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Month: October 2026

Space & Spaceflight

This May Be the Strangest Explanation Yet for the Mysterious Particle That Slammed Into Earth in 2023

Making it work would require pulling a lot of (cosmic) strings—but perhaps we need wild explanations to explain...

Space & Spaceflight

Google and NASA Join Forces; Nerds Everywhere Flip Out

Google and NASA, sitting in a tree, p-u-t-t-i-n-g… space related data on the internet. Yes, two of the...

Health

The Death of a Russian Plague Lab Worker Sounds Terrifying. How Worried Should You Be?

The death of a 28-year-old lab worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has reawakened pandemic fears.

Health

Crane Adorable Humidifiers

Usually we resent product names that tell us how we should feel about them, but the fact that...

Startups

Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips | TechCrunch

The story begins almost 12 years ago, when Tayo Adesanya started a career working with microchips and AI...

In Brief

Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database | TechCrunch

The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and most of its...

AI

OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results | TechCrunch

ChatGPT is getting more ads. Specifically, OpenAI is adding visual display ads to its ad product line-up so...

TechCrunch Disrupt AI Stage
AI

Open or closed AI? Learn what to build on at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

For AI startups, choosing a model isn’t necessarily a one-time architecture decision anymore.Open models are improving. Frontier APIs...

AI agent concept with robot inside a laptop with a voice bubble on red background.
In Brief

Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’ | TechCrunch

A new fleet of AI agents is making its presence felt on the Internet. On Sunday, a group...

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 2023
Startups

The Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Thousands of startups applied. Just 200 made Startup Battlefield. Only 20 will pitch on the Disrupt Stage across...