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As the memory shortage continues to cause trouble for hardware makers, Amazon says it is now being forced to pass on the costs to its consumers…

Make the most of Disrupt’s crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15…

The software stock selloff may have just reached a turning point…

Ambient scribing technology can significantly improve operational efficiency and physician workloads.gettyFor the past few years, ambient AI tools have received a largely warm reception in healthcare settings. As the technology was designed to passively listen to physician-patient conversations and automatically generate a draft clinical note, it has slowly proved itself in both increasing operational efficiency…

The technological acceleration era has started, and it is gaining steam in innovation and capability almost weekly. Artificial intelligence has evolved from a specialized tool or a far-off promise to the cognitive foundation of contemporary civilization. AI is changing the way we produce value, make decisions, and engage with the outside world, just like electricity

In Brief Posted: 2:46 PM PDT · August 22, 2026 Image Credits:Malte Mueller / Getty Images As Harvard Business School seeks to expand its reach, it’s leaning on AI avatars to provide individual feedback. These avatars were created by a startup called HeyGen and are included in the eight-week, $699 HBS Foundry bootcamp for entrepreneurs.…

Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies, VCs told TechCrunch that they were baffled. On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I were similarly puzzled by the news. Yes, VC conflicts-of-interest are worth…

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn’t take much to get past the restriction…

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million…

Michael Polansky is remarkably unassuming for someone operating in a corner of the world known for outsize egos. Seated at a leafy patio outside a popular bakery in Mill Valley, an affluent town about 15 miles north of San Francisco, Polansky — bespectacled, his fresh face framed by dark hair shot through with gray —…