AI doesn’t just run on code: it requires enormous amounts of energy, and that demand is increasingly becoming a critical bottleneck. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the intelligent systems stage will be where energy, infrastructure and technology collide, covering everything from advances in fusion to the grid strain that AI is putting on the entire economy.
Snapchat now lets users share the music they’re listening to in real time through a new feature in Snap Map, TechCrunch has exclusively discovered. Called “Now Playing,” the feature allows users to link their streaming service account (starting with Spotify) and share what they’re currently listening to via Snap Map, and see what songs their
Several robotics companies are tackling one of the toughest problems in AI: building basic models capable of executing tasks they were never explicitly trained to perform. Their approaches run the gamut: from studying millions of web videos and running computer simulations to collecting motion data from humans performing tasks while wearing gloves with embedded sensors.
The European response to TBPN is here and ready to go live five days a week, starting June 27. Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers first launched the London-based European Technology Network (ETN) last October, analyzing tech trends and news during a livestream two days a week. The show is currently streaming live on X and
The frontier of physical AI is a game of Jenga in a warehouse in San Leandro, California. That warehouse is occupied by Encord, a company that builds data tools used to train AI models. Andrew Ceja is a pilot (the company’s term for its robotic trainers) and he’s carefully removing blocks of wood from a
As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company is also debating how to address consumer privacy concerns, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman reports that Apple has pushed back the launch target from early 2027, and the glasses will now be unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June 2027 and available