Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal | TechCrunch — Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.
According To You: The Best Money-Saving DIY Repairs — We asked you about your best money-saving DIY automotive repair, and you folks did not disappoint. We covered a lot of ground together, even mentioning my personal best: a heater core swap. Pulling a dashboard, dropping a…
7 mystifying 3D-printed optical illusions to make this weekend (Oct 2 - 4) — Printing is believing.
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Watch Bloomberg This Weekend 6/13/2026 - Bloomberg — The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Swarovski CEO Alexis Nasar
The Dreamie alarm clock got me to stop using my phone in bed | TechCrunch — What sets Dreamie apart from all of the other fancy alarm clocks is laughably simple: It can play podcasts.
As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder's IRL events expand to dozens more cities | TechCrunch — Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September.
Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations | TechCrunch — OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027.
My kid asked why we can't just ask the sun to move if we don't like where it is. Been thinking about this for three days now 🌞
NSE India Makes Trading Debut — National Stock Exchange of India's shares gained in their debut on the BSE after the company raised $2.4 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in the country’s history (Source: Bloomberg)
Capture One’s latest update includes automatic culling and more Canon support — Capture One’s newest release brings AI-powered automated culling when shooting tethered and expands second-generation wireless tethering to two additional Canon cameras.
Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report | TechCrunch — The tech giant has considered a nine-figure budget for the payments, according to the WSJ.
Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung | TechCrunch — The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.
Toyota May Already Be Prepping a Hotter Version of the GR GT — When it was revealed late last year, the Toyota GR GT marked a new milestone for the Japanese automaker, finally signaling to enthusiasts what would come after the Lexus LFA. The long, slinking shadow that the GR GT…
Trump claims deal with Denmark gives US ‘permanent control’ over Greenland — This is a breaking news story.
How to improve CarPlay navigation if you use Google Maps over Apple Maps — Google Maps can't be set as the default GPS app in CarPlay in most regions, but you can still make it easier to use while driving.
DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO | TechCrunch — DeepSeek, the Chinese large language model developer, is said to be preparing for a 2027 IPO debut as it also looks to raise around $1.5 billion in new funds at a $71 billion valuation.
The Pope Denounces AI Art: 'Algorithms Lack the Spark of Humanity' — He's not wrong.
Travis Kalanick's robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO | TechCrunch — Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber itself.
Wall Street Revives the Case for Scrapping the US 20-Year Bond — Twenty-five years to the month since the US Treasury shocked investors by ending sales of the 30-year bond, the Treasuries market is debating whether 20-year securities are now set for the chopping block.
Report: Honda Accord Will Get a Futuristic Update for Its 50th Birthday — Now in its 11th generation, the Honda Accord is turning 50 years old in 2026. The 12th-generation model isn’t due out until later in the 2020s, but a new report claims that the sedan will receive futu
O Poder do Inútil | Aline Lima | TEDxIracema — Na palestra “O Poder do Inútil”, Aline Lima provoca uma reflexão sobre produtividade excessiva, exaustão e a necessidade de desacelerar em um mundo que exige performance o tempo inteiro. Com uma abordagem sensível e provocadora,…
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As enterprises confront AI agent sprawl, xpander wants them to own their own control and context layer — <p>Enterprise AI has a new infrastructure problem: companies are accumulating agents faster than they are developing systems to govern them.</p><p>Gartner estimates that the…
Jay-Z Hops on Beyoncé’s “Morning Dew (Donk)” Remix — Featuring interpolations of Sheck Wes, Soulja Boy, and the Isley Brothers
Surprise upset: GPT-5.5 beats Claude Fable 5 on brutal new Agents’ Last Exam benchmark — <p>Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence (RDI), alongside an advisory committee of over 300 domain experts, have <a
Tara Brach - Meditation, Psychologist, Author, Teacher — Meditation, emotional healing, and spiritual awakening.
The Milwaukee Art Museum Just Returned Two Ceramics Made by Enslaved Potter David Drake to His Descendants — The two vessels, one of them a signed 1855 jar, are the latest to be reinstituted to Drake’s family, who are on a mission to acquire the works of their ancestor
VW’s Golf Rallye G60 Truly Was the Golf R of the ’80s and ’90s — Nowadays, the facelifted version of Volkswagen’s eighth-generation Golf R is widely acclaimed as a potent, grippy hot hatchback. With 328 horsepower, 295 lb-ft of torque, all-wheel drive, and a sub-five-second run…
Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School | TechCrunch — Let's see how this "frontier community for techno-optimists" is doing ...
Lovable signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says | TechCrunch — Lovable and Google signed an expanded multi-year deal athat involves a 5x expansion of Lovable's footprint on Google Cloud, and expanded access to Anthropic Claude.
GitHub - shaongitbd/doory: Open source canva alternative — Open source canva alternative. Contribute to shaongitbd/doory development by creating an account on GitHub.
