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Health

New York Declares Disaster Emergency as US Measles Cases Hit a 35-Year High

"No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease," Governor Kathy Hochul stated Monday.

Apps

Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust | TechCrunch

The personal-agent space has become closely competitive in the recent weeks, with Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dot, and Instinct...

Security

LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature | TechCrunch

If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software...

The image shows the icon of Bluesky, the new decentralized social network created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Social

Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web | TechCrunch

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider teased long-term plans on Monday when he shared that the company has applied to...

The Mistral AI logo appears on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration
AI

Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch

The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday,...

A CT scan shows the inside of an iPhone
Hardware

Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part | TechCrunch

Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A...

Space & Spaceflight

Desk Heater Warms Badly Circulated Extremities

We’ve always been cursed with cold hands and feet, probably because we sit at our desks for 15...

In Brief

Pinterest’s AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans | TechCrunch

Pinterest on Tuesday showed off a new feature that will leverage AI to take action on your saved...

Breakout Session
Startups

The full Disrupt 2026 breakout session agenda revealed | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 lands at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13-15, bringing together 10,000+ founders, investors,...

Space & Spaceflight

Space Force Just Retired the Satellites That Watched for World War III

The last two remaining satellites were transported to an orbital graveyard as the program officially comes to an...