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MIT startup says it can turn diesel trucks into cheaper hydrogen haulers; see it at Disrupt

TIM DE CHANT

Diesel is expensive and polluting, and LNK Energies says it has come up with a way to replace it with hydrogen, all while undercutting diesel on cost.

Google Play now supports private, vibe-coded apps built just for you

SARAH PEREZ

Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.

Pluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache

RAM IYER

Pluto Security has raised $42 million Jump Capital, TLV Partners, Ansa Capital and angel investors.

Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world

REBECCA BELLAN

University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment. The profitable startup is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield.

The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t have

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

Small EVs and efficient people carriers update familiar names for the modern age.

They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think.

KARL MATHIESEN, WIRED.COM

Solar geoengineering simulation shows what happens when geopolitics takes over.

Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay

RYAN WHITWAM

Developers will get 50 percent discounted API rates through November.

Google wants to host your personal vibe-coded apps in the Play Store

RYAN WHITWAM

Google plans to help turn those personal AI-generated apps into wide releases.

Apple’s first smart display is the 7-inch HomeView for $299

SCHARON HARDING

It can recognize up to six users with its camera.

Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TIM FERNHOLZ

Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.

Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Facebook is the latest social media platform to give users greater control over the algorithm that determines what appears in their feeds.  Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Your Algorithm,” on Tuesday, a feature it first launched on Instagram. The new tool allows Facebook users to influence the content they see in […]