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The early bird sees the future first — and saves the most. The old saying goes, “the early bird gets the worm.” But in tech — and in life — it’s not really about the worm. It’s about spotting what’s next before the crowd rushes in and the price goes up. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is happening October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. And for the next five days, you can claim your spot — not just ahead of the noise, but at a serious discount. Early Bird rates save you up to $900 — and your plus-one gets…

Shopify is giving its merchants a slew of new AI-powered tools designed to help them enhance the online shopping experience for their customers. This includes an AI store builder for users to set up storefronts using a single prompt, as well as an AI generator for creating elements (such as banners) without knowing how to code.  The platform also upgraded Sidekick, its AI commerce assistant, with new voice chat and screen sharing capabilities.  These updates were announced on Wednesday during Shopify’s Edition launch day, the company’s biannual announcement that showcases recent changes to the platform. Image Credits:Shopify The goal of…

United States President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he has selected a $175bn design for the multilayered Golden Dome missile defence programme aimed at countering aerial threats “even if they are launched from space”. As part of the project, the US would deploy missile interceptors in space to shield against ballistic and hypersonic threats. Here is more about the Golden Dome project. What did Trump announce? Trump on Tuesday announced $25bn initial funding for the project that will cost $175bn and be completed by the end of his current term in 2029. “Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will…

Engineers working on self-driving technology have given a lot of thought to difficult questions over the years, including how to keep pedestrians safe and how to avoid collisions with other vehicles.But last weekend’s protests in Los Angeles threw a spotlight on one of the thorny problems that remain for autonomous vehicles: what to do about arson, vandalism or other physical attacks. Five vehicles owned by Google’s self-driving spinoff Waymo were set ablaze last Sunday during protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Images and video of the flaming cars quickly went viral, illustrating for a global audience how vulnerable robotaxis…

Waymo announced plans Wednesday to bring its autonomous cars to New York City streets starting next month, but in a change from its robotaxi service in other states, the company said it plans to have a person behind the steering wheel to meet local regulations.Waymo needs a permit to operate its robotaxis even with supervision, under guidelines Mayor Eric Adams announced last year. Waymo said Wednesday that it had applied for the permit with the city’s Transportation Department and, in the meantime, would start manually driving in the city.Waymo, a spinoff of Google, also said it wants to change state…

It’s been over 30 years since the first retailers started selling physical products through virtual stores, and while much has changed in the world of e-commerce, one important element is mostly the same: product pages illustrated with static photographs of the item.That could all change if a company called Fibbl gets its way.The Stockholm, Sweden-based startup has developed a process that allows it to cheaply and quickly create three-dimensional scans of products, allowing retailers to feature interactive product models that shoppers can move around and manipulate to examine from every angle.“Going beyond 2D images is a big step forward,” said…

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of Columbia University gave a commencement speech Wednesday acknowledging the absence of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was due to receive his diploma this week but is instead in a Louisiana jail facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests.The brief address drew loud boos and chants of “free Palestine” from some graduating students. Acting president Claire Shipman also alluded to the crackdown on foreign students by the Trump administration that has roiled the Ivy League school in recent months. “We firmly believe that our international students have the same rights to freedom…

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) dropped Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan on Wednesday as it named a new-look squad for three home Twenty20 internationals against Bangladesh. Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson will take charge for the first time after being appointed last week, replacing Aaqib Javed. Salman Ali Agha will captain Pakistan as they look towards next year’s T20 World Cup, to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Fast bowler Shaheen had played in Pakistan’s last T20 series in New Zealand in March, but batsmen Babar and Rizwan were omitted for the second consecutive T20…

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) dropped Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan on Wednesday as it named a new-look squad for three home Twenty20 internationals against Bangladesh. Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson will take charge for the first time after being appointed last week, replacing Aaqib Javed. Salman Ali Agha will captain Pakistan as they look towards next year’s T20 World Cup, to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Fast bowler Shaheen had played in Pakistan’s last T20 series in New Zealand in March, but batsmen Babar and Rizwan were omitted for the second consecutive T20…

Three years ago, as the pandemic caused chaos for companies big and small, Colgate-Palmolive’s chief supply chain officer Luciano Sieber orchestrated a “logistics blitz.”  The result gave Sieber a better understanding of how Colgate-Palmolive moves its products around the world. But it stuck Sieber with another problem: too much data.  About a year ago, Sieber says he found a solution to that problem with Uber Freight. The ride-hailing service’s long-running logistics and analytics arm has been developing new ways to wrangle large amounts of data by using artificial intelligence. Colgate-Palmolive became one of the first companies to use one of…