Day: October 1, 2026
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation | TechCrunch
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of cybersecurity startup Mandiant that sold it to Google for $5.4...
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president | TechCrunch
In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, President...
Science Team Explains Why Mentos + Coke = Whoosh!
You should, by now, be very familiar with the Mentos and Coke explosion effect. After all, we’ve even...
Why Pickles Light Up When You Electrocute Them
This common science demonstration has been an enduring mystery. Now, this electrical engineer has started to figure it...
South Korean Troops Thought They Found a Landmine. It Was a 600-Year-Old Gun
The exact date of the firearm is up for debate, but the discovery sets back the history of...
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you | TechCrunch
OpenAI is again experimenting with how its conversational AI assistant, ChatGPT, can help users as they shop online....
Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground | TechCrunch
Google’s prototype of its orbital compute satellite took off today onboard a SpaceX rocket launched from California —...
Archaeologists Found 4 Nazca Mummies in the Wrong Place. It Could Turn the Story of an Ancient Empire ‘Upside Down’
Northern Arizona University, working with Peru’s Ministry of Culture, has uncovered four pristine mummies that could upend the...
OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports | TechCrunch
OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers on its safety team who allegedly shared confidential company information with...
Could Kickstarter replace your seed round? | TechCrunch
Loading the player…For years, crowdfunding had a reputation as the place founders went when they couldn’t raise venture...
