Researchers have engineered gold-based molecules that target cancer cells and leave healthy cells unharmed, in a critical step towards precision cancer drugs with fewer toxic…
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Patients on chronic opioid prescriptions who came off opioids were three times more likely to die of an overdose in the years that followed, a…
Electric vehicle infrastructure companies have come a long way in the last decade, but they’re still just a small slice of the grid edge investment…
Why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat Alzheimer’s disease or post-traumatic stress disorder, control prosthetics, or even enhance cognitive abilities. Recently, Charles…
Alibaba Group said today it has acquired NetEase Kaola for $2 billion and will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in…
The owners of porn streaming site Pornhub are profiting from “revenge porn” and failing to remove videos once reported, BBC News has been told. One…
Medium seems to be building a tool to save and reformat online articles for future reading. That’s according to Jane Manchun Wong, a reliable source…
For many years, the Apple iPhone has been considered one of the most secure smartphones available. But despite this reputation, security issues that might affect…
Getaround, a used car marketplace and winner of TechCrunch Disrupt New York Battlefield 2011, will enter the unicorn club with a roughly $200 million equity…
Flat has raised one of Mexico’s largest pre-seed rounds to take the Opendoor real estate marketplace model across the Rio Grande. The company snagged a $4.5…
Superside, a startup aiming to create a premium alternative to the existing crowdsourced design platforms, is announcing that it has raised $3.5 million in new…
Koen Bok Contributor Koen Bok is the co-founder of Framer, a design software company focused on helping people express their most creative ideas. Previously, Koen…
Federal agencies and major industry players are adopting creative new hiring practices and considering applicants without computer science backgrounds as they build robust cyber workforces,…
The Air Force has been testing directed energy weapons—i.e., lasers, high-powered electromagnetic and other radiological weapons—and plans to integrate them into its planes and wargames…
Last year at this time, Forethought won the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield competition. A $9 million Series A investment followed last December. Today at TechCrunch Sessions:…
Google Search can now help you find your next binge. The company this morning announced a new feature which will make personalized recommendations of what…
The chief of the National Security Agency’s cyber office wants to speed up the information sharing channels between her notoriously tight-lipped organization and its partners…
The Defense Department doesn’t have an innovation problem, according to three top officials in charge of leading innovation efforts. The military is very good at…
The Homeland Security Department plans to collect refugees’ and certain immigrants’ social media handles and monitor their publicly available information across 19 global platforms, according…
Front, the company that lets you manage your inboxes as a team, is adding one more channel, WhatsApp. Starting today, you can read and reply…