June 15, 2025

The U.S. Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’

While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How? Well, the Navy’s Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli says he has spent the last two and a half years focused […]

NASA’s Thomas Zurbuchen tackles cosmic questions at TC Sessions: Space

November 21, 2022

If you follow NASA’s many interplanetary and orbital missions, you’re no doubt familiar with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator of science. He also oversees NASA’s science program with a total budget approaching $7 billion a year. That’s a mighty big number, but there’s an even bigger reason why we’re thrilled that Dr. Zurbuchen will […]

NASA’s Thomas Zurbuchen tackles cosmic questions at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Space startup Stells wants to put spacecraft-charging covers on the Moon

November 21, 2022

The portable power bank first came on the scene in 2001, and since then, on-the-go charging has been a possibility for most mobile device users. Now, a new space company wants to bring the concept of mobile charging to the moon — not for cell phones, of course, but for rovers and landers. Toronto-based Stells, […]

Space startup Stells wants to put spacecraft-charging covers on the Moon by Stefanie Waldek originally published on TechCrunch

Watch this robot dog scramble over tricky terrain just by using its camera

November 21, 2022
When Ananye Agarwal took his dog out for a walk up and down the steps in the local park near Carnegie Mellon University, other dogs stopped in their tracks.  That’s because Agarwal’s dog was a robot—and a special one at that. Unlike other robots, which tend to rely heavily on an internal map to get…

Meta rolls out new privacy updates for teens on Instagram and Facebook

November 21, 2022

Meta announced today that it’s introducing new privacy updates for teens on Instagram and Facebook. Most notably, everyone under the age of 16, or under 18 in certain countries, will be now defaulted into more private settings when they join Facebook. For teens already on the app, Facebook is going to start encouraging them to […]

Meta rolls out new privacy updates for teens on Instagram and Facebook by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

‘Stranger Things’ actor wants to spread the wealth around tbh, his vegan Nutella alternative

November 21, 2022

Actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will on Netflix’s hit original series Stranger Things, is passionate about tbh, a company he co-founded which aims to “reinvent” hazelnut cocoa spread Nutella. And now, Schnapp is turning to investing platform Republic to give his fans, and the masses, an opportunity to invest in the company behind the Nutella […]

‘Stranger Things’ actor wants to spread the wealth around tbh, his vegan Nutella alternative by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Slush and VC pitch judges revoke decision to hand $1M to Russian founders after industry outcry

November 21, 2022

Immigram — a talent immigration platform founded by two Russian passport holders which last week won the startup pitch stage at the large Slush conference in Helsinki — is now out of the competition, after a swirl of controversy enveloped the decision in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This morning, Immigram made a statement […]

Slush and VC pitch judges revoke decision to hand $1M to Russian founders after industry outcry by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch