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Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed
Meet the next five top-tier investors judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to save up to $200 and don't miss a moment of the ultimate startup pitch competition.
Jensen Huang Practices His AI Evangelism With Growing Investments
The AI kingmaker also fancies himself a savvy venture capitalist
Galapagos tortoises were hunted by pirates for food and went extinct on Floreana Island; after 180 years, conservationists brought them back to their ancestral home
The story of the Galápagos giant tortoise is one of exploitation, extinction and an extraordinary conservation comeback. Pirates, whalers and other sailors once collected the slow-moving animals from the islands as a reliable source of fresh meat, taking advantage of their ability to survive for mon
Donor who reported sexual contact with HIV-positive person allowed to give plasma in Regina: documents
Health Canada inspection documents reveal a person who said they'd had sexual contact with someone who tested positive for HIV was allowed to give plasma twice at a for-profit donation centre in Regina.
Six previous meetings without defeat: All the key stats ahead of Milan vs. Benfica
AC Milan begin their 2026-27 Europa League campaign at San Siro, with over 65,000 fans expected for the visit of SL Benfica.
Maresca defends VAR while lamenting row dominating win at Manchester United
The VAR debate has raged since the Manchester derby, but Enzo Maresca says it wrongly overshadows City's win at United
Wall St opens higher ahead of much-anticipated Fed decision
[NEW YORK] The major US stock indexes opened higher following a two-day slide, as lower oil prices offered some relief during a tense wait for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Read more at The Business Times.
Legendary Nigerian actor Olu Jacobs dies aged 84
Olu Jacobs was one of Nigeria's most recognised actors, whose career spanned several decades.
Google Is Finally Letting Its Own Engineers Use Anthropic’s Claude AI Coding Tools
Google opened access to Anthropic's Opus 5 model for internal engineers, balancing competitive coding tools with fresh AI safety warnings.
The Latest: House votes for a third time to end the Iran war as conflict drags on
For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The roll call was similar to earlier efforts this summer. None of the resolutions have mad
F-35 Adir to get 1000-pound SPICE precision missile with 75-mile-range
Rafael and Lockheed Martin have begun integrating the SPICE 1000 precision munition with F-35I fighter aircraft in the U.S.
Osteopath lists six signs your 'clicky knees' could be something serious
She has also explained exercises that could help ease pain
2026 BMW PGA Championship predictions, odds: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm headline DP World Tour flagship event
Europe's finest gather at Wentworth this week for one of the biggest tournaments of the season
Why some countries fail while others prosper in the Middle East and Africa
The answer lies less in geography or resources than in the institutions that shape power, legitimacy and opportunity.
So Delicious Dairy Free frozen dessert gets recalled again over fears of ‘small stones’ and ‘other hard objects’
A dairy-free frozen dessert product is being recalled for the second time in less than a year. Danone USA is voluntarily recalling pints of So Delicious Dairy Free Salted Caramel Cluster Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert. The recall is due to “the potential presence of foreign materials, such as small stones and other hard objects, within the cashew bits,” according to a notice issued Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This is word-for-word the same reason why t
‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ Review: A Twisty Nigerian Melodrama That Could Use More Mischief
In 'The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives,' filmmaker Daniel Oriahi crafts a spirited tale that refuses to trust its own welcome excesses.
Threads’ new features let podcasters promote shows and reach listeners
Threads is rolling out new tools for podcasters, including profile cards, episode links, transcripts, guest tags, posting reminders, and audience insights, as Meta looks to make the X rival a bigger hub for podcast promotion and discussion.
CISA and NIST Issue Guidance to Protect Cloud Identity Tokens
CISA and NIST issued final guidance to help protect cloud identity tokens and assertions
Hand-drawn illustration library
Open Peeps by Pablo Stanley is a library of people illustrations. You can mix and match clothes, faces, hair, and bodies for a wide array of characters.
FDA Announces Broccoli Sprout Recall Over Salmonella Concerns - Prevention
You can also contact the company at 1-208-267-4258 with any questions about the recall. If you've already eaten the sprouts and have any health ...
