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Florida startup building inexpensive drone interceptors in UAE
Inexpensive interceptors developed by a small start-up based in West Palm Beach, Florida, could be used to counter the threat posed by Iranian drones, according to a report by The New York Times on Sunday. Powerus has been building its drone…
A tiny startup wants to bring nuclear power back to California
Bluecore's floating reactor could power about 15,000 homes near the port California has banned new nuclear reactor construction since 1976 The reactor would sit on a barge leased at Berth 48 The Port of Long Beach is exploring small modular…
You Have Shown Courage in New Sector...We Are Highly Cost-Competitive: PM Modi Interacts with CEOs, Founders of Space Startups
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded space startups in the country, saying they had shown courage in a new sector and called for creating an atmosphere that attracts global talent in the sector to the country. PM Modi, who interacted…
Lattice Acquires Performance Startup Pando
Lattice announced this week that it has acquired the career development startup and one-time rival Pando, making its second acquisition this year as the HR software industry consolidates talent tools around AI. Pando founder and chief executive…
Space, AI and other tech integration to shape a nation's geopolitical future: Minister Shekhawat
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday (August 23, 2026) said the convergence of streams like space technology, AI, quantum technologies, robotics, semiconductors and high-performance computing will determine a nation's geopolitical…
TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo's robotaxi ambitions
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! Waymo gets a lot of attention for its…
I was burning out as a founder. My summer interns changed everything about the way I work.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bryan Reed, a 24-year-old startup founder based in New York City. It's been edited for length and clarity. In July of 2025, my cofounder and I created Freeport Markets, a trading app that lets…
'Bihar no longer the badlands': Industries Minister Shreyasi Singh's investment pitch
It is more a matter of being equal to the task than viewing it strictly as a challenge. While industry is the nodal sector, other key departments — such as renewable energy, food processing, health, education, social welfare and tourism…
JPMorgan Says Tesla Is Confident of Scaling Cybercab Operations, Touts Future Models Based on Platform-FSD V15 a 'Step-Change' From Previous Versions
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Wednesday said that Tesla Inc. appears to be prioritizing the Cybercab over further scaling its Model Y…
Will the DOJ's investigation into a16z spook other VCs?
Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies, VCs told TechCrunch that they were baffled. On the latest episode of the Equity podcast…
Robots can outrun humans, but can they plug in a cable?
China's humanoid robots have shown they can run quicker than the fastest humans. Now comes the real test: can they also handle packaging and warehouse operations while reliably performing precision tasks like connecting cables designed to evaluate…
Quote of the day by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel: 'Anyone that has a monopoly will pretend that they're in incredible competition' - exposing how tech titans bend the market in their favour
The size and scope of the world's biggest technology companies seem beyond anything we could have imagined in the distant past. Companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Google are described by many as monopolies in particular sectors and have landed…
Nvidia Is Spending $6 Billion to Build a Powerful U.S. Alternative to Chinese AI
is planning to use a $6 billion deal it struck this week to build one of the world's most powerful open-weight AI models, one that would compete with Chinese heavyweights like DeepSeek and Kimi K3, according to people familiar with the matter. The…
PM Modi urges private space sector to build global aura of innovation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed creating an aura around the private sector in space research so that people worldwide feel that if they want to make a career, they should go to India. In an interaction with CEOs and founders of 20 space…
J.D. Tuccille: The progressive plan to loot Silicon Valley keeps getting worse
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has an idea for promoting his pet wealth tax. To prosperous Californians who say their wealth is tied up in businesses that create value but don't offer a lot of liquid cash to pay massive tax bills, the progressive politician…
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