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The Forgotten 1981 Concept Car You’d Never Guess Was A Mercedes

When you think of Mercedes-Benz you think of first class German luxury vehicles, not ... whatever triangle thing above is. It looks like it was built by the Clown Werks Division at Barnum & Bailey Circus, not one of the most trusted car makers in the world. However, the Nahverkehrsfahrzeug – doesn't that just roll off the

Is MrBeast Serious About Being Twitter CEO? It Certainly Sounds Like It

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images In December, YouTube sensation Jimmy Donaldson, also known as "MrBeast," quipped on Twitter that he could be the new CEO of the platform. It was during the time when Twitter owner Elon Musk was conducting polls asking users whether he should step down as the platform's CEO. Then, Musk announced that he

The Reason Why Apple Charging Cables Break So Often

Nor Gal/Shutterstock When you get right down to brass tacks — an electrical plug's prongs, that is — charging cables not only tether a phone to the nearest wall socket but handcuff the on-the-go end user as well. And when those octopean cables fray all too quickly, as has been the knock on Apple's power

The Big Reason You Might Want To Hold Off On Buying A Used Tesla

chettarin/Shutterstock The new and used car markets have gotten a little crazy over the last few years. A global semiconductor shortage, inflation, manufacturing issues, and various diplomatic spats have created a situation where the price of new vehicles has gone through the roof, and the price of used vehicles has somehow exceeded the inflated MSRP

Twitter brings its “For You” and “Following” dual-timeline view to the web

After updating its iOS app to display both algorithmic and chronological timelines side-by-side, Twitter is rolling out this update to the web interface. Earlier this week, the company renamed “Home” (algorithmic timeline) and “Latest” (chronological timeline) to “For You” and “Following”. The “For You” timeline now appears first in both the iOS app and the

Sealed buys sensor startup InfiSense to fuel energy-saving services

Sealed built a business around predicting energy use and getting homeowners to ditch fossil fuels. So, naturally, the company’s first acquisition is a startup that tracks energy on a granular level. Sealed did not disclose the terms of the deal, but said in a statement that scooping up Burlington, Vermont-based InfiSense would help it “cut

Sequoia Capital’s Alfred Lin in his first public interview since the implosion of FTX (video)

Last night, at an industry event hosted in San Francisco by this editor, venture capitalist Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital sat down for a one-on-one conversation about the evolution of his storied investment firm, which has enjoyed a largely unblemished record of stunning success — a record since marred by its roughly $200 million investment

Bugatti’s new electric scooter is bigger with W16 Mistral vibes

Somewhere hidden amid the thousands of flashy displays and exhibits at CES 2023 in Las Vegas was the newly upgraded 2023 Bugatti electric scooter. TechCrunch never saw it. Did anyone? Luckily, details and images of the 2023 model, a 10% larger, more premium electric scooter, have now been released into the world. Bugatti, through a