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- TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis August 30, 2026Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.Kirsten Korosec
- Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining August 30, 2026Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.Kate Park
- Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft August 29, 2026This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.Kirsten Korosec
- At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control? August 29, 2026Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.Dominic-Madori Davis
- “We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z August 29, 2026Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a "discovery" science to an "engineering" one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones) are what […]Connie Loizos
- Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps August 29, 2026Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.Lauren Forristal
- The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy August 29, 2026As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of massage guns, mostly because I’ve tried a few off-brand ones and just assumed […]Aisha Malik
- Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU August 29, 2026The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.Russell Brandom
- Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine August 28, 2026Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.Kirsten Korosec
- Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses? August 28, 2026Are XREAL's smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?Lucas Ropek