This week Amanda Silberling comes on to talk about the rumor that porn may be coming back to Tumblr (spoiler alert: it’s not) and Devin Coldewey discusses if NASA’s DART spacecraft could really save us from a planet-threatening asteroid. And as always, Darrell will catch you up on the tech news you may have missed this week.

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Articles from the episode:

• No, Tumblr is not bringing back porn
• Watch the asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft make its 6-million-mile shot today
• NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashes into space rock

Other news from the week:

• UK police arrest teenager suspected of Uber, GTA 6 hacks
• Interpol issues red notice for Terra founder Do Kwon
• Here are all of the new features and updates coming to Google Maps
• The OG App promised an ad-free Instagram feed then got pulled from App Store

Credits: The TechCrunch Podcast is produced by Maggie Stamets, hosted by Darrell Etherington, and edited by Kell.