Simone Giertz used to make useless inventions, then she beat Tesla to the Cybertuck
From the robots that fail miserably at their jobs to the robots dealing with our literal crap, Mashable’s Crappy Robots dives into the complex world of...
Doctor Who Audio Adventure Starring John Barrowman and David Tennant Canceled
It’s only been two days since the Doctor Who immersive experience Time Fracture announced actor John Barrowman’s role as Jack Harkness would be removed from the...
All the Animals American Men Think They Can Beat in a Fight and Why They Can’t
According to a YouGov poll released on Friday, some humans have extremely poor judgment when it comes to determining which animals they could win a one-on-one,...
Extra Crunch roundup: Selling SaaS to developers, cracking YC after 13 tries, all about Expensify
Before Twilio had a market cap approaching $56 billion and more than 200,000 customers, the cloud-communications platform developed a secret sauce to fuel its growth: a...
Daily Crunch: Stripe buys Y Combinator alum Bouncer for undisclosed sum
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Wrapping the week...
Archivists Want to Make Sci-Hub ‘Un-Censorable’
For roughly the past decade, Sci-Hub—aka, the “Pirate Bay of Science—has been giving researchers, reporters, and open-source advocates unfettered access to countless scientific papers across every...
Big Smiles, Big Abs, and Big Swords in the Giant-Sized Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the latest and greatest in giant hunks of plastic to go on your shelf. This week:...
Scientists Want a Serious Investigation Into the Origins of the Coronavirus
Scientists in several countries are calling for a serious investigation into the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that gave rise to the covid-19 pandemic. In...
Google’s ‘DVD Screensaver’ Easter egg makes the logo bounce around your screen accordingly
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good Easter egg out of Google. Not too long ago it felt like someone would discover a new...
Flush with bitcoin, hacker group behind Colonial Pipeline attack says it’s done
When you’re newly in the money with roughly $17.5 million worth of cryptocurrency, $5 million of which came courtesy of Colonial Pipeline, it makes sense to...
