As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier
In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced…
Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry
Google Suncatcher’s prototype space data center is online and communicating with the ground after launching earlier this month alongside more than 100 other spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite, which carries four Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and generates up to 1 kW of electricity, is intended to pave the way for…
Pakistan registers 3,900 children with HIV in 18 months
A representational image for HIV. — Reuters/File Sindh, Punjab account for 3,680 of 3,900 registered cases. 92,148 of 417,214 people living with HIV registered nationwide. Pakistan remains among countries with largest hepatitis burden. ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,900 children tested positive for HIV across the country between January 2025 and June 2026, with Sindh and…
Pakistan win toss, opt to bowl first against Sri Lanka in ODI tri-series final
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis (right) and Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi (centre) at the toss for their ODI tri-series final at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, October 31, 2026. — X/@TheRealPCB Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in the final of the ODI tri-series at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday….
AI law firm Crosby bids on disintegrating, famed firm Weil Gotshal
Like a real-life episode of “Suits,” the demise of famed white-shoe Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has been the talk of the legal industry this week. And now Silicon Valley has entered the picture. Two-year-old AI-first law firm Crosby has put in a bid to buy some of the assets of Weil…
Alberta separatist leader Jeff Rath’s UCP membership revoked
A high-profile separatist leader has been kicked out of the United Conservative Party. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters in Calgary on Friday that the party’s executive director made the decision to revoke Jeffrey Rath’s membership over code of conduct issues. It’s a decision she supports, Smith said, calling Rath “somebody whose objective and mission…
Pakistan knocked out of Hong Kong Sixes 2026 main trophy race
Pakistan captain Abbas Afridi poses with the Hong Kong Sixes trophy in Hong Kong, China, on October 29, 2026. — PCB Defending champions Pakistan have been knocked out of the main Cup competition at the ongoing Hong Kong Sixes 2026, ending their bid for a seventh title. Despite registering a dominant victory over arch-rivals India,…
Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom
Investors are getting nervous about AI infrastructure spending just as the Big Tech companies double down. Over the past two weeks, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have outlined plans to spend more than $740 billion on capital expenditures this year, which Wall Street is reading as AI infrastructure spending, including data centers and chips. Earlier…
How heat storms threaten mothers and babies
A premature baby lying in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit at Juárez Hospital in Mexico City. Reuters found that when heat storms and ordinary heat waves hit in the final month of pregnancy, premature births rise by as much as 18%. — Reuters Over the last six-and-a-half decades, heat waves have morphed…
Alberta reducing education property taxes in 2027 after previous hikes
Premier Danielle Smith says her government is reducing education property taxes starting next year after it brought in successive hikes for ratepayers. It means in the spring, many Alberta home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year while commercial and industrial property owners will pay almost five per cent…
Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds
It happens to the best of us — you’ve completely dropped the ball on figuring out a Halloween costume. Naturally, you’ve decided to solve this problem by turning to… TechCrunch? Yeah, sure, why not. I’ve got some ideas. Here are some last-minute techy Halloween costumes. Effort levels vary. Recursive self-improvement AI leaders like Dario Amodei…