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MSNBC hosts mock Elon Musk after SpaceX mishap: 'Go back to your day job'

MSNBC host Michael Steele mocked SpaceX CEO and DOGE leader Elon Musk after a mishap during one of its flight tests for ...

Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots

The string of violence against Tesla storefronts, charging stations and vehicles exacerbates the company’s woes, analysts ...

Trump praises 'real patriot' Elon Musk for 'opening a lot of eyes' with DOGE

President Donald Trump touted Elon Musk's performance as the leader of DOGE, lauding him for cutting a swath of the federal ...

Ex-Apple leader has some blunt words for Elon Musk and Tesla

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Rick Scott defends Elon Musk and DOGE’s recommendations for job cuts

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) defended Elon Musk and DOGE’s recommendations for federal ...

Mike Myers’ Elon Musk Whines He’s Losing ‘100 Billion Dollars’ and Bullies Marco Rubio on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Live' took on an explosive White House meeting with Marco Rubio, featuring Mike Myers as Elon Musk, channeling Dr. Evil.

Mike Myers channels Dr. Evil for return as Elon Musk in ‘SNL’ cold open

Live” returned to the Oval Office in the cold open this week, where the cast imagined a tense meeting between President ...

Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’

Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert. The head of product at Hugging Face called Manus “the most impressive AI tool I’ve ever tried.” AI policy researcher Dean Ball described Manus as the “most sophisticated computer using AI.” The official Discord server […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2 debuts June 26 on PlayStation

HIdeo Kojima announced at his SXSW keynote talk that Kojima Productions' Death Stranding 2 will debut on June 26, 2025 on Playstation.Read More

Japan’s service robot market projected to triple in five years

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg. Research firm Fuji Keizai projects the country’s service robot market to nearly triple by 2030, to ¥400 billion ($2.7 billion). Potentially driving that growth: The Recruit Works Institute projects that the country […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The great software rewiring: AI isn’t just eating everything; it is everything

Gen AI is not just another technology layer; it has the potential to eat the entire software industry from the inside-out.Read More

Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech

The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — lest there was any doubt. “Modern conservation isn’t working […] and we’re gonna need a ‘de-extinction’ […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Tammy Nam joins AI-powered ad startup Creatopy as CEO

Creatopy, a startup that uses AI to automate the creation of digital ads, has brought on a new CEO: Tammy Nam. Nam was previously COO and CMO at photo-editing startup PicsArt, and before that the CEO of video streamer Viki. She told TechCrunch via email that Creatopy was looking for a US-based executive who knows […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Apple’s smart home hub reportedly delayed by Siri challenges

Apple announced this week that the “more personalized” version of Siri that it promised last year has been delayed — and according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that’s also postponed the launch of the company’s planned smart home hub. In a statement, Apple said the upgraded Siri features, which are part of its broader Apple Intelligence […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Musk may still have a chance to thwart OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

Elon Musk lost the latest battle in his lawsuit against OpenAI this week, but a federal judge appears to have given Musk — and others who oppose OpenAI’s for-profit conversion — reasons to be hopeful. Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which also names Microsoft and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as defendants, accuses OpenAI of abandoning its […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

How to stop doomscrolling

The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss that is the 6-inch screen of a smartphone, following you through space and time. It taunts you with its compact, light build that’s small enough to slip into your pocket and take anywhere, and its siren […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Weekend Update Pokes Fun At Mike Myers As Elon Musk: “American Sketch Comedy Jobs Are Being Stolen By Filthy Canadians”

Tonight's Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live was filled with political zingers, with co-host Colin Jost even taking a shot ...

Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes ...

Elon Musk Dubiously Blames Billionaires George Soros, Reid Hoffman Over Tesla Protests—Citing Unnamed ‘Investigation’

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, blamed fellow billionaires George Soros, Reid Hoffman and the ActBlue fundraising ...

Elon Musk's Starlink has a growing footprint in the federal government

The use of Starlink has been adopted by at least one additional federal agency since President Donald Trump began his second ...