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May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry. Perry’s novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize (and the only debut on the list), tells the story of a young-ish curator who is trying to understand the world of a medieval monarch who had been reluctant to take the throne. Specializing in m

Stocks to buy: The key benchmark indices of the Indian stock market ended higher on Monday, extending the recovery after a strong gap-up opening as easing expectations of an immediate Federal Reserve rate hike and a pullback in crude oil prices improved risk appetite. The advance

Roughly 200 people are under medical observation, several hospitals are under quarantine, and dozens are in isolation in Russia following the unexplained death of an infectious disease researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov,

Jev: 8 real use cases for the fastest, cheapest model I’ve ever used | John Lindquist Listen now on YouTube • Spotify • Apple Podcasts Brought to you by: Vanta—Automate compliance and simplify security John Lindquist is an educator and developer who created egghead.io and now run

Gap Inc. is unveiling a suite of AI-powered shopping tools for all of its brands, 30 years after launching the first e-commerce website for its namesake Gap brand. The announcement coincides with SF Tech Week, when various companies, startups and investors organize events and pan

For AI startups, choosing a model isn’t necessarily a one-time architecture decision anymore. Open models are improving. Frontier APIs keep advancing. Models can be customized for specific workloads, and some companies are building products that use multiple models rather than co

The story begins almost 12 years ago, when Tayo Adesanya started a career working with microchips and AI processors. He mainly helped large manufacturers decide which chips to use in their hardware. Those years, he told TechCrunch, gave him early insight into where demand in the

AI - Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies Part of a bigger play for smarter power infra - Cohere offers to put agents in lockdown mode with strict ACLs Like OpenClaw but with access control - INTERVIEW Altman-backed Volantis rev

The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and most of its contents were stolen. The data breach affects some 8 million citizens and residents of Denmark, including people living abroad and the deceased. In a statement, Danish min

Jedify customers can build agents to use its context graphs Jedify’s Data Agents help an organization build autonomous AI agents that can can monitor business metrics, investigate changes and run recurring analyses, without requiring users to produce detailed code or workflows. T

Player welfare, injury worries & boredom - has extended break worked? - Published The first international break of the 2026-27 season is almost over - and it has been a longer one than fans are used to. For the first time, the Premier League and Championship paused for three week

Wipro, the country's fourth-largest IT services firm, on Monday, October 5, said its board of directors will meet on October 15 to consider and approve the audited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter, and half year ended September 30, 2026. The company w

Alexis’s view “Policy without data is like guesswork.” Ghanaian lawmaker Albert Nyakotey Tetteh was making the case for better use of public sector data in infrastructure development when he said that in parliament last month. But his point rings true more broadly: For decades, a

Medvedev disqualified for hitting spectator with ball - Published Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from the China Open after hitting a spectator in the face with a ball during his semi-final against Novak Djokovic. Third seed Medvedev trailed Djokovic 7-5 5-3 when the Serb hit a

A new fleet of AI agents is making its presence felt on the internet. On Sunday, a group of independent researchers posted preliminary findings about the agents, observing that they seem to be running on Tencent’s infrastructure and targeting Alibaba’s map service, Amap. Research

Walmart plans to invest $300 million in a fulfillment center in Turtlecreek Township, Ohio, according to a press release published by the Regional Economic Development Initiative Cincinnati. The new facility will specialize in fulfilling larger, non-sortable items such as televis

Value retailers are seeing their stocks fall sharply amid expectations of a muted second quarter, as restrained consumer spending and inflation weigh on sales growth. On Monday, DMart-operator Avenue Supermarts Ltd fell 6.67%, while V2 Retail Ltd plunged 16.63% and Vishal Mega Ma

Thousands of startups applied. Just 200 made Startup Battlefield. Only 20 will pitch on the Disrupt Stage across all three days. Competition goes from October 13-15 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. It all comes down to one final decision. For our Startup Battlefield finalist judges, w

