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How 2 Long-Lost Sisters Found Each Other — and Built the Largest Black-Owned and Women-Founded Wine Company in the US

October 23, 2025

The founders of the McBride Sisters Wine Company share how they’re reshaping the wine industry through authenticity, accessibility and a values-driven approach.

Google’s bets on carbon capture power plants, which have a mixed record

October 23, 2025

Google intends to use electricity from the 400-MW power plant in Decatur, Illinois, to operate nearby data centers. Carbon capture will eliminate some of the plants emissions, but how much remains to be seen.

Tensormesh raises $4.5M to squeeze more inference out of AI server loads

October 23, 2025

Tensormesh uses an expanded form of KV Caching to make inference loads as much as ten times more efficient.

U.S. government accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing trade secrets

October 23, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia.

Made in space: Varda’s William Bruey shares plan to build the next great supply chain at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

October 23, 2025

William Bruey, founder and CEO of Varda Space Industries is taking the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, to share how his team is transforming outer space into the ultimate manufacturing frontier. Register here to save up to $444 before doors open.

Palantir enters $200M partnership with telco Lumen for enterprise AI services

October 23, 2025

Palantir said on Thursday it had struck a partnership with Lumen Technologies that will see the telecommunications company using the data management company’s AI software to build capabilities to support enterprise AI services.

Sora update to bring AI videos of your pets, new social features, and soon, an Android version

October 23, 2025

OpenAI’s hit AI video app, Sora, is getting a wave of new features, including video editing tools, pet and object “cameos,” and enhanced social options. The Android app is also “coming soon.”

The Companies Making the Most Money From AI All Have One Thing in Common

October 23, 2025

AI in a mediocre business just gives you mediocrity at scale. Here’s how to turn it into the amplifier it was meant to be.

Amazon Just Unveiled AI Smart Glasses for Its Drivers — Here’s What They Actually Do

October 23, 2025

The glasses use AI-powered sensors, computer vision and cameras to create a display that shows everything from navigation instructions to delivery tasks.

Performance Reviews Are Broken — and the Missing ‘5’ Proves It

October 23, 2025

Most performance reviews measure outcomes, not outlooks. That’s exactly why they fail. If you want real results, stop grading employees on perfection and start evaluating how they think, adapt and drive strategy forward.

The Download: AI and coding, and Waymo’s aggressive driverless cars