C12, a French quantum computing startup founded by twin brothers, raises $19.4 million
C12 is announcing that it recently raised an €18 million funding round ($19.4 million at today’s exchange rate). Originally founded in 2020 as a spin-off from...
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s former chief scientist, launches new AI company
Ilya Sutskever, one of OpenAI’s co-founders, launches Safe Superintelligence (SSI), just a month after leaving OpenAI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Can You Read Amazon Ebooks on a Kobo eReader?
So, you’ve spent years collecting ebooks on your Kindle, but now you want to read them on your Kobo. Unfortunately, there are two big obstacles to...
There’s New Bluey Out There, and We Can’t Watch It!
The Bluey moment has reached a fever pitch as the hit animated series about a family of Heeler dogs has attracted fans across generations. Even among...
Has the DEI Backlash Come for Publishing?
Has the DEI Backlash Come for Publishing? Dan Sinykin and Richard Jean So have some fascinating data in The Atlantic. In looking at the racial breakdown...
Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund
Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten...
18 Best Mystery Picture Books (That Develop Thinking Skills)
Did you know that mystery picture books help children develop thinking skills? It’s almost impossible to read these mysteries without thinking deeply about the clues,… The...
I’m Not a Programmer, but Heres Why Linux Is My Daily Driver
You dont need to be a programmer to use Linux. It isnt as technically daunting as people make it out to be. In reality, its super...
Waves of Methane Are Crashing on the Coasts of Saturn’s Bizarre Moon Titan
In 2006, a NASA spacecraft flew by Saturn’s largest moon and found evidence of large bodies of liquid on the surface of the bizarre world. The...
Yes, That Was Who You Thought It Was in The Acolyte
For the most part, The Acolyte has set itself apart from the rest of Star Wars—both in terms of its placement in the timeline, a hundred...