NFL survivor pool picks, knockout strategy, Week 2, 2026: Fade the New England Patriots
SportsLine's advanced computer model just locked in its top Week 2 NFL survivor picks
Superquiz, Thursday, September 17
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro puts the focus on authenticity
For many years now, Apple has been making the case that the iPhone is the most popular camera in the world. Part of the appeal, to hear the company tell it on stage, is how the camera leverages the iPhone’s considerable processing power to make capturing incredible images easier than ever before. Each year brings a new iPhone that finds new ways to convert visual information from a tiny sensor into memories. And with the iPhone 18 Pro, releasing later this week, Apple appears to be focu
'Luck and timing': Matthew Rhys on his historic Emmy Awards double win
Speaking to the BBC, the Welsh actor described the "surreal" experience of becoming the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night.
iOS 27 is driving my fingers insane
It’s too easy to summon Siri when you aren’t looking for its help.
Meta One Starts at Rs 549: One Subscription for Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and More AI
Meta One subscription brings over 50 features and higher AI usage limits to Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI, with support for Edits and Meta’s smart glasses planned next.
A Japanese village was drowning in 40,000 tonnes of scallop shells; then they crushed them to make stronger safety helmets for the fishermen
Sarufutsu, a village on the northernmost tip of Japan's Hokkaido, is known for scallops. The village contributes to about 15% of the country's entire scallop catch, and Japan eats tens of thousands of tons of the sweet, sashimi-grade shellfish.
U.S. reaches highest number of measles deaths in decades
How the midterms could change health care, the sedative contaminating the fentanyl black market, and other health news from Morning Rounds
SMU-Louisville offers plausible ACC title game juice: Why winner has inside track to play Miami for CFP berth
The ACC's best shot at being a two-bid league in the CFP will be partially solved this weekend
Jim Jordan subpoenas blue state DAs accused of 'preferential treatment' for illegal immigrant criminals
Jim Jordan issued subpoenas to district attorneys in Fairfax County and Boulder County, accusing both of giving preferential treatment to criminal aliens.
Without saying a word, Warren Buffett successor Greg Abel just taught a powerful lesson in leadership
What’s the most powerful thing you can do to establish yourself when you’re the new CEO of a company? Not just any company, a trillion-dollar company that has existed for 187 years. The CEO you’re replacing is so beloved, his nickname is “the Oracle of Omaha.” And everyone, including the news media and the company’s shareholders, is watching you closely for any sign of failure. They’re all certain you can’t possibly live up to the genius of Warren Buffett. There’s one very strong move you can
Review | This ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ peaks at Sondheimian perfection
The Signature Theatre revival highlights a D.C.-area theater slate that also includes “Somewhere Over the Border” and “Garbo.”
Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M
The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.
Best Pixel phones: Should you go 11 or plump for a 10?
The Google Pixel phones offer a very clean take on the Android experience, and thanks to our team of tech experts, we know which ones are worth buying.
Australia may have had a much larger Indigenous population before Europeans arrived
Only about seven per cent of Aboriginal people survived colonisation
21 million women live in U.S. counties with limited birth control access
Because of a data lag, the current reality of access may be even worse.
Sources: Jessica Campbell, Bryan McCabe latest to join Devils
The Devils are hiring former Kraken assistant coach Jessica Campbell as manager of player development and longtime Panthers executive Bryan McCabe as vice president of prospect personnel, sources told ESPN.
Trump DHS hits 16 straight months with 0 releases at the border
President Donald Trump's border policies hit 16 consecutive months of zero releases as apprehensions dropped 94% from Biden-era averages.
Scrubs & Beyond stores are closing: Clothing retailer says all locations will shutter, offers no explanation
The apparel industry is no stranger to store closures, and this week another retailer has joined the ranks of those shuttering stores. Healthcare clothing company Scrubs & Beyond has announced that it will close all of its stores, which include more than 100 locations across 30 states. Here’s what you need to know about the store closures. What is Scrubs & Beyond? Scrubs & Beyond is a specialty clothing retailer that sells healthcare apparel for medical professionals—doctor
Author and critic Bonnie Greer dies aged 77
Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness.
Agentic AI is increasing the pressure on organizations to reduce cyber risk exposure
Agentic AI's increased pressure to reduce cyber risk
macOS 27 Golden Gate system requirements: will it run on your existing Apple Mac? | Stuff
Apple's latest major Mac software update is out – but will you be able to use macOS 27 with your current Mac laptop or desktop?
