Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Other rivals are pursuing various flavors of organ-on-a-chip and microphysiological systems for preclinical testing.…
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions…
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Though they are no longer Anthropic's newest models, Opus 4.6 and Haiku 4.5 continue…
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf
Nvidia is doing everything it can to keep fueling the AI buildout that has…
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours
Rillet emerged from stealth two years ago. Since then, it has raised $200 million…
Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams
Apple is chopping down the team behind the Vision Pro, its long suffering VR…
TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement with the…
The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch
While Migicovsky hopes the do-over will give him a chance to correct the mistakes…
Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero
Nvidia published some interesting new research on Friday suggesting it's the harness, more than…
Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today
The lowest prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once…
Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong
Nearly a decade ago, Tesla introduced its solar roof, which was essentially a mini-power…
Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA’s child collision probe
Waymo has responded to questions from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as…
US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities
A Department of Energy lab is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a…
Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy
A proposed class action lawsuit is accusing smart ring maker Oura of deceiving consumers…
Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay
All the while, Walmart customers have begged the company to support modern tap-and-pay technology,…
Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up
"The reason they've chosen to do this investment now is because of all of…
