Darrell Etherington

Editor at Large, TechCrunch

Writer covering space, science and health tech. Formerly covering automotive and mobility tech, and previously an employee of Apple and also of Shopify.

Darrell Etherington

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Featured

As layoffs deepen, AI’s role in the cuts is murky – but it definitely has one
Darrell Etherington

Jan 29, 2024
Startups

Apple’s reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill
Darrell Etherington

Jan 26, 2024

Featured

VR needs to build for its best use cases — not for all-around computing
Darrell Etherington

Jan 23, 2024
Featured

Forget Apple Vision Pro — rabbit r1 is 2024’s most exciting launch yet
Darrell Etherington

Jan 19, 2024
Hardware

Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban to resume January 18
Darrell Etherington

Jan 17, 2024
AI

Elon’s Tesla robot is sort of ‘ok’ at folding laundry in pre-scripted demo
Darrell Etherington

Jan 15, 2024

Hardware

Apple’s fix for the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban could be disabling a useless feature
Darrell Etherington

Jan 15, 2024
Featured

The year of ‘does this serve us’ and the rejection of reification
Darrell Etherington

Jan 15, 2024
Featured

Will Apple’s Vision Pro launch be a Groundhog Day for immersive computing?
Darrell Etherington

Jan 8, 2024
Hardware

I broke my wrist: Meta Quest 3 and Supernatural helped me through
Darrell Etherington

Jan 3, 2024

AI

AI isn’t and won’t soon be evil or even smart, but it’s also irreversibly pervasive
Darrell Etherington

Dec 14, 2023
Media & Entertainment

Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro
Darrell Etherington

Dec 13, 2023
Startups

With iMessage thanks to Beeper Mini, the OnePlus Open is my new favorite phone
Darrell Etherington

Dec 5, 2023
Transportation

The end of Elon
Darrell Etherington

Dec 1, 2023

AI

With AI chatbots, will Elon Musk and the ultra-rich replace the masses?
Darrell Etherington

Nov 27, 2023
Featured

OpenAI will benefit from unity of purpose with Sam Altman’s return
Darrell Etherington

Nov 22, 2023
Featured

Microsoft is the only real winner in the OpenAI debacle
Darrell Etherington

Nov 20, 2023
Startups

Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel
Rebecca Szkutak

Darrell Etherington

Nov 7, 2023 47 Min

Gadgets

Apple, it’s time to fold
Darrell Etherington

Nov 6, 2023
Gadgets

The iPhone 15’s best friend is an ultra-budget, stripped-down version of Apple Vision Pro
Darrell Etherington

Nov 2, 2023
Gadgets

Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ event video was shot on iPhone
Darrell Etherington

Oct 30, 2023
Gadgets

Apple brought back the best Mac colorway with the new M3 MacBook Pro
Darrell Etherington

Oct 30, 2023

Gadgets

Privacy will die to deliver us the thinking and knowing computer
Darrell Etherington

Oct 30, 2023
Gadgets

Amazon’s eero Max 7 mesh Wi-Fi router offers amazing speeds and few (if any) compromises
Darrell Etherington

Oct 25, 2023
Gadgets

The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is a major upgrade to the best little vlogging camera you can buy
Darrell Etherington

Oct 25, 2023
Gadgets

I did my expenses in VR and I liked it
Darrell Etherington

Oct 20, 2023

Gadgets

Singularity’s ONI earbuds deliver outstanding audio thanks to MEMS speaker tech
Darrell Etherington

Oct 13, 2023
Gadgets

Google’s Pixel 8 Pro camera is the new mobile photography champ
Darrell Etherington

Oct 11, 2023
Gadgets

Google’s Pixel 8 delivers solid performance and design upgrades, plus a focus on the future
Darrell Etherington

Oct 11, 2023
Gadgets

Google Pixel 8 Pro first impressions
Darrell Etherington

Oct 4, 2023