Ancestral diet-inspired pregnancy trial boosts growth in key fetal brain region
A nutrition program for pregnant women inspired by ancestral dietary patterns and adapted to locally available foods in Ecuador increased growth in a key fetal brain region, according to a study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. The study is published in the Sept. 8 issue of
Three human conditions dogs can get including dementia - warning signs
A vet is urging dog owners to check for signs, as some could be easily mistaken for 'bad behaviour' as they age
College Football QB Power Rankings: Missouri's Austin Simmons makes big leap, Sam Leavitt tumbles
The Mizzou QB is among those surging in CBS Sports' top-50 ranking entering Week 3
Al Taawoun face stadium closure, fine over ‘Jota’ chants by fans
Taawoun football fans chanted late Portugal player Jota's name at Al Hilal's Neves, prompting Ronaldo to call for a ban.
Li Auto makes a premium SUV push with the new i9 model launch
Li Auto makes a premium SUV push with the new i9 model launch
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s Final Concert Film Sets October Release Date
A film of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final concert, titled "Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow," will release in theaters October 2026.
SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Intel to build memory chips in US
SK Hynix told TechCrunch the company hasn't finalized any plans or arrangements yet.
ScienceBuddy: Recursive-in-Recursive Self-Improvement for Interactive Scientific Agents
We introduce and release ScienceBuddy, an interactive scientific research workspace that brings continually improving scientific agents into researchers' everyday workflows. ScienceBuddy supports researchers in carrying out scientific tasks while transforming their requests, feedback, and execution evidence into tasks and evaluation rubrics for continual learning. At its core is recursive-in-recursive self-improvement, a paradigm that couples harness evolution with model reinforcement learning:
The war on drugs is a war on women
UN policy review should promote gender responsive care, not punishment Globally, women account for one in four people who use drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and cannabis but bear the greatest burden of harm,1 not because of their drug use but from laws and policies designed to punish them.2 Now, for
Guernsey charity gives alcohol consumption scorecard to residents
The Health Improvement Commission says it is to help people get a clearer picture of their intake.
Serie A Power Rankings: AS Roma and Inter set for clash at the top; Juventus drop down the rankings
The top two teams will meet this weekend in a massive clash at the top of the Serie A table
Djibouti on alert as people flee Yemen after Houthi takeover of Mayyun
From aboard a Djiboutian naval vessel in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, an Al Jazeera team is monitoring the situation.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management's first growth equity fund raises $1.3B
Morgan Stanley Investment Management's first growth equity fund raises $1.3B
How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career
Sheeran tries to stay away from politics and controversy, but that stance has come in for criticism.
3 days left to exhibit: Get your brand in front of VCs and high-value leads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Three days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13–15.
PhysStream: Streaming Physics-Grounded Video Generation with Structured Scene Memory and Fine-Grained Motion Control
Interactive control for video generation is moving from coarse prompts toward fine-grained, physically meaningful manipulation of dynamic scenes. Yet existing controllable methods either require the full control schedule before generation starts, or use pixel-space signals that dictate object positions rather than physical dynamics. To address these limitations, we propose PhysStream, an autoregressive model for physics-grounded image-to-video synthesis that incorporates structured scene memory-
The compounding problem of peptides
What if you could heal like Wolverine?
Burnham thanks well-wishers following his father's death
All opposition leaders sent condolences to Burnham as he cancelled engagements earlier this week.
Maresca hits back over Man Utd derby goal controversy with new claim
VAR ‘error of judgement’ allowed Erling Haaland’s second-half winner to stand at Old Trafford
Why are election officials in the US preparing for chaos before midterms?
Trump lashes out at justices who rejected his federal mail ballot plan, raising questions on his next electoral moves.
AI is supposed to simplify work. Jim VandeHei says it’s doing the opposite
AI isn’t simplifying your life . . . yet. It’s mass-producing more options, more decisions, and more noise. Axios CEO Jim VandeHei makes the case that the antidote isn’t a better productivity app, it’s a ruthless, three-part system he calls Confront, Delete, Amplify. VandeHei shares what he’s learned from running Axios by these principles, including calling a leadership meeting with the subject heading “Let’s Kill S***.” This is an abridged transcript
Earl Spencer's unreleased book on Diana stolen in the Netherlands
The theft of Earl Spencer's memoir about his late sister comes one week ahead of the book's release.