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TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, BioticsAI, announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images. …
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Image Credits:beast01 / Getty Images 10:06 AM PST · January 19, 2026 The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven companies raised rounds that were $1 billion in size or…
What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? That’s not a hypothetical. According to Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures, it recently happened to an enterprise employee working with an AI agent. The employee tried to suppress what the agent wanted…
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Sports fans will often wear their favorite team’s gear on gameday, whether it’s a hat, t-shirt, hoodie, or jacket. I even wear my San Francisco 49ers-themed Nike sneakers on gameday, but I need to put them away for another year, as my team’s season has ended for the 31st straight year without a …
My car mostly runs on electricity and has a tiny two-gallon gas backup. On long trips, I stop at gas stations more often than I did with a traditional car, but the tank fills quickly, and I rarely go inside the store. Drivers of electric vehicles are visiting convenience stores less often…
Walmart has one massive advantage over Amazon: its huge store fleet. Observations suggest Amazon’s online recommendation engine is less effective at driving unplanned purchases, compared with the experience of browsing a physical Walmart store. Currently, Amazon has been showing me guitars for …
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