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SoftBank CEO Questions Musk Orbital Data Center Hype
Masayoshi Son says space data centers cost too much and arrive too late for the AI compute race. Why SpaceX still wins either way.
June 28, 2026 at 2:15 AM IST 4 min
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Rock Weathering and Climate: What a New Study Found
A new study of a 183-million-year-old warming event finds eroding rock can heat the climate, not just cool it. Here is what the rhenium data shows.
June 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM IST 5 min
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Apple Vision Pro Chief Reportedly Joins OpenAI
Paul Meade, the Apple VP running Vision Pro and its upcoming smart glasses, is reportedly leaving for OpenAI's hardware team as a CEO shakeup looms.
June 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM IST 4 min
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VW Eyes Closing Four Factories: What We Know
Volkswagen is weighing the closure of up to four German factories and a 15 percent workforce cut as sales slide in the US and China. Here is what is on the table.
June 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM IST 4 min
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New Glenn Explosion Fallout: What We Know Now
A month after Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded on its only launch pad, the fallout for NASA's Moon plans, Amazon's satellites, and the BE-4 engine is mounting.
June 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM IST 4 min
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Antibiotic Megacluster Found: New Hope vs Superbugs
Scientists at McMaster found a gene megacluster that fires four antibiotics at once to starve bacteria of vitamin B7, hinting at a fresh way to beat resistance.
June 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM IST 4 min
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Amble One: Apple, Audi Alumni Launch $25K EV Buggy
A team of Apple and Audi alumni has launched the Amble One, a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy inspired by the NASA moon rover and built for luxury resorts.
June 27, 2026 at 5:14 PM IST 4 min
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FCC Accused of Hiding Carr Signal Messages With DOGE
A FOIA lawsuit accuses the FCC of concealing Chairman Brendan Carr Signal account used for government business with Musk and DOGE officials.
June 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM IST 5 min
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California Bans Loud Streaming Ads on July 1
A new California law makes streaming ads louder than your show illegal starting July 1, and the volume relief may reach viewers far beyond the state.
June 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM IST 4 min
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Brain Cancer Scare Turns Out to Be Tapeworms
A Spanish man whose brain scans screamed metastatic cancer was actually carrying tapeworm larvae. Here is how doctors caught the mistake before invasive surgery.
June 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM IST 4 min
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South Korea Plans to Train 500,000 Drone Warriors
South Korea will train its entire half-million military to fly drones like a second personal weapon, citing Ukraine and a numerical gap with North Korea.
June 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM IST 4 min
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FTC Clears Musk to Buy SpaceX Alumni Startup Mesh
The FTC has expedited its antitrust review and cleared Elon Musk to acquire Mesh Optical, a data center optics startup founded by ex-SpaceX engineers.
June 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM IST 4 min
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TikTok Goes Super App: What We Know
TikTok is layering shopping, hotel booking, sports hubs, and fintech onto the video app, chasing the WeChat-style super app model in the West.
June 27, 2026 at 5:14 AM IST 4 min
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Novak Djokovic Joins General Atlantic as Advisor
General Atlantic has named tennis great Novak Djokovic a global strategic advisor as the private equity firm pushes deeper into health, wellness, and sports.
June 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM IST 4 min
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Tesla Settles Fatal FSD Crash Lawsuit: What We Know
Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a fatal 2023 Full Self-Driving crash, but the federal NHTSA engineering analysis into the system is still open.
June 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM IST 4 min
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Menlo Ventures Raises Record $3B Fund on Anthropic Bet
Menlo Ventures closed the largest fund in its 50-year history, propelled by a 2024 bet on Anthropic now reportedly worth around 14 billion dollars.
June 24, 2026 at 2:14 AM IST 4 min
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Meta Plans Arena: A Prediction Market App
Mark Zuckerberg has greenlit a Polymarket-style prediction app called Arena. Here is what it is, how it works, and why it is launching now.
