NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue

"We have the mandate, we have the resources, and the support from our stakeholders."

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks”

OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers

At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.

Unicommerce Q2: Profit Rises 11% YoY To ₹6.4 Cr, Revenue Up 15%

Unicommerce’s consolidated net profit rose 11% YoY to ₹6.4 Cr in Q2 FY27. Sequentially, it increased 37%. Expenses grew faster than revenue, keeping pre-tax profit nearly flat. whi

Festive Sales See Shoppers Log In But Hold Back On Big-Ticket Purchases

India’s online festive sales reached $7–8 Bn in the first leg, but early data showed weaker spending and smartphone sales Strong online traffic and order growth failed to translate

From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 

Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, d

Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early

A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.

Greece enacts social media ban for kids under 15

Greece has passed a social media ban for kids under 15 after after announcing the measure earlier this year.

Meta is charging government and nonprofit pages to post links on Facebook

The new restrictions are a test which is explicitly not supposed to impact these entities.

From Chip Lab to Center Stage

In the biotech world, you can’t see everything

Earlier this week, I attended a screening of You Can See Everything, the buzzy new documentary about the disgraced former biotech CEO Elizabeth Holmes.  I went in not really knowing what to expec

The Download: testing six tech promises and biotech’s blind spots

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Are we there yet? A reality check on six big tech

What’s the Best iPhone to Buy or Avoid Right Now? (2026)

The first folding iPhone Duo is here, alongside the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, but they’re not your only options. We have all the details on Apple’s smartphone lineup to help you find the right model.

Revival Rugs Birthday Sale: 20 Percent Off Sitewide Through Sunday

The brand’s lovely selection of hand-knotted and handwoven wool rugs at reasonable prices make it a WIRED-staff favorite.

Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport

Space Force considering options: public-private, federal installation, state land.

Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops

Pentagon memo: Insider trading gives US enemies key intel on military operations.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now 

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions,

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product market fit

Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail share the do's and don'ts for building hit products.

Autonomy and control are not opposites, they go together: EY GDS at DevSparks Chennai

Strapline: At DevSparks Chennai 2026, Arvind Purushothaman of EY GDS made the case that moving agents into production is an engineering problem, not a model problem. Gayatri Guha Ask a room of dev