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Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt

Source: TechCrunch · Published: 13 October 2026

Fusion power plants will need a lot of lithium, and Licube is preparing to be a key supplier.

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Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device

Fusion power startup Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a small, laser-powered fusion device to fuel the coming wave of fusion power plants.

TechCrunch · 33 min ago

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Technology & AI

Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.

TechCrunch · 3 h ago

World

Missiles intercepted near Riyadh after Saudi coalition hits Yemen fuel depot

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck a fuel depot near the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa.

BBC News · 44 min ago

Sports

Flat racing's 'Billy the Kid' wants more than just title

BBC Sport speaks to Billy Loughnane, the prodigy nicknamed 'Billy the Kid' who is set to be named champion jockey on Saturday and targeting a record.

BBC Sport · 2 h ago

Culture

Fight the power! Protest and rebellion in America – in pictures

French photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont spent two decades capturing demos, clashes and countercultural gatherings in America. ‘They dreamed of living in a better world,’ he says Continue reading...

Culture | The Guardian · 15 h ago

Science

Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US

Roofs were ripped off buildings after Isaias barrelled into the US on Friday evening, before it weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.

BBC News · 3 d ago

Business

How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom

Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.

BBC News · 20 d ago