The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second

Elon Musk promised a flying car. And the Tesla Roadster did exactly that. Tesla demonstrated its next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, where the electric supercar drove upside…

Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style | TechCrunch

Tesla just revealed its redesigned second-generation Roadster with SpaceX thrusters, a vehicle he has called “the best of the last of the human-driven cars.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off…

When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off | TechCrunch

Zach Yadegari has enjoyed an immense amount of success for someone who only recently graduated from high school. Founder of the AI-fueled calorie tracking app Cal AI, Yadegari is only…

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems | TechCrunch

For three days this week in San Francisco, 20 eager startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The top 20 were chosen to represent the best of…

Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’

Valve is introducing a major new feature for Steam achievements called “achievement sets” that lets developers list different groups of achievements for a base game and DLCs. “In games that…

ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT’s Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the…

Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch

Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 — Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been…

KDE turns 30 with Plasma 6.8, remote upgrades, and an X11 farewell

Marking the 30th anniversary of software developer KDE on October 14, the company released Plasma 6.8, debuted a movie, and retired Plasma’s native X11 session support. The announcement from KDE…

The tech backlash is now in theaters

Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our…

Plex now helps sell movie theater tickets

Plex, meanwhile, is aiming to be “the place where people can discover what to watch, regardless of where that content lives,” Scott Olechowski, Plex’s co-founder and chief product officer, said…