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Every major technology conference has a theme. Most of the time, it’s so vague that it means everything and nothing at the same time. SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 is doing something different. There are four precisely defined technology areas, each supported by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibition floors, and sessions featuring the people who are actually building and funding these technologies around the world. TechCrunch is partnering with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 as an official media partner, and the Startup Battlefield team will be on-site to select one outstanding semi-finalist from the SusHi Tech Challenge to advance to one of the…
When Jenny Ray started her handbag company, Freja, she says she thought about how much she personally wanted to spend on a work tote as a woman in her 20s living in New York City. “I think a legitimate reward is less than $300. Anything above that starts to be a negotiation with yourself,” says Ray, now 30. He launched Freja in 2019 after struggling to find the right work tote for a job interview. The Freja bag, made from vegan leather, currently sells for $258 to $398, making it more expensive than Baggu’s $62 nylon option but cheaper than…
Seeking citizenship from conflict areasHernandez has lived most of his life in the United States. He was brought across the border by his mother as a baby. He currently has three children, all of whom are American citizens.As of 2022, nearly 731,000 veterans like Hernandez were immigrants. They make up approximately 4.5 percent of the U.S. veteran population.For decades, the U.S. military, which has faced declining enlistment numbers, has relied on immigrants to serve alongside U.S.-born citizens. An estimated 118,000 immigrant veterans do not have citizenship, although most also have citizenship. Hernandez is one of them.Like many other veterans who…
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch speaks with supporters at a campaign event in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, April 9, 2026. He is far behind in the polls, but Putsch is part of a nationwide message of economic populism and is promoting “right to repair” legislation.Sue Ogrocki | APIt used to be that if your iPhone or Galaxy was damaged, you were at the mercy of Apple or Samsung to get it fixed as manufacturers snowed customers with a blizzard of unattainable proprietary parts and software diagnostics. But that pain hasn’t been limited to smartphones, and a legal movement challenging who…
tesla Owner Mike Nelson has been using an AI chatbot called Grok in his car for several months. He finds it both convenient and almost irresistible and dangerous.Nelson, a lawyer with a background in auto insurance, told CNBC how he uses the Grok on drives around the New York metropolitan area. Nelson said that while he is very happy with his Model Y SUV, he has sued or represented owners who have sued Tesla in more than 10 lawsuits.The in-vehicle version of Grok, developed by xAI and still in beta, allows drivers to give voice commands to the car’s navigation…
When bombs started falling on Tehran in February, we heard much about the political ramifications, including the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. But what about the ordinary people who call the capital home? Maryam Rahmanian, an Iranian-American photojournalist living in Tehran, wants to tell their stories. She took portraits of civilians who decided to stay in the city, asking them what the war meant to them and how it has affected their lives. “Some people had to keep working. Some stayed home and endured the hours in uncertainty. Some were focused on protecting loved ones. Others tried…
Brighton came from behind to beat title-chasing Manchester City 3-2 in the Women’s Super League, with Maddison Haley scoring twice.City had the upper hand after taking an early lead from Kerorin, but against the flow of the game, American forward Haley scored the equalizer in first-half stoppage time.Kiko Seike put Brighton in the lead immediately after the restart before Hayley scored her second goal and Khadijah Shaw pulled one back late on to set the stage for a grandstand finish, but City fell to their third league defeat of the season. Andrii Jegrats’ side were hoping to close in on…
The market is buzzing with startups known as Neocloud, but these stocks are not for the faint of heart. Neoclouds is building a computing infrastructure dedicated to AI and represents the dangerous edge of artificial intelligence investing. These are in contrast to hyperscalers, which have been around for many years, such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft’s Azure, which provide general-purpose supercomputing for many large enterprises. Neoclouds is trying to carve a niche market as a specialist and has issued huge amounts of debt as it increases capacity. Industry insiders have warned that it will take longer…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) poses for a group photo with AI company leaders, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (C) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (right), at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026.Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty ImagesSoftware giants have had their worst stock performance in years due to concerns about the disruption of AI. Now they have a new problem. Several top software executives are being poached by AI giants looking for people with sales and go-to-market experience, sources said. executives from sales force, snowflakeand data dog Sources say it has recently…
bamakoReuters — Mali’s military said Saturday morning that militants carried out attacks in the country’s capital Bamako and several locations in the hinterland, in what appeared to be a coordinated attack involving multiple groups. Just before 6 a.m. GMT, two large explosions and sustained gunfire were heard near Mali’s main military base, Kati, on the outskirts of the capital Bamako, Reuters witnesses said, prompting soldiers to call in and block roads in the area. Around the same time, similar riots occurred in the central towns of Sevare, Kidal, and Gao in northern Mali. “There were gunshots everywhere,” said a witness…