February 26, 2026

Finding value with AI and Industry 5.0 transformation

For years, Industry 4.0 transformation has centered on the convergence of intelligent technologies like AI, cloud, the internet of things, robotics, and digital twins. Industry 5.0 marks a pivotal shift from integrating emerging technologies to orchestrating them at scale. With Industry 5.0, the purpose of this interconnected web of technologies is more nuanced: to augment…

TopTechTrends

I’m watching ‘AI upscaled’ Star Trek and it isn’t terrible

December 2, 2023

For years, dedicated Star Trek fans have been using AI in an attempt to make a version of the acclaimed series Deep Space 9 that looks decent on modern TVs. It sounds a bit ridiculous, but I was surprised to find that it’s actually quite good — certainly good enough that media companies ought to […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Robotics Q&A with Meta’s Dhruv Batra

December 2, 2023

For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s Max Bajracharya and Russ Tedrake This time it’s Dhruv Batra, research director, FAIR (The Fundamental AI Research) at Meta. […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Climate tech is back—and this time, it can’t afford to fail

December 2, 2023
Lost in a stupor of déjà vu, I rang the intercom buzzer a second time. I had the odd sensation of being unstuck in time. The headquarters of this solar startup looked strangely similar to its previous offices, which I had visited more than a decade before. The name of the company had changed from…

Is It Time for Small Caps to Shine?

December 2, 2023
November was about as good of a month as a stock investor could ask for. However, still too much of the gains are accruing the same old collection of large…