October 09, 2026

Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers: Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up. Read More

An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police: Anthropic did not discover this behavior until over two months after its AI submitted the false tip. Read More

LumenUs helps automate tedious paperwork in times of grief: "The day your loved one passes away, you also get this honorary badge of a project manager for a project you had no idea about," said founder Sara Tashakorinia. Read More

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Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows: Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce. Read More

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers: Leaders from Gamma, Engine, and Google Ventures join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk how to get your first customers. Register now to save up to $100. Grab a second pass at 50% off. Read More

Remember Orkut? Its founder wants to bring it back: Orkut's founder is now taking aim at algorithms and AI-generated content. Read More

Xona's commercial GPS alternative is about to go live: Xona's precision timing and navigation service will enter beta testing after SpaceX launches six satellites designed by the company. Read More

Danu Robotics' fight to build a better recycling robot: For six years, Danu founder Amy Ma has been working on a better way to sort recyclable waste. Read More

Hospitals pay to service hundreds of devices yet can't say which were checked, where they are or who is responsible. MedTrackQR, from Romania's MedSys Innovation, puts a QR label on every device: any phone scans it, no app or account, and sees status, owner and full maintenance history. Audit registers build themselves. Meet them at Disrupt.

Tesla renames 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Tesla Assisted Driving' in Europe: The name change is enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software. Read More

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