Forget Area 51, over a hundred kids just stormed Lollapalooza
A crowd of determined festival goers just stormed Lollapalooza, jumping the fence en masse to get in. Photographer Jeremy Cohen, who’s shooting the event, caught the...
Can I Get This ATM Testing Robot to Touch the Filthy Machines For Me?
You’ve probably seen robots testing products like furniture and car parts before, performing endless repetitive tasks to ensure whatever’s being tested won’t quickly break once in...
This Satellite Image Shows Everything Wrong With Greenland Right Now
If you could sum up climate change’s impact on the Arctic in one image, you’d be hard pressed to find something better than this satellite view,...
Jim Carrey Shares Concerns About the ‘Collective Consciousness’ That Led to Sonic Redesign
Sonic has gotta go fast, but did the decision to redesign the hedgehog maybe happen too fast? Jim Carrey, who plays the evil Dr. Robotnik in...
Domain registry moves to ban cryptocurrency names
Sorry, crypto companies, you can’t register a .bank domain name. fTLD Registry Services, which operates the new top-level domain (TLD) extensions .bank and .insurance, is looking...
The SEC wants disgraced VC Mike Rothenberg to cough up more than $30 million
Nearly three years ago, TechCrunch reported on suspected fraud committed by Mike Rothenberg, a self-described “millennial venture capitalist” who’d made a name for himself not only...
United Airlines CISO Emily Heath joins TC Sessions: Enterprise this September
In an era of massive data breaches, most recently the Capital One fiasco, the risk of a cyberattack and the costly consequences are the top existential...
Nyca Partners raises $210M to invest in fintech startups
Nyca Partners, a firm with investments in financial technology businesses including PayRange, Trellis, Affirm and Acorns, has collected another $210 million for its third venture capital...
Northrup Grumman is among the companies tapped to make the US Army’s drone-killing lasers
Northrop Grumman is going to be working on the U.S. Army’s long-planned drone-killing lasers. The Army wants to mount 50 kilowatt laser systems on top of...
Retired Police Officer Wants $48,773 from Copyright Troll
Every year so-called copyright trolls sue thousands of BitTorrent users in the US. While most cases don’t make the news, every now and then one stands...
