We’ve tested a lot of TikTok products, but they’re not all worthy of the top spot. That doesn’t mean they aren’t worth buying, though. Below, you’ll find a list of good TikTok products we like—with some caveats. Stanley The Quencher H2.0 Flowstate 40-Ounce Tumbler for $45: The Stanley Quencher took …
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The SL-1300G arrives fitted with a lightweight, rigid aluminum pipe tonearm. It’s 9 inches long, and is the standard static-balance S-shape Technics has long since preferred. It uses gimbal suspension and high-precision bearings, and includes a multistage counterweight, a user-adjustable anti-skate mechanism, a lift, and a tonearm lock. The RCA …
Read More »12 Best Horror Shows to Binge for Halloween
It used to be that horror on television was tame. It was PG-ish stuff like Scooby-Doo and The Twilight Zone. Good fare, but these shows all held horror at arm’s length, like it was a subgenre or something shameful. Now, with streaming, TV horror shows can be just as creepy …
Read More »‘Dark Tourism’ Appeals to Travelers Captivated by Death
During the month of October, many folks get into the spirit of Halloween by putting themselves in scary situations, like going to see a horror movie or visiting a haunted house. However, some travelers seek that feeling all year round by engaging in “dark tourism.” Dark tourism is the act …
Read More »Ahead of the Election, Social Media Platforms Have Given Up
Our social media platforms and government have had four years to get this right. Instead, they’ve thrown up their hands. In the days following January 6, Meta, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch suspended former president Donald Trump over posts the companies said glorified the violence at the Capitol. It was the …
Read More »Will Your Elected Officials in Congress Accept the Results of the Election?
We are in the final days of a momentous presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Do you know whether your elected officials will accept the outcome? WIRED reached out to every single senator and member of the US Congress asking whether they would accept the results of the …
Read More »The Untold Story of Trump’s Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela’s President
On September 26, 2018, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro approached the lectern at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Hulking and mustachioed, wearing a black suit and a bright red tie, Maduro was in a bilious mood. At home, Maduro’s political position was deteriorating. The former bus driver …
Read More »Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’
The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons. But Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid believes using buttons in a car is an “anomaly.” “It’s a bug. It’s not a feature,” Bensaid said Wednesday at …
Read More »Colin Kaepernick helps creators own their story with Lumi, his AI startup
If anyone knows a thing or two about losing control of your own narrative, it’s Colin Keapernick.Now the former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist runs an AI storytelling platform, Lumi, to help creators tell and own their stories.Watch as Keapernick talks about about the media landscape, how AI can …
Read More »Startup Battlefield 200 Runnerup Announcement
Watch as we announce the runnerup winner of TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition – Startup Battlefield 200.TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 is the world’s preeminent startup competition with alumni like Vurb, Trello, Mint, Dropbox, Yammer, Tripit, Redbeacon, Qwiki, Getaround, and Soluto. Startup Battlefield 200 showcases the top 200 startups from around the …
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