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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...

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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...

Disrupt 2024 Main Stage
Startups

The full Disrupt Stage lineup | TechCrunch

The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what...

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AI

Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them? | TechCrunch

The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings...

Human History

Divers Discover 10,500-Year-Old Wood That May Rewrite the Story of Hunter-Gatherers

A geologic quirk in a German lake has left Mesolithic remains exquisitely preserved.

Human History

Skulls Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Egypt 5,000 Years Ago

Royal tombs at Abydos were surrounded by numerous other burials. In the 1920s, an Egyptologist questioned whether all...

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In Brief

Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions | TechCrunch

Blaming a “significant rise” in AI submissions, Google has paused its open source bug bounty program until next...

AI

Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem? | TechCrunch

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Transportation

TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis | TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the...

AI

Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force | TechCrunch

As promised, President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new Super Intelligence Force, which he said...