Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals  |

At our past TechCrunch Disrupt events, AI has taken center stage, both throughout our programming and in a stage of its own. This year, the…

Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks |

London-based Inforcer announced Thursday a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners — the latest sign of investor interest in a category of…

Elon Musk's X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers |

8:36 AM PDT · July 29, 2026 Elon Musk’s X has settled its multiyear legal battle with advertising trade group the World Federation of Advertisers…

Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale |

9:11 AM PDT · July 24, 2026 World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token…

Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending

On Thursday morning, Meta published an ad to its official Instagram account with the message that artificial intelligence will not “make us less connected” or…

Erling Haaland Is Everywhere at the World Cup. Most of It Is AI

Last week, somewhere amid the World Cup frenzy, a now-viral video circulated of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland mid-mouthful in a restaurant, glancing left and flinching…

Anime "Kagurabachi" Takes Anime Expo by Storm!~ Taihi Kimura; "I’m so happy to absorb everyone’s passion!" Moved by the World Premiere!

Manga Editor & Anime Producer Also on Stage, Revealed Behind-the-Scenes Stories of the Voice Recording and Anime Adaptation /PRNewswire/ — Anime “Kagurabachi”based on a next-generation…

Lovense Launches Match Intensity, Turning World Cup Excitement Into Real-Time Sensory Feedback In Its Ecosystem

/PRNewswire/ — Lovense, a leading sex-tech brand, today announced the launch of Match Intensitya new World Cup-themed interactive experience that syncs live match events with…

Americas Cardroom Sponsors High Times’ Kicking Back World Cup Docuseries

Partnership coincides with online poker site’s 25th anniversary celebration. /PRNewswire/ — Americas Cardroom announced today that it has become an official sponsor of Kicking Back,…

General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world |

As soon as I entered General Intuition’s R&D floor at its New York office, the company’s 31-year-old co-founder and CEO Pim de Witte directed my…