Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
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Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
How to Connect to HMRC's Making Tax Digital API: A Beginner's Guide
If you write software for anyone who pays UK tax, sooner or later you'll need to talk to HMRC. Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax went live on 6 April 2026, and it's already mandatory for self-em
How to Prevent Race Conditions in Django
Let's say you have enough credit left to generate one more image in an AI app. You submit a request in one browser tab, then submit another in a second tab before the first finishes. The app accepts b
AI more likely to kill animals if it saves fuel or money
Machine learning models still have a lot to learn about the value of life
Apple Watch’s New VO2 Max Test: How It Measures Your Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Your Apple Watch can tell you how fast you're moving, how your heart responds to exercise, and how your workout changes over time. But one of its more interesting fitness metrics is something it can't
How to Sandbox a Linux Process with Landlock, No Root Required
Here's a program restricting itself, then trying to read two files: without landlock: read /etc/hostname ok read /tmp/secret.txt ok with landlock, /etc allowed: read
Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road
"It's actually allegedly being built out now," said Rabois, who has clearly dealt with a missed construction timeline or two.
Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland
The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust set of open-weight options that aren’t Chinese.
OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline.
Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events
The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2B in annual revenue
While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each day by K3 models on the system.
ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses
"I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says.
Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox
At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC capabilities, and the ability to make games available across platforms,…
Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ
Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt in…
Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics
Analysis revealed seed proteins from sesame and moringa, which held religious and symbolic significance.
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