FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms: FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant. Read More |
The Gemini-powered features in Google Workspace that are worth using: From summarizing emails, drafting content, organizing data, and tracking meetings, here are all the best Gemini features in Google Workspace. Read More |
Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion-dollar behemoth to rival its chips business: Nvidia's networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanfare than chips and gaming. Read More |
|
|
Disrupt 2026: Where deals and ideas ignite |
Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum. |
|
| Quantum computing has the potential to reshape financial services, from risk management to data analysis. HSBC and IBM have demonstrated this through a hybrid-quantum approach to European corporate bond trading. This revealed complex patterns in noisy financial data, and a 34% improvement in predicting winning customer trade inquiries. |
|
|
Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place: Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user's behalf. Read More |
Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack: Fintech company Marquis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that hackers stole their personal and financial information, including their Social Security numbers. Read More |
Russians caught stealing personal data from Ukrainians with new advanced iPhone hacking tools: A suspected group of Russian government hackers was caught targeting Ukrainians with new iPhone hacking tools designed for espionage and potentially to steal crypto. Read More |
Patreon CEO calls AI companies' fair use argument 'bogus,' says creators should be paid: Patreon CEO Jack Conte says AI companies should pay creators for training data, arguing their fair use defense falls apart when they license content from major publishers. Read More |
This startup wants to make enterprise software look more like a prompt: The company has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI operating system for enterprise. Read More |
|
|
Investors don't just listen to what you say - they look at how your company operates. Is ownership clear? Do your numbers match your story? Can you answer follow-up questions without digging through spreadsheets? The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips founders with the materials investors expect to see, before pressure is on. Because confidence in the room doesn't come from slides. It comes from preparation.  |
|
| You missed these chats from Disrupt: |
Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens. |
|
|
Facebook launches a new monetization program to attract popular creators from TikTok, YouTube: Facebook says it paid creators nearly $3 billion through its monetization programs in 2025, a 35% increase from the previous year and its highest annual total to date. Read More |
|
|
Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. |
|
|
Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107 |
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment