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Security

CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off | TechCrunch

Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike is buying two AI security companies that expand its products to more broadly monitor, test,...

Human History

Satellite Imagery Reveals a 2,600 Year-Old Complex Buried Beneath an Ancient City in Egypt

Decades of excavations have uncovered layers of Buto's history, but some of its deepest secrets have remained buried.

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In Brief

Ukraine’s new pocket-sized gadget turns Russian drones’ cameras against them | TechCrunch

Ukrainian drone teams have a new way to spy on the drones that spy on them. A Kyiv...

AI

Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute | TechCrunch

There’s a lot of mystery around the finances of major AI labs, and as Anthropic inches towards its...

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AI

Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search | TechCrunch

Google announced on Tuesday that it plans to disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school...

Human History

Archaeologists Discover a Monster Kidney Stone in a Bronze Age Burial, and Boy Does It Look Painful

“His last years were probably marked by considerable and more or less constant pain."

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In Brief

New York City’s Mamdani criticizes Madison Square Garden owner over surveillance tech | TechCrunch

Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani has criticized the owner of Madison Square Garden, one of the...

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Apps

Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up | TechCrunch

Apple is adjusting its App Store policies to make it more difficult for minors to use online dating...

Space & Spaceflight

Scientists Thought This Was an Ordinary Mars Meteorite. It’s Actually One of the Oldest Ever Found

Called Teghaza 001, the rock is a piece of Mars that formed over 4.1 billion years ago.

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Startups

The Founder Summit agenda is only half the reason to be in Boston on Nov. 4 | TechCrunch

You can learn a lot from a great founder session. But sometimes the conversation that changes what you...