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Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even better

The biggest change about Ember's new mug is that you no longer have to open the app to adjust your drink’s temperature....

3 hours ago

Mark Wahlberg wants to take on the longevity-startup crowd with an affordable gym concept

Mark Wahlberg, who once sank money into a gym chain that got kicked off the NYSE, is now building his own, and he promises you’ll get a cold plunge, a blood panel and a protein muffin without needing ...

16 hours ago

Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says

Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad made the comments during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026....

21 hours ago

Porsche’s electric Macan Turbo is an automotive existential crisis

Maybe it was the grey color, the slightly bulbous roofline, or the vaguely SUV-like proportions of the electric Porsche Macan, but as I shuttled kids and groceries around city and suburban streets, I ...

23 hours ago

India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles....

1 day ago

A Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic...

1 day ago

Waymo’s robotaxis are headed to Canada

The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets....

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Tressfecta wants to make hair braiding a less arduous task for hairstylists

Tressfecta will be at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt!...

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In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes meets her equal in comedian Nathan Fielder

Nathan Fielder's documentary about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has created a constellation of colliding personas that interrogate the very nature of authenticity....

1 day ago

Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy

Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."...

1 day ago

Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles

Counterfeits of luxury goods are a major problem for fashion houses. Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands’ marks and passing off dupes, known as “superfakes,” as genuine items. A st...

1 day ago

Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’

Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions....

1 day ago

Even Benchmark thinks AI is eroding the venture pact against backing rivals

Benchmark says the Valley’s rule against backing rivals is getting harder to keep....

1 day ago

Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style

The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas....

1 day ago

When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitness for an undisclosed amount of money in March....

1 day ago

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems

Intero Biosystems beat out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home the $100,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026....

1 day ago

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it

Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products....

1 day ago

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon....

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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands....

1 day ago

Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network

The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization....

1 day ago

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them....

1 day ago

Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's a...

2 days ago

Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends Oct. 16

Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit end on October 16. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4...

2 days ago

Volvo makes a bigger bet on Nvidia

Volvo is leveling up its automated driving system through an expansion of its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia that will extend beyond its battery electric vehicles....

2 days ago

SK Hynix bargains for chip equipment exports to its China facility in return for building a factory in US

SK Hynix’s Solidigm is reportedly seeking US approval to send more chipmaking equipment to China as it weighs building a new NAND chip factory in America....

2 days ago

AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars

We'll likely learn more about how this will work at the company's upcoming "AI & Autonomy Day" event in December....

2 days ago

Ramp reaches $60B valuation as it pushes deeper into AI

The funding comes as Ramp's annualized revenue crosses $2B, and its customer count reaches 85,000....

2 days ago

Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US

The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app....

2 days ago

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Last day

Last day to join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Join 10,000+ tech leaders for a day of connections and insights. Save 75% on your pass now....

2 days ago

Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75

Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize con...

2 days ago

Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware

The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads....

2 days ago

Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta....

2 days ago

Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis

The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip des...

2 days ago

Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse....

2 days ago

Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026

It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals....

2 days ago

Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt

Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can ...

2 days ago

Intero Biosystems wants drugmakers to test on mini human intestines, not animals

Intero Biosystems is selling lab-grown human intestines to drugmakers as regulators push for alternatives to animal testing, while the startup looks to scale production and expand its organoid technol...

2 days ago

CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakes

Databases have traditionally been designed either for analytical data or for operational data. But database engine CedarDB supports both, and its approach has gained relevance with the rise of agentic...

2 days ago

Ambani’s Jio seeks to raise $3.2B in what could be India’s biggest IPO

Jio plans to use most of its IPO proceeds to repay debt as it expands beyond telecom....

2 days ago

Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different

Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology....

2 days ago

Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction efforts

Colossal announced a new AI platform to help accelerate its de-extinction efforts and Peter Diamandis has launched a new fund to back startups who use it....

2 days ago

Flock CEO: We haven’t ‘fired’ any police departments as customers

Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that the surveillance company has not cancelled contracts of any police department or law enforcement agency, despite reports of abuse....

2 days ago

Electric vehicle sales in the U.S. are showing signs of life

The electric vehicle market in the U.S. has been growing for the last three consecutive quarters....

2 days ago

TimeTeller puts our internal clocks at the center of personalized medicine

German startup TimeTeller has developed a saliva test kit to help anyone understand their circadian rhythm; it aims to reduce side effects from cancer treatments....

2 days ago

Ambrosia Energy will build a 10 GWh factory in Texas to make batteries for off-grid data centers

Startup Ambrosia Energy will build a massive factory to crank out batteries to augment solar panels, creating a round-the-clock clean power plant....

2 days ago

Hiyd is a health tracker that attaches to the watch you already wear

Former Apple engineers figured out how to get a biometric sensor to attach to your watch without any magnets or adhesives....

2 days ago

YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms

The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as involved in composition and vocals....

3 days ago

Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed....

3 days ago

Mosqitter is turning its mosquito traps into an AI-powered surveillance network

Mosqitter is turning its mosquito-trapping hardware into an AI-powered surveillance network designed to identify species, monitor populations, and provide earlier warnings of mosquito-borne disease ri...

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