Today, I’m talking with Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it’s all there. I really wanted to ask him about how we might regulate anything

AI - Schneider Electric drops $22.6B on PTC as datacenter boom rains money on infra companies Part of a bigger play for smarter power infra - Cohere offers to put agents in lockdown mode with strict ACLs Like OpenClaw but with access control - INTERVIEW Altman-backed Volantis rev

Viceroy Hotels had earlier entered the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process after running up heavy debt under its previous promoter. Creditors were owed more than Rs 1,150 crore, and the company at one point faced the possibility of liquidation. Trading in its shares was also

Indian stock market investors are likely to track several companies on Tuesday, October 6, following key business updates, Q2 FY27 performance announcements, acquisitions, order wins and operational developments. Trent, Godrej Consumer Products, Juniper Hotels, Metropolis Healthc

Amjad Masad announced Replit’s London office the other day. It’s the company’s first international office. Replit was founded in 2016. It has more than 50 million users and is on track for $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of this year. The $400M round at $9B was earmarke

The campaign was launched at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on October 5 on the occasion of World Investor Week 2026. The 10th edition of World Investor Week is being observed in India from October 5 to 11 under the theme ‘Samajh Se Investing Simple’. The initiative is being unde

Want to dig deeper into the Top 100 Consumer AI Apps? Watch the companion podcast here, and see the full list here. Three years into tracking consumer AI, the leaderboard is becoming familiar. This is the seventh edition of our Top 100 AI Consumer Apps, where we rank the top web

The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what happens next in the tech ecosystem. Across three days, from October 13 to 15, at Moscone West in San Francisco, the Disrupt Stage will bring together some of the biggest game-c

There's a simple reason the Nasdaq-100 Index closed at new records Friday: The world's biggest company notched its first record since May. Nvidia, which accounts for 13% of the Nasdaq and 8% of the S&P 500 Index, added 1.3% Friday, ending seven weeks of sideways trading surround

Listen to this article in summarized format The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 32.46 points, or 0.06%, to 51,144.50. The S&P 500 gained 35.44 points, or 0.46%, to 7,758.16, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 189.48 points, or 0.70%, to 27,380.34. Technology heavyweights led ea

The list, provided first to The Associated Press on Monday, includes 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with six members getting $1 million in spending each. All 32 supported legislation that was a top priority for the industry. The bipartisan slate pales in contrast, however, to F

Sub-Saharan Africa’s off-grid solar market is due to expand by 450% by 2035, with more than 35% of installations projected to be in Nigeria, according to a new report by global research firm Wood Mackenzie. Across the continent, persistent failures in national grids and growing p

Quoting the findings of Sebi's investor survey, Pandey also said it highlighted a gap between awareness and actual participation in the securities markets. Emphasising the need for investor education, he advised investors not to invest merely because someone recommended it or bec

Three junta-led West African states launched a joint television channel to offer programming in line with their push to de-emphasize Western viewpoints. Tafouk TV, owned by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, started broadcasting in September, has been praised by Russia’s ambassador i

The company’s revenue for the first half of FY27 rose 21% year-on-year to Rs 11,454 crore, compared with Rs 9,505 crore in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue from the sale of merchandise, excluding other operating income, also grew 23% year-on-year during Q2FY27 and

The group made a pitch to London investors in late September for a planned London Stock Exchange listing of the cement unit that is currently worth $13 billion on Nigeria’s stock market. The firm is hoping to raise up to $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the plans.

South Africa’s foreign minister Ronald Lamola has publicly questioned whether US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III should be in the job at all, the latest sign of how little goodwill is left between Pretoria and the Trump administration. The deterioration in ties has simmered for n

The currency opened 10 paise up at 96.2150 a dollar, supported by the overnight drop in Brent crude prices that lifted investor sentiment. It depreciated half a percent last week. It traded in a narrow 10 paise bank throughout the day as traders are waiting for fresh direction fr