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- IV drips used for "detoxification" filled with toxins; dozens poisoned Over 30 people across four states have been poisoned by bacterial toxins after getting intravenous drips at wellness clinics. Glutathione is an antioxidant that’s found naturally in the body.
- 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Here's what we still like, here's what annoys us Single-motor Ioniq 5s should be capable of 4 miles/kWh or more. Having 49 miles more range would, of course, mean a little longer behind the wheel between charging stops.
- Even the king of England has his hesitations about AI King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and the U.K. government, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, leaders from OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on Wednesday, partnering with Hugging Face and Goodfire AI to build safety evaluation and monitoring infrastructure.
- Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI Pinterest is turning to AI to help consumers move from searching for product inspiration to being able to imagine what it might be like to redesign a space or compare.
- The WA tourism towns with more Airbnb listings than rentals The state government has been called on to enact a moratorium on short-stay approvals followed by a levy to reduce the number of un-hosted short-stay homes, to manage the crisis.
- Qantas ground staff set to strike over ‘Joyce-era’ bargaining agreements The 600 workers poised to go on strike are the last remaining Qantas ground workers, after 1800 of their colleagues were illegally sacked during the COVID pandemic.
- Lofi Girl returns with a new house music station and vinyl compilation Lofi Girl just launched a new 24/7 streaming station called Lofi House. As the name suggests, the channel exclusively plays house music.
- Scientific papers become agentic chatbots with new tool Paper2Agent, the team's new framework described in a paper published in Nature on Wednesday, converts scientific papers and their associated research outputs into agents that can discuss a paper’s findings.
- Scammers have been inserting fake songs onto real artist's pages on Spotify and other platforms Bad actors have been uploading fake songs onto real artist's pages on Spotify and other platforms, according to a report by 404 Media.
- TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host The TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event program brings founders, investors, operators, researchers, and tech enthusiasts together across San Francisco for panels, workshops, networking events, parties, and more.
- Covert uploads and megalomania: OpenAI details new "misaligned" agent incidents Of the other examples, two resembled the Hugging Face incident in the way separate agents tried to use Internet tools to communicate with each other.
- Repeat offender fined for searching for gold in protected river A gold panner caught illegally searching for gold in a protected river has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling more than £4,700, a regulator has said.
- Australia could follow Canada as EU 'associate member', parliament president says While the 27 members of the EU would have to agree on the plan for associate membership, Australia and New Zealand could follow, the European Parliament president suggested.
- Apple will let EU apps use less-alarming tracking-consent screens As a result of a multi-year antitrust probe by Germany’s federal competition regulator and others, Apple has agreed to change the requirements for apps on its platforms that ask.
- Lucid and Bolt plan to deploy at least 25,000 robotaxis across Europe Bolt plans to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles based on Lucid's midsize platform across the continent. Bolt will work with the automaker to develop the vehicle.
- Hull City’s rise from Championship strugglers to Premier League fliers Hull were nearly relegated to League One last year. Now they are fourth in the Premier League.
- Keely Hodgkinson reveals how canal accident ruined world record bid Hodgkinson tripped and fell on canal cooldown run.
- Revolut reportedly facing $3m ransom demand after hackers steal hundreds of customers’ data Revolut is facing a reported $3m ransom demand after hackers posing as government officials accessed the data of hundreds of the bank’s cryptocurrency customers.
- Roku’s new Labs hub brings experimental apps to the big screen On Thursday, the connected TV device maker unveiled the latest update to Roku OS, which introduces a new experience called Roku Labs that allows U.S. customers to access experimental apps.
- EPA immediately sued over plans to repeal climate rules for power plants Days after finalizing a rule that would eliminate climate rules for power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency was sued by groups who say the EPA’s repeal was short-sighted and risked.
- Leicestershire facing relegation over pitch penalty, and more: County Championship cricket, day three – live
- HYROX athlete hands back points after soiling herself during race Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk has apologised after continuing a HYROX competition in Beijing having soiled herself.
- HYROX athlete apologises and withdraws for defecating mid-race Australian athlete Joanna Wietrzyk has apologised for continuing a HYROX competition in Beijing after soiling herself.
- London property manager breach may have reported bank details and lockbox codes City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data.
- NASA Unveils Enterprise, the First Space Shuttle Fifty years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976—Constitution Day of America’s bicentennial year—NASA unveiled its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public.
- Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank Microsoft rolled back a configuration change after it prevented some users from loading SharePoint Online sites and pages. Microsoft tracked the incident as SP1472983.
- Australian Hyrox athlete apologises for continuing race after soiling herself An Australian athlete who faced criticism for continuing to compete in a Hyrox event after soiling herself has apologised and said she will retroactively withdraw from the race.
- Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon If you've been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is your sign to stop deliberating and start applying.
- Artists boycotted this portrait prize over AI entries. Now they’re back to take them on The woman in the red dress is Australian comedian Alice Fraser, as photographed on stage. Ryan’s work The Catch is a finalist in this year’s Brisbane portrait prize.
- Emily is barely scraping by after buying a house – and it’s taking a toll on her mental health Mortgage holders like Emily Knights say financial pressure is causing serious anxiety, as a study reveals the effects of debt stress and rising rates.
- Alan Jones on Trial: A prominent athlete takes the stand | Week 7 – podcast For the first time, seven weeks into the criminal trial of Alan Jones, a complainant came face-to-face with his alleged offender in the courtroom.
- Amid claims of ‘mass migration’, Labor hopes a measured approach will take the hot air out of the debate Alan Gamlen, the director of the ANU’s migration hub, said Burke appeared to have announced the right mix of measures that would give the government the capacity to regulate.
- Tony Burke rejects farmers’ claims that immigration changes will increase food prices The farming lobby’s claim that immigration rule changes will increase food prices for households is wrong, Tony Burke has said.
- Sydney’s most improbable AFL finals run may continue but culture questions are here to stay As Swans turn sights on Fremantle for the preliminary final, their suspended players are still the story on and off the field. Sydney won well that Sunday against North Melbourne.
- Fire, ice and family: Australia’s 2026 Bowness photography prize – in pictures Here are 26 images by the shortlisted artists who submitted works for the 21st William and Winifred Bowness photography prize. Tamara Dean has been named the winner.
- I tried Tovala’s smart oven for two weeks — here’s whether it beats takeout The regular oven costs $299, while the Smart Oven Pro costs $349 and adds a steam function. Meal plans include 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16 meals per week.
- Razer refreshes the one-handed Tartarus Pro keyboard with improved switches Razer just introduced the Tartarus V2 Pro, a refresh of its popular one-handed gaming keyboard thingamajig.
- UK government borrowing costs fall as Bank of England outlines new bond-selling plan – as it happened
- Bill Belichick’s son resigns after investigation into UNC football instability North Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of the team’s head coach Bill Belichick, has resigned as the school concludes an investigation into its football program.