Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany

Nearly every weekday morning, a device leaves a two-story home near Wiesbaden, Germany, and makes a 15-minute commute along a major autobahn. By around 7 am, it arrives at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne—the US Army’s European headquarters and a key hub for US intelligence operations. The device stops near a restaurant before heading to an … Read more

PayPal revives its money-pooling feature

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re diving into PayPal’s new holiday shopping-friendly feature, Klarna’s 2025 IPO ambitions, and sales tax automation startup Kintsugi doubling its valuation in less than a year. If you’d like to receive the Fintech newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday, sign up here! The big story PayPal makes group purchases … Read more

SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes – Video

SpaceX Launches Starship Flight Test 6: Everything That Happened in 14 Minutes All right, we’re now T minus 20 seconds until liftoff of Starship Flight 6. OK OK. Vehicle was pitching downrange. Booster raptor chamber pressure nominal. Booster and ship avionics power and telemetry nominal. I just a little over a minute dynamic. 6 miles … Read more

Judge Rules Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Aren’t So Decentralized in the Eyes of the Law

The cryptocurrency industry has long been fueled by a libertarian ethos that sees government oversight and regulatory scrutiny as the enemy of economic freedom. At the same time, it is also an industry that has sought to reproduce goods and services that already exist in the traditional, regulated economy. In theory, the end result of … Read more

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

On the campaign trail and in recent days, Donald Trump has detailed extensive plans for immigration crackdowns and mass deportations during his second term as United States president. These initiatives would, he has said, include aggressive operations in areas known as “sanctuary cities” that have laws specifically curtailing local law enforcement collaboration with US Immigration … Read more

You have a few hours left to bid on this burned-out husk in San Francisco

Houses in San Francisco are notoriously expensive, with the average home price hovering around $1.26 million. It’s no wonder that a fire-ravaged shack priced at $299,000 in one of San Francisco’s southernmost neighborhoods saw at least 20 people tour the property this past weekend, according to The San Francisco Standard. Potential buyers were asked to … Read more

Goodbye cloud, Hello phone: Adobe’s SlimLM brings AI to mobile devices

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Adobe researchers have created a breakthrough AI system that processes documents directly on smartphones without internet connectivity, potentially transforming how businesses handle sensitive information and how consumers interact with their devices. The system, called SlimLM, represents … Read more

The 40 Black Friday tech deals worth shopping from Amazon, Walmart, Apple, Anker and others

With each passing year, Black Friday seems to turn more and more into “Black November,” with many retailers starting their holiday sales weeks before the day itself. But while the bombardment of promos can be annoying, it also presents a good chance to beat the rush and finish holiday shopping ahead of time, without paying … Read more