Month: October 2026
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...
Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells) | TechCrunch
Now that LLM-generated prose is everywhere, human beings are eager for ways to sniff it out. While early...
Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web | TechCrunch
Amazon Web Services released an open-source decision model inspired by TypeSafe’s Jev, with AI developers increasingly seeking intelligence...
Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI | TechCrunch
Shopify introduced a new site-building tool Thursday called Canvas that lets merchants set up their Shopify store by...
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people | TechCrunch
California governor Gavin Newsom has used his veto authority to send a bill passed by the state’s legislature...
Being an Anglo-Saxon Expat in Medieval Rome Came With a Rare Papal Perk
There was a "miniature Anglo-Saxon town" between the Vatican and the Tiber River.
Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system | TechCrunch
Airbnb rolled out its new AI-powered search this week as part of its fall update, a significant step...
