Chan owes his success to a Craigslist job washing lab beakers
While all of Wesley Chan’s success has been well-documented over the years, his personal journey…not so much. Chan spoke to TechCrunch about the ways his life impacts how he invests in startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Godzilla Minus One gets a surprise Netflix release
Image: Toho International Godzilla Minus One is officially streaming worldwide on Netflix as of today, everywhere except Japan and France, according to film distributor Toho International in a release shared with The Verge. You can also buy ($14.99) or rent ($5.99) digital copies, either in […]
Starliner’s first crewed flight gets scrubbed just before launch
The first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has once again been called off, this time after an automatic hold was issued by the ground launch sequencer less than four minutes before liftoff. As a launch commentator explained during NASA’s livestream, the ground launch sequencer […]
Inside EV startup Fisker’s collapse: how the company crumbled under its founders’ whims
An autonomous pod. A solid-state battery-powered sports car. An electric pickup truck. A convertible grand tourer EV with up to 600 miles of range. A “fully connected mobility device” for young urban innovators to be built by Foxconn and priced under $30,000. The next Popemobile. […]
A $400,000 delivery of Playdates were (briefly) stolen
A misdelivered order, theft and a hasty return: those are the three acts comprising Playdate’s recent real-life adventure. According to the handheld gaming system’s account on X (formerly Twitter), FedEx dropped off $400,000 worth of Playdates to a construction site near their actual warehouse destination. […]
From Viggle to MidJourney, Discord is an unlikely foundation for the GenAI boom
In the video, a crowd is roaring at a packed summer music festival. As a beat starts playing over the speakers, the performer finally walks on stage: it’s the Joker. Clad in his red suit, green hair and signature face paint, the Joker pumps his […]
The best budgeting apps for 2024
As a former Mint user, I recently had to find a new budgeting app. Intuit, parent company of Mint, shut down the service in March 2024, and prompted users to transition to its other financial app, Credit Karma. However, I found Credit Karma to be […]
VR classics Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator come to Apple Vision Pro
The Apple Vision Pro was marketed primarily as a productivity machine, but as any active VR user can tell you, it’s the games that sell these devices. Apple’s headset offers access to hundreds of games, but mostly as quick and dirty iPad ports that show […]
The Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake is coming to Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC
Square Enix has largely kept its lips sealed about the Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake since announcing it three years ago, but the publisher has now revealed which platforms it’s coming to. When it eventually arrives, you’ll be able to play it on Nintendo Switch, […]