June 24, 2026 at 1:14 AM IST 4 min
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Meta Glasses Launch at 299 Dollars: What We Know
Meta just dropped its own-brand smart glasses starting at 299 dollars, ditching the Ray-Ban label and undercutting Snap Specs by nearly 2000 dollars.
June 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM IST 4 min
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HaloBraid Raises 7M to Automate Hair Braiding
HaloBraid just raised 7 million dollars led by Alexis Ohanian to build a robotic braiding assistant that finishes braids in seconds, not hours.
June 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM IST 4 min
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Tesla Disputes Autopilot Claim in Fatal Texas Crash
Tesla says its data shows the driver pressed the accelerator to 100% before a fatal Katy, Texas crash, as NHTSA opens a special investigation.
June 23, 2026 at 5:14 AM IST 4 min
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Uber Board Sued by Shareholders: What We Know
A Detroit pension fund is leading a shareholder lawsuit accusing Uber's board of cutting compliance corners, fueling thousands of assault claims.
June 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM IST 5 min
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Microsoft, Chevron Plan Huge Gas Data Center
Microsoft signed a 20-year deal with Chevron to build a 2.67-gigawatt gas plant in West Texas powering its AI data centers.
June 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM IST 4 min
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TechCrunch Founder Summit Deal Ends June 26
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 early-bird pricing closes June 26, cutting up to 190 dollars off passes to the November 4 Boston founder conference.
June 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM IST 4 min
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Meta Names Kunal Shah WhatsApp Chief, Backs CRED
Meta has appointed CRED founder Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp as Will Cathcart steps aside, alongside a 900 million dollar investment in CRED.
June 22, 2026 at 9:14 PM IST 4 min
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Lucid Cuts 18% of Staff: What We Know
Lucid Motors is laying off about 1,500 workers and killing a production shift in Arizona as new CEO Silvio Napoli moves to simplify the EV maker.
June 22, 2026 at 7:14 PM IST 4 min
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Mach Industries Hits $1.8B Valuation
Defense-tech startup Mach Industries closed a $300M Series C at a $1.8 billion valuation while running six weapons programs at once. Here is the bet.
June 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM IST 4 min
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VLC Creator Raises $5M for Robot Control Startup Kyber
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million from Lightspeed for Kyber, a real-time control layer for robots and drones.
June 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM IST 4 min
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Shinkei Poseidon Robot Humanely Kills Fish
Shinkei Systems built a fridge-sized robot called Poseidon that uses computer vision to kill fish instantly, and Michelin chefs love the results.
June 21, 2026 at 6:37 AM IST 5 min
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Signal CEO: AI Chatbots Are Not Your Friends
Signal President Meredith Whittaker says AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not friends, not conscious, and warns AI shopping agents could become a backdoor.
June 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM IST 4 min
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Android 14 Beta: How to Download and Install It Safely
Android 14 Beta is here. Learn how to enroll your Pixel, what's new, and the risks to weigh before you install it.
June 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM IST 6 min
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Dark GPT Explained: The Underground AI Models Powering Cybercrime
Dark GPT isn't a secret super-AI — it's a class of jailbroken, malicious language models sold to criminals. Here's how they actually work.
June 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM IST 7 min
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iOS 17 Lets Families Share AirTags: How It Works
iOS 17 finally lets up to five people share one AirTag without 'unknown tracker' alerts. Here's how to set it up.
June 7, 2026 at 8:56 AM IST 7 min
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What Were Teletypes and Why Early Computers Relied on Them
Before screens existed, teletypes were how people talked to computers. Here's what they were and why they faded away.
May 24, 2026 at 12:47 AM IST 7 min
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How Does a Laser Pointer Work? A Plain-English Guide
A laser pointer makes one pure, tightly focused beam using stimulated emission. Here's how that works in plain English.
May 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM IST 7 min
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FragAttacks: The Wi-Fi Flaws Hiding in Almost Every Device
FragAttacks are design flaws baked into Wi-Fi since 1997. Here's what they let attackers do and how to actually protect yourself.
May 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM IST 7 min