Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads
Flox’s edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm
Facebook is the latest social media platform to give users greater control over the algorithm that determines what appears in their feeds. Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Your Algorithm,” on Tuesday, a feature it first launched on Instagram. The new tool allows Facebook users to influence the content they see in […]
Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.
How AI Is Helping Companies Catch Performance Issues Before They Turn Into Major Incidents
Most companies are still running performance tests the way they did in 2015. The winners have moved from reactive validation to predictive intelligence.
This Major Red Flag Could Mean That the Role You’re Applying for Is a ‘Ghost Job’
Are you applying for ghost jobs, or positions a company never intends to fill?
Cyberhackers Just Took Down the Freezers at 400 French Supermarkets, Forcing Grocers to Throw Away Food
Nobody has claimed responsibility, and many of the targeted systems were running outdated software.
Your Employees Are Already Using AI. Here Are the 6 Questions Every Business Owner Should Be Asking Now.
AI is becoming part of everyday work whether business owners planned for it or not. The next challenge isn’t adoption. It’s learning how to manage an AI-enabled workforce.
Why Slowing Down Was the Boldest Move I Made as a New Leader
The first weeks in a new role are not about proving that you have every answer. They are about creating the conditions for better answers.
Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world
University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment. The profitable startup is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield.
Pluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache
Pluto Security has raised $42 million Jump Capital, TLV Partners, Ansa Capital and angel investors.