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Trump Blames DEI for Plane Crash That Killed 67 in Ridiculous Press Conference

President Donald Trump held a rambling, unhinged press conference Thursday about the midair collision between a commercial plane and military helicopter in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night that killed 67 people. The entire press conference was a long series of excuses about why Trump’s administration wasn’t to blame for the crash and the president repeatedly said … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S25 review: More powerful, but more of the same

Over a year since it dipped into generative artificial intelligence, Samsung’s Galaxy S-series phones are now the vanguard for its gen-AI features. This year, we’re getting even deeper hooks into Google’s Gemini AI assistant and more built-in software tricks than ever before. At the same time, however, the Galaxy S25 arrives with marginal hardware upgrades … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta employees to ‘buckle up’ in internal meeting

Tensions were high inside Meta ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s first all-hands meeting of the year. Employee-submitted questions for the CEO touched on a couple of big themes: concerns about his announcement that “low-performers” would be let go on February 10th, his MAGA-fueled changes to Meta’s content moderation policies and DEI programs, and his comment to … Read more

The 65 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (February 2025)

In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless selection of Marvel movies and plenty of Star Wars and Pixar fare too. Problem is, there’s … Read more

New jobs popping up for developers in the coming years

From 2013 to 2023, the number of ICT specialists in the EU increased by 59.3% according to Eurostat. In that period, most of these tech workers were found in Germany, which provided employment for 21.5% of the EU’s ICT specialists—unsurprising when you consider the fact that the country is home to a myriad of high-tech … Read more

Boom goes supersonic and Elon promises a self-driving service by summer

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In case you missed it, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would launch a paid ride-hailing service with a fleet of driverless vehicles in Austin in … Read more

XPG Fusion Titanium 1600 PSU Review

The recess of crypto mining and underlying improvement of electronics components has also meant that high-power PSU designs have reverted, in a sense, to a more balanced portfolio. PSU vendors are finally making some fresh investments in high-end, high-efficiency designs – PSUs that crypto miners would have never paid the premium for. Especially with the … Read more

Pixel 9 Pro XL long-term review: Solidfying the Google smartphone

As new flagship Android phones emerge, the Pixel 9 Pro XL is already a few months into its release cycle, but where does it sit? Have things already improved, or do we need to see more as the OS gets rebuilt for the AI age? Find out in our longer-term look at Google’s top-tier smartphone. … Read more

iOS Decoded: Visual Intelligence Control Center shortcut, and more

In my latest episode of iOS Decoded, 9to5Mac investigates several new unreleased iOS features found in the iOS 18.3 beta that Apple is testing. For instance, a new fluid navigation transitions will make it easier to navigate back in menus, and a new camera pose feature will automatically detect when iPhone 16 users plan on … Read more