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You don’t come to TechCrunch Disrupt to sit in the audience. You go for influence. Whether 2026 is the year of construction, financing, hiring, or scale, this is where the momentum builds. With three days left until these big discounts end on April 10th at 11:59pm PT, it’s your chance to save up to $500 on your pass and secure your spot at the heart of the tech ecosystem. Register here to save. What you get with TechCrunch Disrupt Held from October 13th to 15th at Moscone West, more than 10,000 founders, executives, and venture capitalists will gather for three…
Meta The company, which is Facebook’s parent company, is a leading developer of OpenAI, Anthropic, google. The AI model, named Muse Spark and originally codenamed Avocado, is the first in the company’s new Muse series announced Wednesday and was developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the AI division Wang oversees. Wang joined Meta in June as part of the company’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, where he was CEO. Meta is desperate to regain momentum in the competitive AI market following the disappointing debut of its latest open source model last April. The release failed to impress developers, prompting CEO…
Jen Tran & Devin StraderStatus: SplitOn the season 21 finale of The Bachelorette, it seemed like Bachelor alum Jen Tran finally had her happy ending with finalist Devin Strader. But Jen revealed on After the Final Rose in September 2024 that Devin snubbed her as soon as the cameras stopped. “He would boldly declare his love and then all of a sudden the next day he wouldn’t say anything and he would deny that he was in love,” Jen told host Jesse Palmer on the Sept. 3 episode. “All the promises he made to me, all the love he wanted…
World No. 10 Daniil Medvedev was defeated in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters by an opponent 80 ranks below him.Published April 8, 2026April 8, 2026In the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters, Daniil Medvedev suffered an embarrassing 6-0, 6-0 loss to Matteo Berrettini as Alexander Zverev dug deep to defeat Cristian Garin.Medevdev missed two break points, made 30 unforced errors and five double faults in the opening round and was completely out of sorts against Berrettini on Wednesday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listMedvedev had not won by more than two points in his previous…
Mortgage rates finally fell slightly last week, but not enough to support the depressed mortgage market. Interest rates are rising due to economic instability caused by the Iran war, and homebuyers are hesitant. As a result, total mortgage applications fell 0.8% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $832,750 or less, including origination fees for loans with a 20% down payment, decreased by 0.65 points to 0.61 points and from 6.57% to 6.51%. The number of applications for…
Matej Zaharia, co-founder and CTO of Databricks, almost missed the email announcing that he was the winner of the 2026 ACM Computing Award. “Yeah, that was a surprise,” he told TechCrunch. Back in 2009, Databricks brought technology that Zaharia developed during his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley under the guidance of renowned Professor Ion Stoica. Zaharia has created a way to dramatically speed up the results of slow and unwieldy big data projects and released it as an open source project called Spark. Big data back then was what AI is today, and Spark got the tech industry’s…
glass wing project. It sounds like something out of a spy movie. But those two words, and the work behind them, from AI baby Anthropic sent the battered cybersecurity stock soaring along with other giant stocks. Glasswing is named after a butterfly with transparent wings as a metaphor for spotting visible bugs. Anthropic’s new AI model aims to protect the world’s most critical software. Unlike previous Anthropic announcements, which resulted in investors dumping anything remotely thought to be disrupted by AI, this announcement is a breath of fresh air. why? That’s because the project will see Anthropic working with club…
Have you ever wondered what kind of beauty products female race car drivers use to withstand heat, speed, and sweat? Surprisingly, the answer is easier than you think. It’s an affordable drugstore beauty that can travel up to 200 miles per hour. We spoke to Sable Cook, professional racing driver and mechanical engineer for the Porsche Carrera Cup North America, to find out more about the makeup, skin care, and hair care products she uses all the way to the finish line. “It has to be clean so it doesn’t clog your pores or harm your skin, because obviously we’re…
Senegal, who were stripped of their AFCON title, are appealing the decision to award the trophy to Morocco.Published April 8, 2026April 8, 2026The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president’s visit to Dakar comes almost a month after the Confederation of African Football’s shock decision to strip Senegal of the African Cup of Nations title and award it to Morocco.Patrice Motsepe announced his trip at the end of March, saying he would visit Senegal and Morocco to emphasize the importance of “working together for the growth of African football” at a time when his organization has come under considerable criticism.Recommended stories…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addresses the Congress in Madrid on March 25, 2026 on the Middle East war.Thomas Coex | Thomas Coex AFP | Getty ImagesSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday joined a chorus of world leaders welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, but thinly accused the Trump administration of initiating hostilities. “A ceasefire is always good news, especially when it leads to a just and lasting peace. But we cannot let this temporary sense of relief make us forget the chaos, destruction and lives lost,” Sanchez said in a social media…