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TechCrunch is closing exhibit table bookings for its Disrupt 2026 conference on Friday, October 2, at 11:59 p.m. PT, after which no further reservations will be accepted. The event runs October 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco and is expected to draw more than 10,000 founders, investors and tech leaders. Exhibit packages include a branded table, ten team passes, lead-generation tools, and app and website branding.
Google Books is set to gain a series of incremental feature updates over time, according to a report on the platform's development. The updates are described as part of an ongoing effort to build out the underlying operating system that powers the service.
TechCrunch is selling a discounted $75 Expo+ Pass to its Disrupt 2026 conference for people who have been laid off, capped at the first 100 qualifying buyers or until the event opens on October 13 at 8 a.m. PT. The pass grants access to the Expo Hall at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13-15, where over 10,000 attendees and 300+ startups are expected.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that founders should avoid randomly diversifying into unrelated ventures after early success, warning that this often creates fragmentation rather than growth. The writer describes building companies across physical therapy, healthcare staffing, hospice care, consulting and technology by ensuring each new venture reinforces the others rather than competing for attention. Four questions are proposed to test any new venture: does it serve the same customer, build on existing capability, create opportunities for other businesses, and operate without draining focus.
The JavaScript ecosystem is undergoing a broad shift as developers replace long-standing JavaScript-based build tools with newer alternatives written in languages like Rust and Go, prized for their speed. Despite decades of attempts to sideline or replace JavaScript itself, the language remains dominant across browsers, servers and devices, even as its supporting toolchain changes underneath it.
A new feature said to be in development for iPhones would let a single phone number be used across two devices, with calls and activity handed off seamlessly between them. The report suggests this could appeal to users who want to carry both a standard iPhone and a specialized device, such as a rumored foldable 'iPhone Duo,' without managing separate numbers.
TechCrunch is closing applications for volunteers at its Disrupt 2026 conference, set for October 13-15, on Tuesday, September 22. Selected volunteers receive a free three-day event pass in exchange for committing at least 12 hours of work and attending an in-person orientation on the Monday before the event.
A group of researchers argue that global urbanization, while celebrated for green city initiatives, is masking the steady degradation of the countryside that cities depend on. They cite up to 400 million hectares of abandoned land since the 1950s and roughly half the world's rangelands classified as degraded, driven by migration, land conversion and resource extraction to feed urban growth. They call for combined geospatial monitoring, landscape engineering and watershed planning to treat cities and their surrounding rural areas as one connected system.
Georgi Gerganov, creator of llama.cpp, addressed Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face, noting Nvidia engineers have contributed code and hardware to the project for over a year. He said llama.cpp and its ggml backend will remain hardware-agnostic and community-driven despite the new corporate ties.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang affirmed that Hugging Face will continue operating as an open platform accessible to the entire AI ecosystem, even as Nvidia deepens its financial and strategic involvement with the company. The statement comes as Nvidia expands its footprint beyond hardware into software and developer tools central to AI model development.
Amazon is currently selling the unlocked 128GB Samsung Galaxy S26 FE for $699.99 with a free $200 Amazon gift card included. The device is Samsung's new lower-cost Fan Edition phone, available in Graphite, Pistachio, and Blueberry, and comes with Galaxy AI features and Samsung ecosystem support. The promotion is expected to end once the phone officially launches tomorrow.
Nvidia has officially completed its purchase of Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, ending weeks of speculation. Hugging Face's platform, which hosts three million models, one million apps, and half a million datasets for over 18 million developers, will remain open, according to CEO Jensen Huang, who pledged that Nvidia hardware won't be a requirement for using the service.