Posts by Liam Redmond
Contract Manufacturing Gets a Marketplace With Bloom’s Seed Round
Bloom, a Detroit startup, closed a $3.6 million seed round to build what its CEO calls an AI-powered answer to Alibaba for American factories, TechCrunch reported on October 7. SNAK Venture Partners led the round, and the company says its marketplace has handled more than 2,000 matches for over 140 companies. If you build physical…
Read MoreMASSIVE brawl on Frontier Airlines…passenger RESTRAINED!? | The Low Down
New text messages have emerged in the Cornell fraternity sexual assault case, while Pretty Little Liars star Keegan Allen was left bloodied in a terrifying attack outside a Hollywood grocery store. Health officials are now warning of a ‘superbug’ tied to sexually transmitted diarrhea, Spanish police have arrested a teenager for the execution of a…
Read MoreWho Was Captain Hamoud Ali Al-Kalthami? Saudia Pilot Among 3 Killed in Riyadh Airport Attacks
Saudia Airlines has identified Captain Hamoud Ali Al-Kalthami as one of three Saudi citizens killed in attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Oct. 8. The strikes damaged a Saudia aircraft parked at the airport, injured several people and disrupted flight operations, raising fresh concerns about aviation security as the conflict involving Yemen’s Houthi…
Read MoreMike Ditka, legendary Bears coach, dead at 86
Legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka has passed away at 86 years old, according to multiple reports. Ditka famously led the Bears to the only Super Bowl in franchise history in 1986 led by the dominant 4-6 defense. Ditka, a Pennsylvania native, starred as a tight end for the Bears, Cowboys and Eagles before moving into…
Read MoreChatGPT Interface Gets Visual: What Founders Should Test
OpenAI is launching Intelligent UI, a feature that turns ChatGPT from a wall of text into a more visual, interactive interface, TechCrunch reported on October 7. Answers can now include diagrams, charts, maps and small calculators that users can tap, adjust and edit. That matters because many founders already use chat as a daily work…
Read MoreClimber plunges to his death after summiting dangerous 13,000-foot California peak
A climber suffered an “unsurvivable” fall this week after summiting the 13,000-foot peak of a remote California mountain. Rescuers found Brian Seibert, 53, dead on Mount Morgan North in Mono County Tuesday after he apparently fell off a cliff as he descended from the dangerous mountain. Officials declared Seibert missing on Sunday after he didn’t…
Read MoreAI Gadgets Flopped: Tony Fadell on What Founders Should Learn
Tony Fadell, the engineer behind the iPod and the Nest thermostat, told an audience at MIT Future Fest that the early AI devices flopped because none of them fixed a problem ordinary people actually have. TechCrunch reported his remarks on October 7, and he singled out three shuttered products, namely the Rabbit R1, Humane’s AI…
Read MoreUS stocks open higher as oil slips; telecoms hit by SpaceX spectrum deal
Published Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 09:59 PM WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Oct 9) as oil prices retreated on easing Middle East supply concerns, though telecom shares remained under pressure after SpaceX’s spectrum acquisition raised competitive concerns across the sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67.32 points, or 0.13 per…
Read MoreSpaceX’s US$750 billion rally breaks stock out of post-IPO funk
Steadiness in the share price of Elon Musk’s company indicates insiders are not unloading their stakes Published Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 09:45 PM SPACEX investors are finally getting some reprieve after months of being whipsawed by volatility as the Elon Musk-led company’s stock breaks above the level that it has been stuck below since…
Read MoreChina vows to curb tech bubbles, keep AI risks in check
The guidelines warned against blind investment and excessive expansion into emerging sectors Published Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 09:12 PM [BEIJING] China will tighten oversight of its drive into advanced technology, seeking to curb investment bubbles while ensuring artificial intelligence remains “safe, reliable and controllable”, according to policy guidelines issued on Friday (Oct 9). As…
Read MoreWhy Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ex Ken Urker slept ‘with a gun every night’ in days leading up to tragic death: sister
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s late ex Ken Urker’s sister, Autumn, claimed he “had to sleep with a gun every night” because of the relentless online bullying he faced before his tragic death. Autumn told the Daily Mail in an interview published Thursday that Ken, who passed away on his 34th birthday on Oct. 1, allegedly took…
Read MoreNew Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: ‘Animals’ on Netflix, ‘Matchbox: The Movie’ on Apple TV and More
Some of the biggest movies premiering this fall are headed directly to streaming, including Ben Affleck’s new political thriller Animals, which is out this week on Netflix, and John Cena’s latest, Matchbox: The Movie, arriving Friday on Apple TV. And while we’re excited to catch these brand-new movies, two big box office hits from the…
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