Argentina’s Impsa Is in Talks to Resume Turbine Work in Venezuela — Argentina’s Industrias Metalurgicas Pescarmona SAICF is in talks with the Venezuelan government to restart manufacturing and repairs on turbines for the Andean nation’s sprawling Guri dam complex, according to th
Startup founder's pitch deck was 147 slides. I asked why. He said each one was a different investor's favorite metric... he'd never actually picked one.
Poolside drops Laguna S 2.1, an open-weight coding model that beats rivals 10x its size — <p><a href="http://poolside.ai/">Poolside</a>, the San Francisco AI lab that has spent most of its three-year existence quietly selling coding models to governments and defense agencies,…
Dream's Angel Reese named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year — Angel Reese has won the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, making her the first player in Dream franchise history to win the award.
The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk | TechCrunch — AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly…
Stolen Claude session cookies can reach corporate Gmail through grants no IT admin can revoke — <p>Infostealers <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/09/infostealers-are-hijacking-claude-accounts-at-users-expense">replayed stolen Claude session cookies into paid…
Parker Conrad knows which employees are worth their AI spend and says Rippling can help you, too | TechCrunch — "There were employees doing things like, 'Claude is so helpful for me — it analyzes my calendar and my email and puts together a plan for me,'" he says. "That person…
Taste cannot be delegated — The death of design by committee in the age of AI
Google's AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps | TechCrunch — With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.
Newsletter platform Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI | TechCrunch — Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics
A founder I know spent six months building the "perfect" onboarding flow. Watched their actual users skip through it in 12 seconds. They deleted it and just put a button that said 'start here' 🤔 sometimes the thing you're most proud of is the thing blocking the door
Naked Eyes Frontman Pete Byrne Dead At 74 — Pete Byrne, frontman for the hit-making English new wave band Naked Eyes, has died. A post on the band’s website today reveals that Byrne “died peacefully in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, September 14, after a brief illness.” He…
The Chauffeur Problem — Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. Historian Kevin…
Are “Bigger” Brakes Always Better? — If you’ve been around the car hobby long enough, you’ve picked up a lot of “word of mouth” knowledge that comes from enthusiasts who’ve been around longer than you. Before the internet, it was only your family members,…
Mivo’s new app takes a mindful approach to managing screen time | TechCrunch — Doomscrolling on social media is a very common problem and can feel like an endless loop of constantly losing track of time. Instead of tackling this
Kids' handwriting gets worse the more you praise it! Actually watched a teacher stop complimenting penmanship and suddenly the letters got cleaner. Something about the pressure kills the thing you're trying to fix.
See Which Films Have Been Submitted for Best International Feature at the 2027 Oscars — See which films are now eligible for the Best International Feature Oscar via a country submitting them, or the film winning a top festival prize.
Oversight Board says Meta's rules for AI deepfakes are 'consistently and fundamentally inadequate' — The Oversight Board is asking Meta to prioritize AI content when it's reported.
X replaces ‘misaligned’ revenue sharing program with Original Content Rewards | TechCrunch — X is winding down its existing Revenue Sharing program.
“There are more self-storage facilities in the U.S. than there are Starbucks, McDonald’s, Walmart, Home Depot, — “There are more self-storage facilities in the U.S. than there are Starbucks, McDonald’s, Walmart, Home Depot, Domino’s, Dunkin’, and Costco locations combined.
“Big Pink” Is a ’57 Bel Air to Be Proud Of — It was sometime in the early ’80s when Dad spotted the ’57 at a local service station—when there was still such a place. The gentleman there had purchased the amazing pink Bel Air from the original owner and told us that…
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing | TechCrunch — Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
Capital One releases VulnHunter, an open-source AI tool that finds software flaws before hackers do — <p><a href="https://www.capitalone.com/">Capital One</a> on Thursday released <a href="https://github.com/capitalone/vulnhunter">VulnHunter</a>, an open-source, agentic AI…
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On Finding the Beauty in a Block of Stone — The best way to observe London, with all its charm and beauty, oddity and idiosyncrasy, is from the top of a bus, and mine was the 31—the only one that went to the World’s End and passed through so…
Paint Isn’t Just Paint at the New York Studio School — This exhibition of painters Brenda Goodman, Steve DiBenedetto, and Bendix Harms pushed me out of my comfort zone.
DeepSeek Nears $12B Funding Round Ahead of Potential IPO — “Bloomberg: The China Show” is your definitive source for news and analysis on the world's second-biggest economy. From politics and policy to tech and trends, Yvonne Man and Minmin Low give global investors unique…
Trump Rolls Out Red Carpet for Xi as Trade Detente Gets Extra Time — Insight with Haslinda Amin, a daily news program featuring in-depth, high-profile interviews and analysis to give viewers the complete picture on the stories that matter. The show features prominent leaders…