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Apple confirmed a 'Welcome home' product event for October 13 but has not listed it on its Apple Events page or scheduled a livestream on YouTube or the Apple TV app. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple will instead release an online video presentation alongside an in-person press gathering in New York, a format he says will repeat for a separate October 27 launch.
TechCrunch has published its complete lineup of Side Events accompanying Founder Summit 2026, running November 3–6 in Boston. The events, including workshops and networking mixers such as PrincipiumX's product-strategy breakfast session, are independently organized by third-party hosts rather than TechCrunch itself. Attendees must register separately for Side Events, which do not include access to the main conference on November 4.
TechCrunch says applications to host an official Side Event during its Founder Summit 2026, taking place in Boston from November 1-7, close tonight at midnight PT. Approved hosts can run meetups, panels or workshops tied to the conference week, with organizers responsible for their own logistics and costs.
A business contributor writing for Entrepreneur argues that most virtual events fail because companies simply replicate in-person event formats instead of redesigning content for virtual consumption. The writer cites a firsthand case from a large customer during the Covid-19 pandemic whose livestreamed event lost most attendees before it ended, and proposes a seven-step framework covering outcome clarity, audience awareness, content focus, presenter selection, engagement, value communication and post-event follow-up.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that after years of brands chasing attention through content, emails and notifications, consumers are now seeking analog experiences like dinner parties, run clubs, and phone-free events. The piece suggests marketers should reframe their goal from maximizing time spent with a brand to helping people use their time more meaningfully.
TechCrunch announced that tonight, September 11 at 11:59 p.m. PT, is the absolute final deadline to apply to host an official Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The company stated there will be no further extensions or chances to apply after this cutoff.
Gamescom organizers issued a public apology after indie developers criticized the company's initial muted response to laptops and consoles stolen from their booths. The company said it has since contacted the affected exhibitors, is running its usual post-event review, and will hold an additional security evaluation for indie booths. At least three exhibitors—Ryan Laley, iam8bit, and Tessera Studios—reported stolen equipment during the event.
TechCrunch is giving companies until midnight Pacific time tonight to apply to host an official Side Event during Disrupt 2026, which runs October 10–16 in San Francisco. Approved hosts get promotion through TechCrunch's Side Events page, agenda, mobile app, attendee emails and social channels, plus a 25% ticket discount to offer their network.
A new installment in an ongoing Domain-Driven Design series examines how separately owned and deployed bounded contexts, such as Ordering and Fulfillment, communicate business facts to each other. It introduces the concept of an integration event as a stable public contract distinct from internal domain events, delivered via asynchronous messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Azure Service Bus.
Researchers analyzing blood samples from 17,710 people found that those with the highest xylitol levels were 57% more likely to die or suffer a heart attack or stroke within six years than those with the lowest levels, with elevated risk persisting for decades. The findings, presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress in Munich, showed a dose-dependent relationship between xylitol blood levels and cardiovascular events.
A quantitative analysis tested whether the eight antediluvian reign lengths in the Sumerian King List, which sum to 241,200 years, correspond to actual Quaternary climate or geological events when rescaled and anchored near 11,600 years ago. Comparing the sequence against a catalog of paleoclimate events using a defined null model, the researcher found the alignment was not statistically significant.
TechCrunch is inviting companies, investors and community organizers to apply to host official Side Events around Disrupt 2026, which runs October 13-15 in San Francisco. Approved events can take place anytime from October 10-16 and will be promoted to Disrupt's more than 10,000 attendees through official marketing channels. Applications close September 4.