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Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Andruil’s Palmer Luckey had an idea to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military, law enforcement, and other emergency response teams. That idea, on Thursday, announced its emergence from ...
2026-10-22T23:07:35+00:00 Shafaq News- Erbil The 18th Erbil International Book Fair attracted large numbers of families, students, researchers and intellectuals on Thursday, the event’s second day. Held under the slogan “I Am Kurdish,” the fair brings ...
In Brief Posted: 3:34 PM PDT · October 22, 2026 Image Credits:Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced Thursday that it is renaming its digital ...
In Brief Posted: 3:08 PM PDT · October 22, 2026 Image Credits:Darrell Etherington with files from Getty under license OpenAI is reportedly close to securing another mega round of private funding, rather than plowing ahead ...
EV maker Rivian has acquired Third Dimension, a U.K. startup founded by veterans of the gaming and autonomous vehicle industries that uses AI to turn images and videos into lifelike 3D worlds. Rivian isn’t getting ...
2026-10-22T21:00:24+00:00 Shafaq News- Erbil The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Interior Ministry on Thursday denied reports that Ukrainian drones, troops, or military units were operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In a statement, the ministry ...
The Browser Company is sunsetting its design-forward Arc browser on December 22, 2026, and directing users to Dia, its AI-first browser. The company announced the decision on Thursday, citing the rising cost of keeping a ...
The AI era has changed how fast startups can grow. Startups can grow so fast that they hit high annual recurring revenue (ARR) numbers, only to crash and burn a few months later. At this ...
Concerns have swirled over the access that consumers are increasingly entrusting to AI agents. Now, security services are trying to catch up. Password manager 1Password on Thursday launched a new tool by which users can ...
Design platform Canva released its first image generation model, called Canva Craft, developed by its research team to compete with same-category models from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, and Meta. The company said its model works in ...
OpenAI made its Decisions API model widely available to users for the first time, entering the market for fast, cheap intelligence that recently made TypeSafe, a startup founded by a former researcher at the frontier ...
Microsoft’s AI diagnostic system correctly diagnosed complex medical cases in a simulation more than twice as often as generalist physicians, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI’s CEO, called the ...
Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a new AI startup focused on automating lab work for drug discovery. The company, which trains robots to make and test promising compounds identified by ...
In Brief Posted: 10:36 AM PDT · October 22, 2026 Image Credits:Benjamin Fanjoy / Getty Images Elon Musk has invested approximately $1 billion in the newly formed media company Skydance, according to a new report ...
In Brief Posted: 9:47 AM PDT · October 22, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images The bad week for cybersecurity just got worse for thousands more companies, who were spied on by Chinese hackers following the breach ...
This year, TechCrunch Disrupt showcased the incredible talent and groundbreaking ideas of our 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. Out of thousands of applications, we selected 200 of the most promising startups, each bringing unique innovations ...
Uber and OpenAI announced an expansion of their partnership on Thursday, with the ride-share giant telling TechCrunch that its entire global workforce — some 30,000 people — will now be using ChatGPT Work. ChatGPT Work ...
Tesla says it is preparing to launch its shiny gold Cybercab in new markets outside its home of Austin, Texas, in a bid to “literally take over every part of terrestrial transportation.” “We’re starting with ...
Lawyers representing detained executives of the LGBTI+ rights group Kaos GL, rights advocates and a journalist have called for their immediate release, saying no concrete evidence has been presented more than 40 days after their ...
Turkey’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by one percentage point, from 37% to 36%, marking its first rate reduction in nine months. The bank announced the decision following a meeting of its ...
