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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 06:26 Startups Rising Hot

NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX

Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars.

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Jun 18, 2026 at 06:26 TechCrunch

NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX

Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—mig...

Jun 18, 2026 at 04:27 SecurityLab

2,5 секунды на взлом. Предсказуемые имена хранилищ Google сами отдавали ИИ-модели хакерам

Рутинная операция открывала путь туда, куда посторонних никто не звал.

Jun 18, 2026 at 01:23 TechCrunch

How to turn off AI in your Google Docs

Here's what you need to do to get those pesky "write with Gemini" pop-ups to go away.

Jun 17, 2026 at 20:32 TechCrunch

Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors

The former Sequoia Capital leader is filling an "existing vacancy" on SpaceX's board, days after the company went public in the largest I...

Jun 17, 2026 at 16:30 TechCrunch

Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the ri...

Jun 17, 2026 at 15:57 Ars Technica

Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder

Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.

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2,5 секунды на взлом. Предсказуемые имена хранилищ Google сами отдавали ИИ-модели хакерам

Рутинная операция открывала путь туда, куда посторонних никто не звал.

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