December 23, 2025

Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus and then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear.  This is implantation—the moment that pregnancy officially begins. Only none of it is happening inside a…

Everything we know about Instagram’s Twitter clone, due this summer

May 19, 2023

While the future remains uncertain for Twitter, Meta is throwing its hat into the ring to build the next major microblogging platform. This new Meta app is expected to launch this summer, according to an email shared with a select group of creators, and viewed by TechCrunch. This text-based app will stand alone, but it […]

Everything we know about Instagram’s Twitter clone, due this summer by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Magic Leap’s CEO will discuss the future of AR at Disrupt’s hardware stage

May 19, 2023

In late 2020, Peggy Johnson took the reins as CEO and led Magic Leap’s pivot away from a consumer audience — those less able to swing $2,300 for a mixed-reality headset — to the deeper pockets of the enterprise market. We’re excited to have Johnson join us for a fireside chat on the Hardware Stage […]

Magic Leap’s CEO will discuss the future of AR at Disrupt’s hardware stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Stoke Space has received repeated investments from the CIA’s venture arm

May 19, 2023

Stoke Space has received multiple investments from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, TechCrunch has learned. Stoke Space and In-Q-Tel have not publicly announced their relationship before. While In-Q-Tel is legally a separate entity from any government agency, it receives all of its funding from government partners, including the defense and […]

Stoke Space has received repeated investments from the CIA’s venture arm by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

The FDA just approved rub-on gene therapy that helps “butterfly” children

May 19, 2023
Antonio Vento is 13 years old. He’s a tiny figure in bandages who doesn’t walk and, until recently, couldn’t see more than shadows. He has dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, an inherited disease that makes his skin so fragile that kids with the illness are called “butterfly children.” But now, thanks to a novel gene therapy squirted…

This Austin accelerator made big claims; employees and customers say it didn’t deliver

May 19, 2023

Newchip, an online accelerator promising to help startups, has filed for bankruptcy and is now facing insolvency amid employee and client discontent. Dozens of employees of the troubled organization staged a walkout on May 4, demanding that founder Andrew Ryan step down as CEO. Ryan — who previously went by the name of Ryan Rafols […]

This Austin accelerator made big claims; employees and customers say it didn’t deliver by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch