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Korea Southern Power is pushing to establish an artificial intelligence (AI)-based predictive diagnosis system for civil engineering facilities at its power plants.

New York City’s click-to-cancel rule is now in effect, after Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the legislation back in July. As the name suggests, this forces companies to make it much easier to cancel stuff. We’ve all experienced subscription traps before, in which businesses (like gyms) make it extremely easy to sign-up for something but mandate…

As the cooler months roll in, it’s a perfect time to tackle some of the gaming projects in your backlog. Or maybe you’d rather just add more titles to said backlog, because the Steam Autumn Sale is underway from now through October 8 at 1PM ET/10AM PT. The seasonal sales usually have some noteworthy discounts,…

Google’s prototype of its orbital compute satellite took off today onboard a SpaceX rocket launched from California — the first time the tech giant has sent one of its advanced chips into space.

Deep Silver, the publisher behind the Metro series of survival shooters, is releasing updates for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last LightRedux that add support for modern consoles, 4K graphics and other improvements. The games are remastered versions of the 2010 and 2013 originals, and will soon be joined by a fourth entry, Metro 2039.

In case you haven’t been keeping track of one of the bigger ongoing stories in artificial intelligence, OpenAI has been having a hard time keeping control of its own creations. Over the past few months, the company admitted that its AI models have taken unprompted actions such as hacking a German coding forum, multiple US…

OpenAI has chosen not to release a new artificial intelligence model to the public due to concerns about safety, the company said Monday, as industry leaders warn of the risks that ever-more-powerful AI technology could pose to cybersecurity and to humanity more broadly. 

Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology companies like Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox will have to provide first responders with local, on-the-ground support when their robotaxis cause problems under a new California law. The companies could also face penalties if a robotaxi blocks police or firefighters for more than 30 minutes.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that, based on the feedback we’ve gotten from the community and the reality on the ground.

Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of cybersecurity startup Mandiant, which sold to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022, has raised $255.5 million for his latest startup, Armadin, at a valuation of more than $2.5 billion, the company announced on Thursday.