Month: October 2026
CIA officer admits to creating fake top secret government program to steal over $190 million, including gold bars | TechCrunch
A now-former officer with the Central Intelligence Agency has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $200 million, including hundreds...
Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material | TechCrunch
Meta announced Wednesday that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook...
SpaceX alumni nab $100M to rethink shipping with autonomous freight trains | TechCrunch
The railroad industry was one of the first to disrupt how the world worked with technology, but lately,...
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look | TechCrunch
Healthleap, a startup building an AI platform that reads patient records to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed...
Bloom raises $3.6M to become the ‘Alibaba’ of American manufacturing | TechCrunch
When Justin Kosmides co-founded Bloom in 2023, his goal was to create a savior for the mobility industry....
Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next | TechCrunch
When Tony Fadell takes the stage at the inaugural MIT Future Fest, he projects a slide with three...
Google experiments with an AI-powered gaming platform | TechCrunch
The barriers to entry for game creation are rapidly diminishing as AI makes game development more accessible to...
OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
OpenAI just made one of its biggest bets yet on what comes after the chatbot. Now, the person...
A Hippopotamus Isn’t the Most Practical Family Pet I’ve Seen
This is Jessica, a hippo that was found abandoned as a baby but is now the pet of...
James Watson Suggested Rosalind Franklin Missed the DNA Double Helix. Her Notes Say Otherwise
Franklin's lab notes show she grasped the significance of her DNA images, according to a new essay.
