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Month: September 2026

The Expo Hall at TechCrunch Disrupt 2017 in New York City.
Startups

Final 24 hours to exhibit at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Exhibit table bookings close tonight, Friday, September 18, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, you cannot add your...

An image of Pluto, taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
Physics & Chemistry

Pluto’s Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen

“Pluto never stops surprising us.”

The concept of "permanence" is a lot tricker than you'd expect.
Science

Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?

When it comes to recording, tracking, and storing data, the concept of "permanence" can be a lot trickier...

Incident light image (left) of the hiroshimaite sample containing Fe–Cr-alloys. Reflected light image (right) of the polished surface of the grain on the left.
Physics & Chemistry

Physicists Discover Previously Unknown Substance Born From Hiroshima Atomic Bombing

The most destructive events in human history seem to have created our strangest chemistry labs.

AI

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it? | TechCrunch

Less than two weeks after Meta agreed to a massive $18 billion multistate settlement in a lawsuit over social media’s...

Hardware

Apple shows off AirPods 5 with improved active noise cancellation | TechCrunch

At Apple’s Surprise and Shine event on Wednesday, the company unveiled the latest generation of its wireless earbuds,...

Exein: left to right, Gerardo Gagliardo, CFO & Co-Founder; Gianni Cuozzo, CEO & Founder; Giovanni Alberto Falcione, CTO & Co-Founder
Fundraising

New Italian unicorn Exein rides the physical AI wave | TechCrunch

Europe has a new unicorn: Italian startup Exein has just raised a $270 million funding round led by...

An artist's impression of an erupting plume of water on Europa's surface.
Physics & Chemistry

Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Be Even Harder to Reach Than We Thought

For a long time, scientists assumed that the tiny water pools at Europa's surface came from the moon's...

An artist's impression of a flash of light striking a dark space.
Physics & Chemistry

What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy

Quantum weirdness does not disappoint.

A view of the Large Hadron Collider, tunnel sectors 3 and 4.
Physics & Chemistry

The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting Its Biggest Upgrade Yet. What Comes Next Could Change Physics

The famous particle accelerator has gone silent, but its next chapter could usher in a new era of...