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Amazon's Big Deal Days event has cut prices on several Hoto tools aimed at PC builders and hobbyists, including electric screwdrivers, rotary tools, flashlights, and air blowers. Deals include the Hoto NEX O1 Pro screwdriver kit dropping from $49.99 to $28.48, and the Hoto PixelDrive electric screwdriver falling from $79.99 to $59.99. The sale is tied to Amazon's Big Deal Days promotion, which ends the following night.
TechCrunch announced the five judges who will select the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15. The panel includes Stacy Brown-Philpot of Cherryrock Capital and Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital, among others, chosen from thousands of applicants narrowed to 200 startups and 20 finalist pitches. After judging concludes, the five will take part in a live audience Q&A on the Builders Stage.
Google is teaming up with Hiring Our Heroes, Student Veterans of America and the Home Builders Institute to help 25,000 transitioning veterans and military family members enter skilled trades. The program includes pre-apprenticeship training, career coaching and job placement for roles like electricians, pipefitters and project managers. The amount Google is investing has not been disclosed.
TechCrunch is offering ticket discounts of up to $200 on passes for its Disrupt 2026 conference, running October 13-15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, with the discount window closing September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The event features a Builders Stage, roundtables and breakout sessions covering fundraising, AI adoption, hiring and startup strategy, with more than 250 speakers including founders, VCs and operators expected to attend.
Robby Stein, Google's vice president of product for Search, will join a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, running October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The session, titled 'From MVP to Billions of Users,' will examine how product teams manage the shift from early-stage experimentation to decision-making at massive scale.
A recent guide highlights six website-building platforms—including Wix, Weebly and Sitey—as affordable options for small businesses that can't hire a professional designer. The list emphasizes free or low-cost tools offering drag-and-drop design, mobile-responsive templates, SEO features and, in some cases, personalized domain names.
Homebuilders in several booming Southern housing markets have ramped up construction so aggressively that newly built homes are now priced at or below comparable existing homes. This reverses the usual pattern where new construction commands a premium over older housing stock.
Ed Brady, CEO of the Home Builders Institute, says the rush to build AI data centers is pulling scarce skilled tradespeople away from residential construction. He notes the US already faces a shortage of roughly 300,000 skilled trades workers, and many of those still available are opting for data center jobs instead of homebuilding.