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Scientists Say Lead in Ink Could Finally Crack Herculaneum’s Burnt Scrolls—So They Baked a Fake One as a Test
The Herculaneum scrolls were discovered in the 1700s. It's taken centuries for researchers to read one of them...
VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI | TechCrunch
Bessemer Venture Partners announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5.75 billion across two new funds to accelerate...
This first-time founder bootstrapped her way to a $47.5M exit | TechCrunch
Loading the player…Ashley Tyrner-Dolce spent more than a decade building FarmboxRx without taking a single dollar of venture...
We’ve Been Giving the Parthenon’s Architects Credit for a Trick They Might Not Have Even Used
The Greeks probably were very intelligent, innovative architects—but we're also probably overestimating the extent of their scientific awareness.
Archaeologists Just Opened a Pre-Incan Tomb Sealed for 600 Years. Here’s What They Found
The mausoleum miraculously evaded colonial and contemporary looters—but not the careful eye of experts working at the historical...
We Were Wildly Off About Pre-European Indigenous Populations in Australia
This also implies that we've been wildly undermining the true scale of the crushing impact colonization had on...
Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI | TechCrunch
Pinterest is turning to AI to help consumers move from searching for product inspiration to actually being able...
Who is John Ternus, the new Apple CEO? | TechCrunch
After 15 years, Tim Cook has handed off the Apple CEO role to John Ternus, the company’s senior...
Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks | TechCrunch
As AI agents gain access to the same sensitive corporate data and systems as human workers while operating...
A Woman Ruled Ancient Egypt as King 5,000 Years Ago, Research Claims
A blurry old photo is reviving a decades-old debate over Egypt's First Dynasty.
