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Today β€” 12 May 2026TechCrunch

Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks

12 May 2026 at 08:52
Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a text chain.
Yesterday β€” 11 May 2026TechCrunch

NYT’s Wordle to become a TV game show

11 May 2026 at 18:23
This will be the first time that The Times has collaborated with a TV broadcaster for an entertainment-based program, representing yet another pivot in the media company's attempt to build a sustainable digital subscription business as print revenue continues to decline.

There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers β€” Cowboy Space raised $275M to build them

11 May 2026 at 17:00
The apparently insatiable demand for AI compute has data center entrepreneurs looking to the stars. There's a key problem: There aren't enough rockets to put data centers in orbit around Earth, and they're too expensive.

Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data

11 May 2026 at 14:58
Instead of building robots themselves, the team is focused on a simpler goal β€” providing data that robots need to learn and operate. They believe that better data will be key to making robots more useful.
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Uber has always wanted to be more than a ride; now it has reason to hurry

10 May 2026 at 22:08
The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry β€” as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform β€” but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important.

So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that

10 May 2026 at 01:45
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

San Francisco’s housing market has lost its mind

9 May 2026 at 02:32
The invisible force behind all of this is no mystery to anyone paying attention to the city's tech economy. San Francisco is home to some of the most valuable private companies in the world, and their employees have been quietly accumulating β€” and, increasingly, cashing out β€” fortunes.

Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul

8 May 2026 at 22:25
More than 500 people will be affected by the closures. β€œWe must refocus on our core business,” Porsche CEO and executive chair Michael Leiters said in a statement. "This is the indispensable foundation for a successful strategic realignment. This forces us to make painful cuts β€” including our subsidiaries."

Uber partner Avride is under investigation for self-driving crashes

8 May 2026 at 21:33
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Avride after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury.

US defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10M to former employers

Former cybersecurity executive Peter Williams stole several surveillance and hacking tools and sold them for $1.3 million to a Russian broker that works with Putin’s government.

Pentagon releases UFO files on new website

8 May 2026 at 19:56
The initial set of files housed on the site will include those containing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire U.S. government. The materials have been reviewed for security purposes, but many have "not yet been analyzed for resolution of any anomalies," the Department's statement read.

Live only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Why most founders are already behind on raising a Series A in 2027

8 May 2026 at 18:30
Learn what it takes to build a Series A in 2027 from top VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026,Β taking place at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Register today to hear this session live on the Builders Stage.

The fax machine is the bottleneck in US healthcare, and VCs are starting to notice

8 May 2026 at 08:42
Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is between augmenting workers and displacing them. For now, the founders say the administrative staff they work with aren't worried about that; they're more worried about drowning.
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