Google is giving up its fight against Epic Games which will allow third-party app stores on Android aside from Google’s Play Store. Epic Games’ lawsuit demanded that Google should not only allow third-party app stores on the Android operating system but should also provide them through the Google Play Store. While Google initially planned to challenge this lawsuit, it seems like the…
How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
July 17, 2026
Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind knowing visual AI was the frontier he wanted to stake his claim in. He pulled off a whirlwind fundraise that resulted in a more aggressive valuation-to-capital ratio than Thinking Machines, which raised one of the largest rounds in U.S.
While the rest of the AI industry races to label its work as “AGI” or “superintelligence,” Alexandre LeBrun, the CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, avoids the terms altogether. Lebrun said in an interview with TechCrunch that the…
Applied Computing, a London-based startup that’s building a foundation AI model for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry, has raised a $20 million Series A led by engineering giant KBR, with Databricks Ventures participating.
Founded in 2023, the startup targets oil, gas, refining, and petrochemical systems, where a single facility can have thousands of sensors measuring everything from…
At first glance, this could almost be two lions rearing against the night sky, their manes rendered in molten gold. Look closer, though, and what Chinese photographer Ziqiang Luo has actually captured is something rooted deep in folk tradition: a fire-based performance art…
You Never Did Anything Wrong opens at the Hayward Gallery on November 24 this year, running until March 7 2027. It’s Goldin’s first UK institutional show since 2002, and as we previously reported, sees her turning her lens on classical art and sculpture. That in…
Volkswagen introduced its new affordable electric SUV, the ID. Cross, with an entry-level price starting at around $32,000.
Volkswagen ID. Cross debuts an affordable EV SUV
The ID. Cross arrives as the first electric SUV from Volkswagen’s new lineup of smaller, more affordable EVs.
Following the ID. Polo and ID. Polo GTI, Volkswagen said the compact electric SUV “sets new standards” in its…
A New Jersey dealer is trying to flip a barely-driven Tesla Model S Signature for $259,995 — roughly $100,000 more than what Tesla charged buyers for the collector’s edition.
The car carries VIN #71 and just 297 miles on the odometer, and it’s listed at J&S…
Tern redesigns famous HSD cargo e-bike, making it smarter, stronger, and even more family-friendly
July 17, 2026
Tern has unveiled an all-new version of its popular HSD compact cargo e-bike, bringing a long list of upgrades to one of the industry’s most respected family haulers. The new model keeps the same compact footprint that made the HSD so appealing in dense urban environments…
Two defense technology companies filed lawsuits in federal court Tuesday after being excluded from the U.S. Navy’s newest unmanned surface vessel acquisition program.
Blue Water Autonomy and Saildrone allege they were kicked out of contention for the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel Family of Systems program after the Navy failed to comply with its own requirements, among other…
