Karen Hao on the Empire of AI, AGI evangelists, and the cost of belief
OpenAI’s rise isn’t just a business story — it’s an ideological one. On Equity, Karen Hao, author of Empire AI, explores how the cult of AGI has fueled a billion-dollar…
iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and everything else announced at Apple’s hardware event
From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here’s what was announced at this year’s Apple event. Source: TechCrunch • original article
Rolling Stone owner Penske Media sues Google over AI summaries
Penske’s lawsuit accuses Google of abusing its monopoly power in search to force publishers to support AI summaries. Source: TechCrunch • original article
Via raises $492.9M in IPO, and German automakers go on the offensive
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Source: TechCrunch • original article
150-million-year-old teeth expose dinosaurs’ secret diets
By analyzing tooth enamel chemistry, scientists uncovered proof that Jurassic dinosaurs divided up their meals in surprising ways—some choosing buds and leaves, others woody bark, and still others a mixed…
The sweetpotato’s DNA turned out stranger than anyone expected
Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery. Scientists unraveled its extraordinarily complex genome of six chromosome sets, revealing…
1 in 8 Americans have already tried Ozempic and similar weight loss medications
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have transformed weight loss in the U.S., with nearly 12% of Americans having tried them, according to a new RAND report. Usage is especially high among…
Tiny magnetic spirals unlock the future of spintronics
Scientists in Korea have engineered magnetic nanohelices that can control electron spin with extraordinary precision at room temperature. By combining structural chirality and magnetism, these nanoscale helices can filter spins…
Physicists just found a way to make “something from nothing”
Researchers at UBC have found a way to mimic the elusive Schwinger effect using superfluid helium, where vortex pairs appear out of thin films instead of electron-positron pairs in a…
NASA's Webb Space Telescope just found strange red dots that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars.…