Scale AI Alumni Raises $9M for AI Serving Critical Industries in MENA
Bilal Abu Ghazaleh had just moved to London a few days before our visit and was splitting his time between London and Dubai. After nearly a decade in the US, including a stint at Scale AI, he brings that experience to his next venture, 1001 AI. 1001 AI is a company that builds AI infrastructure […]
The man who bet everything on AI and Bill Belichick
Lee Roberts met me Friday morning at the San Francisco University Club. That was just hours before his football team lost to Cal in heartbreaking fashion on a goal-line fumble. Because Bill Belichick and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s expensive experiment didn’t go according to script. But UNC Chairman Roberts doesn’t know […]
MSS claims NSA used 42 cyber tools in multi-stage attack on Beijing Time System
October 20, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyber espionage/national security China on Sunday described the United States as a “hacker empire” and “the biggest source of chaos in cyberspace” and accused the National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out a “planned” cyberattack targeting the National Time Service Center (NTSC). The Ministry of State Security (MSS) said in a post […]
OpenAI’s “Embarrassing” Mathematics | Tech Crunch
“Holded by its own GPTard.” Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, described the fightback after OpenAI researchers took a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed mathematical breakthrough. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added: “This is embarrassing.” In a since-deleted tweet, OpenAI Vice President Kevin Weil declared, “GPT-5 has found solutions to 10 (!) previously unresolved […]
TechCrunch Mobility: An acquisition that may not be hostile
Welcome to TechCrunch Mobility. A central hub for news and insight on the future of transportation. Need another reason to get this free in your inbox? The email version of this newsletter includes polls, including this week’s one asking readers what they think is the best business model for self-driving technology. Have an opinion on […]
Whitehouse is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky
The Trump administration has unleashed an unexpected social media attack on Democratic opponents, with the White House and many other government agencies joining in on Blue Sky on Friday. In its first post, the new White House account uploaded a highlight reel of footage and memes of President Trump with the message: “What’s up, Blue […]
‘Rainbow on a chip’ could help curb AI’s energy needs – it was created by accident
A lab accident prompts engineers to develop a chip that fires a powerful rainbow-colored laser beam. This could help data centers better manage the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) data. The new photonics chip contains an industrial-grade laser light source combined with a precisely engineered optical circuit that shapes and stabilizes the light before splitting […]
Scientists discover new way to predict next Mount Etna eruption
A newly discovered way to monitor the movement of magma beneath Mount Etna could help scientists predict when it will erupt. Mount Etna, located on the Italian island of Sicily, is Europe’s largest active volcano. Humans have been recording its activity for the past 2,700 years, but the volcano’s history of eruptions dates back 500,000 […]
Easter Island statues may have ‘walked’ thanks to ‘pendulum mechanics’, study finds it took just 15 people to ‘walk’
Easter Island’s giant Moai statues could have ‘walked’ with just three things: a small group of people, a long rope and the use of pendulum mechanics, a new study has found. Researchers have long debated how the indigenous people of Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, moved the giant human-faced Moai statues, which average […]
The new Smart Ring is a new way to control your computer. We’re also keeping the humble mouse firmly in our sights.
Researchers have developed a lightweight computer mouse that wears on your finger like a ring and can run for more than a month on a single charge. The device, called picoRing, weighs just 0.18 ounces (5 grams) and is designed as a discreet, low-power alternative to traditional mice. Its inventors initially considered it as a […]