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In July, news emerged that an autonomous swarm of OpenAI agents running in a sandbox broke out of it , of their own accord. Tasked with solving some challenges on an internal security benchmark, they worked out how to…
The worry is reasonable. One study found that upgrading things like electrical panels (that box in the garage or basement that delivers power throughout a home) can more than double charger installation costs. Rather…
As AI moves out of demos and into businesses, vehicles, robots, and autonomous agents, safety and security become part of the product. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 , five sessions across the AI Stage and Real World AI…
But much of the work is done by teams of flight controllers communicating with the vehicle from Earth. The OSIRIS-REx mission, which rendezvoused with an asteroid in 2018, had 100 operators on each eight-hour shift. But…
September means new iPhones are out in the wild, and while all eyes are on the fancy iPhone Duo , we shouldn't forget about the iPhone 18 Pro . This generation isn't radically different from the iPhone 17 Pro , but some…
Frozen in the soil were bacteria that – defrosted millennia later – could fight off vancomycin , one of today’s antibiotics of last resort. Antibiotic resistance is often portrayed as a modern crisis driven by antibiotic…
Nicknamed the fire amoeba by the researchers who collected it, Incendiamoeba cascadensis can survive in waters heated up to 70°C. However, it only retains the ability to eat and reproduce up to temperatures of 63°C, and…
The former UK deputy prime minister owns more than 917,000 shares in the startup, which is reportedly seeking a valuation of up to $35bn in a flotation. Based on Clegg's stake of 0.12%, that could yield a valuation of…
In a memo to staff that Xbox shared publicly , the division's Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty said the job cuts are impacting Halo Studios and other first-party developers, as well as…
The app is free to download from Google Play and works on phones running Android 13 or later with at least 5GB of RAM. Premiere mobile is a touch-first version of Adobe’s desktop editor, aimed at creators making short…