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U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.

Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in the cloud.

Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry's focus on AI's risks is drowning out its potential benefits.

The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and improve margins.

Fusion power startup Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a small, laser-powered fusion device to fuel the coming wave of fusion power plants.

Fusion power plants will need a lot of lithium, and Licube is preparing to be a key supplier.

The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes.

Field also worked on Apple's secretive car project and oversaw development of the Tesla Model 3.

Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.

Facebook is the latest social media platform to give users greater control over the algorithm that determines what appears in their feeds. Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, Your Algorithm, on Tuesday, a feature it first launched on Instagram. The new tool allows Facebook users to influence the content they see in []

Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.

University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment. The profitable startup is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield.

The problem with giving everyone in a company access to AI tools is that people will use them in unexpected ways. And that fact is steadily seeding fears that companies now have new, gaping security holes in their systems or, at least, will soon.

Diesel is expensive and polluting, and LNK Energies says it has come up with a way to replace it with hydrogen, all while undercutting diesel on cost.

Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.

Twenty founders just earned their shot at Disrupt glory. They're headed to the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to compete for the $100,000 prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup.

Siri can now learn users' preferred music app, allowing Spotify listeners to request songs, podcasts, and playlists without specifying which app to use.

After years of declining subscriber numbers and falling revenue, Bumble just agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition.

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The new X Subscription combines X's paid features with AI tools like Grok and Cursor, offering plans ranging from $8 to $200 per month.

The new $149 HomePod mini with Siri AI and a 'SoundGlow' visual feature will be available starting October 30.

The full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage lineup revealed, featuring Max Hodak, Mark Wahlberg, Benchmark partners, and more. Register now to save up to $100 on your pass and get a second at 50% off.

The NPCI, which operates the UPI network, said it was postponing the planned October 15 rollout of the 0.4% fee due to the festive shopping season.

The new Apple TV 4K costs $299, comes with Siri AI, and will be available on November 13.

Apple is taking a big swing at the smart home market with its latest product that competes with Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub.

American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping grows.

As AI data centers and EVs drive up demand for copper, Giraffe Bio has unearthed a $6.4 million seed round to help miners extract more of the mineral.

The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.

Meta's Superintelligence Lab released a pair of new state-of-the-art models on Monday, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, the company's first attempt at a frontier model.

A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.

Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi will spend the next two years working on research and clinical validation of the model.

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Ambi is releasing apps for iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch that enables ambient capture

Apple will announce a new smart home hub on Tuesday called the HomeView, according to Bloombergs Mark Gurman. Over the past couple of years, weve seen There have been multiple reports that Apple was working on a new smart home product, but now it seems the product has a name and a launch date. Gurman []

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On Equity, we debate the impact of data center moratoriums and whether the AI industry has a communication problem.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Richualist is one of TechCrunch's Battlefield 200 Companies!

This Battlefield 200 startup has developed blood-purification tech to save children

Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion as it continues to develop.

Voice AI's often misses important points for its context layer, and causes the whole pipeline to break

Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?

The startup says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry cant get enough electricity.

Cloudflare will use this acquisition to improve its Workers programming model and platform.

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We created a list of the most notable AI agents that can live in your text messages, from general assistants to agents designed for families, travel, and work.

Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of blocking competition.