Xiaomi's 17 Ultra Is a Sparkling Photography PowerhouseXiaomi and Leica's Leitzphone wowed me with its incredible photography skills and fancy physical settings wheel, but it's not the only exciting phone the company launched at this year's MWC. The base Xiaomi 17 Ultra has many of the Leitzphone's impressive specs but strips back some of the Leica stuff to be, well, more like a regular...

How to File Taxes for Free This Year The 2026 tax filing season is in full swing at the IRS. And although doing one's taxes is a near-universally dreaded task, there is a glimmer of good news: It doesn't have to be expensive. Direct File, a short-lived initiative in which certain Americans could file their federal taxes for free directly with the...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon Image Credits:Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch 8:45 AM PST · March 5, 2026 Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) broke down last week after the two parties failed to come to an agreement over the degree to which the military could obtain...

In the ARC Raiders BluePrints buy community, there's been a lot of debate about which epic-tier weapon reigns supreme for PvE content. The developers have consistently praised the Betatina as the go-to PvE weapon, citing its high arc armor penetration. But after putting the Volcano to the test, it's hard not to argue that it might actually outshine the Betatina in certain PvE scenarios. The...

Bumble introduces an AI dating assistant, ‘Bee’ Dating app maker Bumble is venturing into generative AI. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, Bumble introduced a new AI assistant it’s calling “Bee,” designed to become a personal matchmaker that learns users’ “values, relationship goals, communication style, lifestyle, and dating intentions” through private chats. It then...