| The holiday slowdown is in full effect, but we've still got news about Gatwick's drone-related shutdown. Plus, a new app from HQ Trivia, last-minute gifts and a look back at the year in scooters. Here's your Daily Crunch for December 24, 2018. 1. UK police release airport drone suspects and admit there may not have been any drones after all Less than a week after mystery drones grounded flights at the U.K.'s second largest airport, wreaking havoc on as many as 140,000 people's travel plans for the Christmas period, police have admitted that there may in fact not have been any drones at all. The Guardian reports that police released and exonerated a couple who had been detained as suspects, while a senior police spokesperson said that there is "always a possibility that there may not have been any genuine drone activity in the first place." (The police are reliant on eyewitness accounts — 67 of them, to be precise — to piece together what happened.) 
2. Gift Guide: 13 last-minute gifts that you can still get in time Still need to do some last-minute Christmas shopping? We've got you covered. 3. HQ Trivia launches HQ Words as reinstalled CEO seeks a game-changer This is the first big launch for Rus Yusupov, now that he's been officially renamed CEO a week after the tragic death CEO Colin Kroll. 4. China's WeChat is the latest to get Snap-like 'Stories' WeChat has over the years morphed beyond a straight-up messenger to include many utility purposes. 5. The electric scooter wars of 2018 This was undoubtedly the year of the electric scooter. 6. Podcast Monday is the holiday you've been waiting for This week, the team at Equity discusses the latest mega investments from SoftBank, while Original Content reviews Netflix's movie-of-the-year contender "Roma." Also, we've added a section to the TechCrunch website where you can find all our podcasts. The Daily Crunch will be off tomorrow, but back on Wednesday. Happy Holidays! | 
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