The Trump Administration Is Reportedly Considering a Leasing Option for TikTok — Instead of a Sale
The TikTok deadline is here. Will there be a sale, an extension, a lease agreement, or will it go dark forever?
Roundtables: Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product
Recorded on April 23, 2025 Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product Speakers: David Rotman, editor at large, and Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been crowned the 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2025 by MIT Technology Review‘s readers. BCIs are electrodes implanted into the brain to send neural commands to computers, primarily to assist…
April 2025
Turbine raises $22M to help VC investors get cash without selling their stakes
Since IPOs slowed to trickle a few years ago, limited partners who invest in venture capital funds have had one giant problem: a dearth of liquidity. Lack of cash returns has been especially troublesome for wealthy individuals or their small family offices – who manage the assets of the wealthy – that made substantial investments […]
One Question Changed This Entrepreneur’s Life — Now She’s Leading a Movement for Women in Music
When a single question made Heather Lowrey realize the lack of support for women in live music, she turned it into a mission. Now, as the founder of Femme It Forward, she’s empowering the next generation through mentorship, events and initiatives.
Stop Losing Your Best Employees with These 3 Retention Strategies
Everyone agrees: loyal employees should be rewarded. But how and with what? Almost nobody agrees on this, yet getting it wrong is one of the fastest ways to see your employee retention rate plummet.
Tariffs Might Help Lower Mortgage Rates, According to a 40-Year Mortgage Expert
Mortgage rates have ticked slightly down. Will it continue?
OpenAI says it’ll release o3 after all, delays GPT-5
After effectively cancelling the consumer release of its o3 reasoning model, OpenAI now says that it plans to release both o3 and a next-generation successor, o4-mini, in “a couple of weeks.” In a post on X on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the change in roadmap is related to OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5, which OpenAI […]
5 Effective and Legal Strategies to Reduce Your Tax Liability This Year — and Unlock Big Savings
Smart tax planning strategies will help your business save money legally and efficiently in the upcoming tax year.
TechCrunch All Stage: Learn how AI can supercharge your MVPs with Chris Gardner
TechCrunch All Stage, our big event for founders of startups at all stages of funding (see what we did there?), is coming up July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. And it’s our pleasure to announce that Underscore VC’s investing partner Chris Gardner will join a loaded lineup of speakers by leading a breakout session […]
Stop Hoping Your Systems Are Safe—Know They Are
Upskill with ethical hacking, network security, and real-world tools.
Automakers jump on Tesla’s brand woes with discount EV offers
Tesla trade-ins in the U.S. are at an all time high as some owners become disillusioned with Elon Musk’s politics, and some just want to avoid their car getting keyed by Musk haters. Automakers are pouncing on the opportunity. Polestar, Lucid Motors, Volvo, and Ford — which have long trailed Tesla in EV sales — […]