Just when you thought the hype about room-temperature superconductors was over, it’s not. A Swiss quantum algorithm startup, Terra Quantum, and a research lab at the State University […]
A CES 2024 preview, 23andMe victim blaming and MIT’s obesity-fighting pill
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week in tech that was. Hope the holidays were restful for those who observed them. […]
Is the latest near-room-temperature superconductor legit? Don’t count on it
If you’re someone who loves an internet hype cycle, good news: There’s a new group of scientists who claim to have discovered a near-room-temperature superconductor. Yes, again. People […]
Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023
Climate tech might have been down in 2023, but it’s not out yet. That’s not surprising, really. For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession […]
OpenAI hosts a dev day, TechCrunch reviews the M3 iMac and MacBook Pro, and Bumble gets a new CEO
Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter covering the past week (or so) in tech industry happenings. This week marked OpenAI’s first-ever dev conference, […]
Another room-temp superconductor bites the dust
After a raucous year of supposed breakthroughs in superconducting physics, 2023 is looking like it’s going to end with a whimper. This summer, LK-99 was the room-temperature superconductor […]