Month: September 2026
This Photon Survived an ‘Impossible’ Journey to Earth. To Explain it, Physicists Had to Break Einstein
To answer weird questions, come up with (reasonably) weird answers.
Physicists Detected a Signal That Defies Explanation. It Could Be Dark Matter—or Something Stranger
Researchers have been searching for this elusive substance for years. One team may have finally found something.
Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work | TechCrunch
A month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats on its platform, Roblox says 45% of...
Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play | TechCrunch
Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and that...
Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s joins Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
Jeff Lawson has already helped build a company with more than $4 billion in revenue and 300,000 customers...
Raindrops Carry Tiny Electrical Charges That Eat Through Your Car’s Fresh Paint Job
A new study identifies a real—and overlooked—reason rain breaks down protective coating on metal.
This Brain Teaser Lied to Players for 3 Years, and Math Finally Caught It
“In our defense, it wasn’t on purpose.”
The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting a Major Upgrade. But What Would Actually Surprise Physicists?
Some were disappointed at the lack of "new physics" from the LHC. Could forthcoming updates be the accelerator's...
Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence | TechCrunch
Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic, best known as the parent company of WordPress.com, has been...
Apple has a new way to prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop | TechCrunch
In a world awash in AI slop, Apple wants you to trust what gets captured on its iPhones.The...
