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- The 16 top logistics, manufacturing, materials startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield techcrunch.com2026-01-02 23:00:00
Here is the full list of the logistics, manufacturing, and materials Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition.
- Pebble reboots its thinnest smartwatch with the Pebble Round 2 techcrunch.com2026-01-02 23:00:00
Pebble launches a $199 smartwatch with rounded screen that can last up to 2 weeks on one charge.
- In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism techcrunch.com2026-01-02 22:43:00
In 2026, here's what you can expect from the AI industry: new architectures, smaller models, world models, reliable agents, physical AI, and products designed for real-world use.
- Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone, plus a $79 snap-on mobile keyboard techcrunch.com2026-01-02 21:00:00
The company behind the add-on mobile keyboards with physical buttons is now doing its own phone.
- Even as global crop prices fall, India’s Arya.ag is attracting investors — and staying profitable techcrunch.com2026-01-02 15:00:00
Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has drawn investor interest and remained profitable even as global crop prices continue to fall in a volatile commodities market. The investor interest has taken shape in the latest all-equity Series D round from GEF […]
- A guide to choosing the right Apple Watch techcrunch.com2026-01-02 08:20:19
The gap between Apple's standard and budget smart watches has never felt smaller.
- A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative techcrunch.com2026-01-02 05:02:13
Unless if you’re really in the know about nascent platforms, you probably didn’t know what Mastodon was until Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X. In the initial aftermath of the acquisition, as users fretted over what direction Twitter would take, millions of users hopped over to Mastodon, a fellow microblogging site. As time […]
- European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold techcrunch.com2026-01-02 04:28:20
The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.
- OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens techcrunch.com2026-01-02 02:29:29
The form factors may differ, but the thesis is the same: audio is the interface of the future. Every space -- your home, your car, even your face -- is becoming an interface.
