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Tesla income jumps 20%, but shares fall after hours amid profit concerns

Elon Musk's big bet that Tesla price cuts could boost sales and profits amid increasing competition and poor economic sentiment appears to be yielding mixed results. Sa

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NASA's Mars helicopter spots Perseverance rover from above - can you?

"The laws of physics may say it's near impossible to fly on Mars, but actually flying a heavier-than-air vehicle on the red planet is much harder than that," the space agency has quipped.

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Ford F-150 hybrid: The 2021 rumble before the Lightning EV strikes

Full-size pickup trucks are the meat of the U.S. automotive business; it’s a red-hot category with the Ford F-150 leading the pack in sales and the Chevrolet Silverado and Ram pickups fast follo

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President Xi's speech outlines vision for Hong Kong

VCG Editor's note: Zhu Zheng is an assistant professor of constitutional law and politics at China University of Political Science and Law. The article reflects the aut

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Father and son duo take on global logistics with Optimal Dynamics’ sequential decision AI platform

Like “innovation,” machine learning and artificial intelligence are commonplace terms that provide very little context for what they actually signify. AI/ML spans dozens of different fields of researc

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Why would anyone want to be president?

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and

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The Tonal EC-1

Back in the halcyon days of 2019, we piloted a new format for Extra Crunch we dubbed the EC-1. Modeled after the Form S-1 filing that late-stage startups submit to the SEC as part of the IPO process,

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Bitcoin market hits $1.0 trillion in value

At about 1625 GMT, bitcoin zoomed to its latest all-time pinnacle at $54,182. /VCG The total value of all bitcoin topped $1.0 trillion on Friday, capping a spectacular record-breaking week for

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Uttarakhand dam disaster: What caused India's deadly flood?

Using satellite imagery, scientists have analysed the cause of the flood that has devastated Uttarakhand in northern India.

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From Zoom to Quibi, the tech winners and losers of 2020

We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortcuts to work and learn from home. In many ways, 2020′s pandemic-induced i

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Gift Guide: Fun photography gear to brighten up the holidays

Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find our other guides rig

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More details emerge on killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist

Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami speaks during a funeral ceremony for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, whose photo was shown in the banner at background, in Tehran, Iran, November 30, /AP The killing of I

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Iran says scientist was killed by a satellite-controlled gun

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was killed in a gun and car bomb attack on the outskirts of Tehran on Nov. 27. /Getty Images A satellite-controlled machine gun was used in last week's assassination of

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Triller threatened to sue over report suggesting it inflated its downloads

A new report disputing the validity of Triller’s recently announced download figures led Triller to respond with the threat of a lawsuit. Triller, a newly litigious TikTok rival that could poten

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Macron to mark appeal that gave birth to French Resistance

French leader Emmanuel Macron is set to mark Charles De Gaulle’s famed World War II appeal to resist the Nazis on Thursday in a special ceremony intended to invoke the

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Facebook’s new safety feature for women in India: Easily lock the account from strangers

Facebook has rolled out a new safety feature in India that will enable users to easily lock their account so that people they are not friends with on the platform cannot view their posts and zoom int

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Blue Angels, Thunderbirds fly over NYC for coronavirus frontline workers

The demonstration lasted about 40 minutes as an airborne display of respect and salute for the first responders and health care workers. NEW YORK, April 28 (Xinhua) --