Surprise! We’re extending the Startup Battlefield 200 deadline — 7 days left to apply

June 10, 2025
You asked. We listened. Due to overwhelming demand, we’re extending the deadline to apply for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. You now have 7 more days to make your move. This is your shot at Disrupt’s most competitive, highest-visibility startup program. A launchpad that has changed the trajectory of hundreds of companies — […]

The Download: IBM’s quantum computer, and cuts to military AI testing

June 10, 2025
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. IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028 The news: IBM announced detailed plans today to build an error-corrected quantum computer with significantly more computational capability than existing…

IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028

June 10, 2025
IBM announced detailed plans today to build an error-corrected quantum computer with significantly more computational capability than existing machines by 2028. It hopes to make the computer available to users via the cloud by 2029.  The proposed machine, named Starling, will consist of a network of modules, each of which contains a set of chips,…