December 24, 2025

Four bright spots in climate news in 2025

Climate news hasn’t been great in 2025. Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs (again). This year is set to be either the second or third warmest on record. Climate-fueled disasters like wildfires in California and flooding in Indonesia and Pakistan devastated communities and caused billions in damage. In addition to these worrying indicators of our…

Elon Musk reportedly settles defamation suit after saying he’d never ‘surrender an unjust case’

May 1, 2023

A defamation case brought against Tesla chief executive Elon Musk by critic Randeep Hothi is apparently coming to a close, reportedly costing the billionaire ten big ones.  Lawyers representing Hothi, a vocal member of the TSLAQ short-seller community on Twitter, said in a statement that Musk asked to settle the nearly three-year-old case back in […]

Elon Musk reportedly settles defamation suit after saying he’d never ‘surrender an unjust case’ by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is randomly logging out users. You’re welcome.

May 1, 2023

Twitter is not dead yet, it’s just randomly logging out a number of its users. After reporting earlier today that Twitter was experiencing a bug that was allowing people to edit their bios to briefly regain their Verified checkmarks, the Twitter website this afternoon has begun to forcefully log out users at random. There are […]

Twitter is randomly logging out users. You’re welcome. by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

FAA failed to fully assess environmental effects of Starship, lawsuit alleges

May 1, 2023

A coalition of advocacy groups has filed a lawsuit agains the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over its handling of the environmental assessment of SpaceX’s launch plans in southeast Texas. The FAA gave the green-light to SpaceX’s Starship launch program last summer, with the stipulation that the company perform a series of measures to mitigate […]

FAA failed to fully assess environmental effects of Starship, lawsuit alleges by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Only two weeks left to apply to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023

May 1, 2023

You blinked, and suddenly there are only two weeks left to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Maybe you meant to submit — or finish — your application, but life is full of distractions. So consider this a timely reminder about the magnitude of this high-visibility opportunity. Don’t let it slip […]

Only two weeks left to apply to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023 by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch

Apple releases first ‘rapid’ security fixes for iPhones, iPads and Macs

May 1, 2023

fApple on Monday released its first batch of publicly available “rapid security” patches, aimed at quickly fixing security vulnerabilities that are under active exploitation or pose significant risks to its customers. According to a notice, the so-called Rapid Security Response updates “deliver important security improvements between software updates.” Rapid Security Responses were introduced to allow […]

Apple releases first ‘rapid’ security fixes for iPhones, iPads and Macs by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch