Day: September 29, 2026
‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI | TechCrunch
An Anthropic researcher has resigned over fears that unrestrained development of self-improving AI models will end up killing...
Last day to grab your exhibit table at Disrupt 2026 is Oct. 2 | TechCrunch
This is the last week and your final opportunity to book your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibit table. Book...
Turns Out Ancient Rome Took Tax Fraud Very Seriously
New stone fragments discovered in Turkey turned out to be the missing parts of a decree detailing a...
Free Divers Thought They Found a Weird Rock. It Was a 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck
“This is one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years.”
‘Ramps’ Near Egypt’s Red Pyramid Might Actually Be Ancient Dams
If the new interpretation is correct, it means ancient Egyptians were far better at water management than we...
Intel is building a handheld gaming platform including a dedicated chip | TechCrunch
Intel is looking to double down on gaming hardware with a new chip and platform for portable gaming...
Family offices are clamoring for AI investments | TechCrunch
For the wealthy families who manage their own money through a family office, the math right now is...
Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers | TechCrunch
If there is one thing robotics founders and investors agree on, it’s that the “ChatGPT moment” where a...
Archaeologists Thought This Was a Roman Temple. It Might Actually Be a 1,700-Year-Old Library
Using an innovative approach, scientists reevaluated a room thought to be a cult shrine, finding more evidence that...
Chilean Mummies Prove Europeans Brought Smallpox to the Americas—But That’s Not All
"Nobody would ever question that smallpox came to this hemisphere from colonization, but this proves it."
