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AI

Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings | TechCrunch

Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman thinks the AI doomer narrative isn’t doing the industry any favors....

Security

FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room | TechCrunch

OpenAI said it has alerted the FBI after discovering that an employee allegedly planted a hidden recording device...

Health

Cannabis for Insomnia? The Verdict Is Shaky, Review Finds

A new report failed to find "reliable evidence" that medical cannabis can meaningfully improve people's insomnia.

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AI

Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case | TechCrunch

A judge has ruled that Apple will gain expedited access to OpenAI’s hiring materials in the trade secrets-focused...

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Climate

Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt | TechCrunch

If fusion power pans out, and there are signs that it will, the world will need a lot...

Biology

Giant, Meat-Eating Crabs Are the Latest Obstacle in the Search for Amelia Earhart’s Plane

The crabs are so oppressive that expeditioners won't even be able to sleep on the island where the...

Biology

Deep-Sea Rocks Spontaneously Combusted After Scientists Brought Them to the Surface

A recent discovery highlights an unforeseen potential hazard of deep-sea mining.

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Hardware

Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech’s most expensive mistakes | TechCrunch

San Francisco-based startup Niobia is betting big on a critical but often overlooked part of battery and chip...

AI

Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads | TechCrunch

When I was eight, I remember our train to Mumbai ground to a halt with a great noise....

Longshot CEO and cofounder Mike Grace with a projectile designed to be fired from his company's enormous gun.
Space

Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Rockets are, infamously, a real pain in the butt. Our old friend physics forces rockets to be built...