Hello and welcome to a special edition of Equity! Today, Alex sat down Brian Heater, a long-tenured TechCrunch denizen, our hardware editor, podcast extraordinaire, and genial chap. He also put together a really neat robotics-focused event that we’re hosting next week. The event is online, and free, which means that everyone can come and hang…
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Mario Villegas sued a Phoenix clinic for giving his then-wife abortion pills four years ago. In 2019, he filed a petition to become the representative of the terminated seven-week-old embryo, according to ProPublica. “All he wants to do is make sure it doesn’t happen to another father,” his attorney said. An Arizona…
Most reviews agree: the Nothing Phone 1 is a striking device. But thanks to limited availability, good lucking buying one – especially if you live in the US or Canada. Enter Dbrand. The accessory maker has announced a new “Something” line of skins that promise to transform your iPhone 13 Pro Max, Pixel 6 Pro…
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…
Advocates and organizers had been preparing for Roe v. Wade to be overturned since the U.S. Supreme Court draft decision leaked in early May. But Nadya Okamoto, co-founder of period care company August, still felt heartbroken when the decision became official in late June. “One of the things that always made me passionate about policy…
Kristen got a divorce a while ago, and, among a litany of reasons behind the split, was one that stood out to her. She wanted to have sex with her husband more than he wanted to have sex with her, and it left her feeling “unattractive” and “undesirable.” They went to couples therapy. Kristen, who…
James Cameron. Amanda Edwards/Getty Images James Cameron directed two of the top 10 biggest movies of all time, “Titanic” and “Avatar.” “Avatar’s” long-awaited sequel, “The Way of Water,” comes to theaters in December. Here’s how Cameron rose to become one of the movie business’s most successful filmmakers. James Cameron, 67, quit his job as a…
Ulefone just launched the latest in its Armor X line – the Armor X6 Pro. The obviously rugged device measures 150 x 78.9 x 14.4mm and weighs 227 grams. In keeping with the company’s pedigree, that body is extra resilient and formally rated as such with IP68/IP69K and MIL-STD-810G certifications. The Armor X6 Pro should…
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. At this point, it’s clear that no one agrees on anything. Half my sources say that early-stage venture completely is uncorrelated to the public stock market, while the other half say that…
The Season 3 finale of The Boys provided us with a lot of gasp-worthy moments, from Black Noir’s (apparent) death to Starlight officially joining The Boys. But its greatest gift to the internet has to be a 7 second-long clip of Homelander (Antony Starr) from the season’s very last scene. In the scene, Homelander introduces…