Topic 1

• German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on
• Germany's Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat

Topic 2

• Largest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor says
• Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow

Topic 3

• Ed Sheeran admits 'mistakes' at first show since Macklemore controversy

Topic 4

• Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers

Topic 5

• Man, 82, dies after beach fight with 76-year-old over sunlounger in Greece

Topic 6

• Sister of Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested

Topic 7

• Houthis say they targeted Saudi capital with ballistic missiles
• Saudi Arabia says Houthis tried to attack its capital

Topic 8

• Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash

Topic 9

• Poison suspected in deaths of ten lions in game reserve in Tanzania

Topic 10

• Defining global leadership in AI at Trump-Xi summit

Topic 11

• PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk

Topic 12

• The new lines of southern Lebanon

Topic 13

• France, Poland and European allies warn of escalating Russian 'hybrid' attacks

Topic 14

• Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM

Topic 15

• Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to

Topic 16

• ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

Topic 17

• Qwen Image 2.1

Topic 18

• Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion

Topic 19

• The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art

Topic 20

• Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test

Topic 21

• Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

Topic 22

• 6 days left to save up to $200 to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
• TechCrunch Mobility: How do we know when an AV is safe enough?

Topic 23

• World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

Topic 24

• Elon Musk’s latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio

Topic 25

• Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?

Topic 26

• Vocci’s ring adds a new form factor to meeting note-taking

Topic 27

• ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok

Topic 28

• New California law will penalize influencers who don’t disclose political ads