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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers

October 9, 2026

Leaders from Gamma, Engine, and Google Ventures join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk how to get your first customers. Register now to save up to $100. Grab a second pass at 50% off.

A New Lawsuit Claims Some Starbucks ‘Sugar-Free’ Drinks Have as Much Sugar as a Kit Kat

October 9, 2026

The suit claims the protein drinks mislead customers, but Starbucks says it intends to “vigorously defend” itself.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts in 4 days — lock in your pass savings of up to $100 before prices rise

October 9, 2026

Four days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts, when 10,000 founders, investors, and tech leaders gather in San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Save up to $100 on your price. Plus, save 50% on a second pass of the same type.

Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows

October 9, 2026

Flock would not say if CEO Garrett Langley would take a pay cut following the reduction in workforce.

As Franchises Go After Chick-fil-A, Its CEO Is Prescribing a ‘Healthy Dose of Fear’

October 9, 2026

Andrew Cathy say the heated franchise chicken wars will only make his company better.

Founders Are Told to Chase Easy Markets. After 20 Years in Healthcare, I Think That Advice Is Backwards.

October 9, 2026

The hardest markets can offer the strongest competitive advantages to companies willing to understand them.

These Cats and Dogs Have the Best Job Ever: Taste-Testing Pet Food for a $17 Billion Industry

October 9, 2026

At a Royal Canin research center in France, hundreds of cats and dogs gobble kibble for science and business.

The Download: AI’s refusal problem and weight-loss drug side effects

October 9, 2026

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. We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no Today’s AI models are trained to refuse a vast number of prompts. If you ask your chatbot how to poison…

Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live

October 9, 2026

Xona’s precision timing and navigation service will enter beta testing after SpaceX launches six satellites designed by the company.

We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no

October 9, 2026

Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of robotic disobedience. Most of these capers are, of course, cautionary. But recently, the idea that AI shouldn’t…

The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers

A New Lawsuit Claims Some Starbucks ‘Sugar-Free’ Drinks Have as Much Sugar as a Kit Kat

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts in 4 days — lock in your pass savings of up to $100 before prices rise

Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows

As Franchises Go After Chick-fil-A, Its CEO Is Prescribing a ‘Healthy Dose of Fear’

Founders Are Told to Chase Easy Markets. After 20 Years in Healthcare, I Think That Advice Is Backwards.

These Cats and Dogs Have the Best Job Ever: Taste-Testing Pet Food for a $17 Billion Industry

The Download: AI’s refusal problem and weight-loss drug side effects

Xona’s commercial GPS alternative is about to go live

We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no

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