Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in stock-for-stock deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates
Unacademy, once one of India’s most valuable edtech startups, is to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal that will combine the country’s two leading online learning platforms. On Sunday, Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal said in a post on X that the two companies have signed a term sheet with upGrad […]
Wiz investors unravel Google’s $32 billion acquisition
Google completed its $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz this week. This is the largest acquisition in Google’s history, and the largest acquisition ever of a venture-backed startup. In the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan, Sean O’Kane, and I are joined by Shardul Shah, a partner at Index Ventures, Wiz’s largest […]
Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re developing robots completely wrong
For those who don’t know, RJ Scaringe, Rivian’s founder and CEO, runs another company. If you count, this is the third company. And this time we’re focusing on robotics. The serial entrepreneur is best known for Rivian, the up-and-coming EV maker that gained attention in 2018 after debuting an electric truck with its now-famous gear […]
Measles resurgence in the US is a frightening sign of what’s to come
For 30 years, from 1993 to 2024, measles outbreaks in the United States were relatively rare, at most a few hundred cases a year. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that new outbreaks may not make headlines. As of March 2026, measles has been circulating continuously across the United States […]
The government takes UFOs very seriously. So why are researchers being held back?
President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena (known as UAPs) starting in February 2026, following years of pressure from Congress, military whistleblowers, and the public. Congress formally mandated UAP research through the National Defense Authorization Act in […]
Physics first, Chinese scientists create a rare “hexagonal diamond” that is harder than natural diamonds
Chinese researchers have created what they claim is the first sample of a pure hexagonal diamond. This is theorized to be a rare variant of super-strong diamond found in meteorites from shattered dwarf planets. Natural diamonds, also known as cubic diamonds, have long been considered the hardest natural material on earth, so much so that […]
Hubble and Euclid capture the final acts of a dying star – and it’s amazing: This week’s space photo
overview What is it: Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543). Location: Located 4,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. Share date: March 3, 2026. These amazing snapshots of the universe show distorted, glowing rings of blue, orange and red gas moving away from a dying star. Against a backdrop of a sea of galaxies and […]
Will the day come when the script of the Indus Valley will be deciphered?
About 4,000 years ago, the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, emerged and flourished in parts of modern-day Pakistan, western India, eastern Iran, and Afghanistan. In addition to building large cities, people created a writing system consisting of hundreds of signs that remain undeciphered. Sometimes called the Harappan script, this sign varies, […]
US Army announces contract worth up to $20 billion with Anduril
The U.S. Army announced late Friday that it had signed a 10-year contract with defense technology startup Anduril. The deal could be worth up to $20 billion. The agreement begins with a five-year “base term,” with an option to extend for an additional five years, and includes Anduril’s hardware, software, infrastructure and services, according to […]
Honda will discontinue EVs and have no chance of competing in the future.
We get it; with incentives being cut and Chinese automakers knocking on the door, it’s not an easy time for traditional automakers to sell electric cars. But Honda takes it to another level. This week, Honda discontinued its meager and frankly hopeless EV program. What little motivation Honda had to compete in the EV space […]