Matt Burns

Senior Editor

Matt is a Managing Editor at TechCrunch.

He started at TechCrunch as a freelance writer in 2008 and moved up the ranks to become the Managing Editor in early 2017. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, he has a special place in his heart for mobility startups and gadgets.

At TechCrunch he manages the editorial side of the company’s events including TechCrunch Disrupt, TechCrunch Sessions and the company’s various worldwide events. Previously he was a freelance writer at Engadget and EngadgetHD where he hosted podcasts until he was removed from that role after saying a swear word. He’s very sorry and promises it won’t happen again.

His passions include emails, run-on sentences and following through with action items developed during a conference call. And woodwork.

The Latest from Matt Burns

Audi recalls its electric SUV over battery fire risk

Jun 10, 2019 Matt Burns

Audi today issued a voluntary recall in the U.S. for the E-Tron SUV due to the risk of battery fire. An Audi spokesperson told Bloomberg that no fires had been reported over the 1,644 E-Trons Audi has

Review: The stunning 2019 Audi Q8 has a deal-breaking flaw

Jun 10, 2019 Matt Burns

The 2019 Audi Q8 is the shape of the future. It’s beautiful as it successfully merges the look of a sports sedan with the shape of an SUV. It has flowing lines, crisp angles and just the right l

Audi proves two little screens are better than one big screen

Jun 07, 2019 Matt Burns

I’m spending some time in the new Audi Q8, and the car company equipped the crossover with its latest infotainment system. I love it, fingerprints, dust and all. The grimy screens are part of the st

Review: The 2019 Bentley Continental GT is beautiful, excessive and totally worth it

Jun 05, 2019 Matt Burns

The Bentley Continental GT is iconic. The vehicle has long stood for excess and opulence, and I knew that going in. I expected the Continental GT to be over-engineered and capable of high-speed thrill

Apple releases the $5,000 Pro Display XDR, a 32-inch, 6K display available this fall

Jun 03, 2019 Matt Burns

Apple is finally back in the monitor game. Today, at WWDC 2019, the company took the wraps off the Pro Display XDR to go along with a new Mac Pro. This is the first Apple monitor since the company dis

Apple updates CarPlay with new home screen and Siri Suggestions

Jun 03, 2019 Matt Burns

Today at Apple’s annual developer’s conference, the company revealed the biggest update to CarPlay since its release. The revamped in-car system looks dramatically better, leaving behind the faux

Review: Ring’s new outdoor lighting products are brilliant

Jun 03, 2019 Matt Burns

Ring’s new outdoor lighting products are impressive. It’s rare, even in 2019, for something to work out of the box, but that’s what happened when I installed Ring’s outdoor lighting products.

Review: Ring's new outdoor lighting products are brilliant

Jun 03, 2019 Matt Burns

Ring’s new outdoor lighting products are impressive. It’s rare, even in 2019, for something to work out of the box, but that’s what happened when I installed Ring’s outdoor lighting products.

Ford invests $500M in Rivian and intends to build a vehicle on Rivian’s EV platform

Apr 24, 2019 Matt Burns

Tonal raises $45 million to bring strength training to more living rooms

Apr 04, 2019 Matt Burns

Ludlow Ventures raises $45M for third fund

Mar 21, 2019 Matt Burns

Vinli raises $13.5m Series B to expand its vehicle data intelligence platform

Feb 05, 2019 Matt Burns

Connected car service provider Vinli today announced it closed a $13.5 million Series B financing round. The company says this infusion of capital allows it broaden its mobility services and integrati

Virgin Galactic successfully tested its rocket-powered spacecraft today for the first time since 2014

Apr 05, 2018 Matt Burns

Virgin Galactic took to the skies today for the first test of its rocket-powered spacecraft in over three years. The SpaceShipTwo launch platform deployed the USS Unity at a set altitude where the spa

Hot security startup Duo Security opens office in Downtown Detroit

Apr 04, 2018 Matt Burns

Duo Security is opening a new office in Downtown Detroit, expanding from its headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan . The company will immediately relocate 30 team members to a shared space in Bamboo Det

Here are the five things I learned installing a smart mirror

Apr 02, 2018 Matt Burns

I recently received a review unit of the Embrace Smart Mirror. It’s essentially a 24-inch Android tablet mounted behind a roughly 40-inch mirror. It works well when third-party software is insta

Tesla is now worth less than Ford

Apr 02, 2018 Matt Burns

Tesla’s stock price is falling and in doing so, has retreated on milestones it set last year. As of publication, the company’s value is less than Ford’s for the first time in a year.

Tesla makes Autopilot easier to use in the Model 3

Apr 02, 2018 Matt Burns

The Model 3 now has a new way to control Autopilot. The company recently sent out an update that moved the controls from the center infotainment stack to the steering wheeling. Previously, drivers had

MacOS finally gains external GPU support

Mar 30, 2018 Matt Burns

The latest update to macOS provides support for external graphics card. Apple announced this would hit the OS last June at WWDC and now it’s finally here. The update allows Mac users to increase

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to move HQ to San Jose

Mar 28, 2018 Matt Burns

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is moving from Palo Alto to San Jose. The company will relocate 1,000 employees to a 220,000-square-foot space in late 2018. HPE was spun-off from Hewlett-Packard in 2015 an

Review: 2018 Lincoln Navigator

Mar 28, 2018 Matt Burns

Michigan saw a historic amount of snowfall in 2018. And it’s not done. It’s snowing as I write this and it snowed nearly every day since I took delivery of this burgundy 2018 Lincoln Navigator. Ex