This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.

Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?

As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company may also be wrestling with how to address consumer privacy concerns.

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors 

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model — no GPUs required, it says.

After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe

After IBM’s stock crashed last week on warnings of poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily.

Google is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android

The new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.

Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products.

Light made a flip phone. It’s colorful and it’s cheap.

Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he’s as surprised as anyone that over twenty years later, the flip phone is relevant again.

The Xteink X4 Pro could be the tiny e-reader of your dreams

Xteink makes its pocket-sized e-reader even better with a touchscreen and front light.

Watch Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley discuss the future of surveillance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Flock Safety sits right at the center of the debate over where the line should be drawn between privacy and public safety. That’s why we’re bringing Flock’s founder and CEO Garrett Langley to the stage to speak about those very issues.

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple’s lawsuit will cast over OpenAi’s much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.