Charter Space brings fintech to spaceship insurance, showcases results at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
When Yuk Chi Chan began construction on the charter space in late 2021, it was after a long period of pain. As a mission manager for a satellite bus startup, he coordinated the company’s first demonstration mission. All of this had to be done with critical data scattered across Microsoft Excel. In addition to managing […]
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla says the U.S. government could take a 10% stake in all publicly traded companies to soften the blow for AGI.
Vinod Khosla has a bold vision for how society can be reconfigured to share the wealth created by AI technology. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday, the founder of Khosla Ventures suggested that the US government could take a 10% stake in every public company and redistribute that company’s wealth to the […]
Would you like to abolish daylight saving time?
Many countries adopt Daylight Saving Time (DST), which moves clocks forward one hour in March to allow for more daylight hours in the spring and summer. The United States is preparing to return to standard time on Sunday, November 2, as all states except two (excluding the Navajo Nation), Hawaii and Arizona, have implemented DST. […]
New Android Trojan ‘Herodotus’ Outwits Anti-Cheating Systems by Typing Like a Human
October 28, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new Android banking Trojan called Herodotus that has been observed in active campaigns targeting Italy and Brazil carrying out device takeover (DTO) attacks. “Herodotus is designed to perform device takeover while mimicking human behavior and making initial attempts to evade biometric detection of […]
Researchers expose GhostCall and GhostHire: BlueNoroff’s new malware chain
Threat actors associated with North Korea have been observed targeting the Web3 and blockchain sectors as part of two campaigns tracked as GhostCall and GhostHire. According to Kaspersky, these campaigns are part of a broader operation called SnatchCrypto that has been ongoing since at least 2017. This activity is believed to be due to a […]
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch Vinod Khosla, Netflix, Slate Auto, and Startup Battlefield
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is coming! If you’re still on the fence about attending in person, join us for the extensive schedule of speakers, networking opportunities, workshops, afterparties, and more available here. There’s still plenty of time to get your tickets, and since there’s only 2 days left, we’re offering you a 50% discount. However, if […]
Watch as the Air Force flies inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa as experts warn ‘storm of the century’ will have devastating impact on Jamaica
The Air Force has captured stunning footage from inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to cause widespread damage when it makes landfall in Jamaica. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” entered the hurricane Monday morning (October 27) to collect data for the National Hurricane Center, News18 reported. Hurricane […]
Apple and Microsoft are both now worth over $4 trillion
Apple and Microsoft are now worth more than $4 trillion each. This is the first time that Apple’s market capitalization has surpassed the $4 trillion mark, making it the third company to surpass this milestone after Nvidia and Microsoft. Redmond first crossed the mark in July, but its valuation has since fallen slightly to $3.9 […]
James Webb Telescope Discovers Capotauro, a Mysterious Object So Unique That It Will Change Cosmology Whatever It Is
Astronomers have discovered a very bright and mysterious object using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). A new study suggests that this object may be a galaxy that emerged just 100 million years after the Big Bang, making it the oldest known galaxy in the universe. Alternatively, Capotauro could be an unusual brown dwarf (a […]
OpenAI completes for-profit recapitalization
OpenAI announced Tuesday that it has completed a recapitalization and separated AI Labs into a for-profit corporation housed within a nonprofit foundation. This is the end result of a complex legal process that was fiercely resisted by estranged co-founder Elon Musk. Under the new structure, the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation will legally control a public benefit […]