Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that competes with Instinct,...
5 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass
The global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Get your pass now to save up...
CK Asset opts to rebuild 3 blocks at starter homes project after steelwork scandal
Published: 9:50pm, 8 Oct 2026Updated: 11:00pm, 8 Oct 2026 Three of the six residential buildings at CK Asset’s “starter homes” project in Hong Kong...
Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor
Google’s new AI Edge Foresight app takes on Granola with an offline meeting note-taker that can transcribe conversations, generate notes, and answer questions using...
China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and others also participated.Read...
House Panel Accuses Webull of Misrepresenting China Operations
A bipartisan House panel on Oct. 7 accused online brokerage Webull of misrepresenting where key employees worked and said its China-based operations put American...
South Korea test-flies its first home-grown hypersonic weapon
South Korea flight-tested on Thursday its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade...
Is the Philippines using new anti-spying laws to silence critics?
Published: 9:00pm, 8 Oct 2026Updated: 9:07pm, 8 Oct 2026 A Philippine bill expanding the country’s espionage law to cover peacetime activities is raising concerns...
Did a US warship lose power while chasing a Chinese destroyer in the South China Sea?
The Chinese navy says it had a rare South China Sea encounter involving a foreign warship that lost power, propulsion and radar while following...