Thousands of Lottery Players Were Mistakenly Told They Won Millions
A currency conversion error temporarily created a whole bunch of very rich Norwegians.
Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less
Just two years ago, Lorraine He, now a 24-year-old law student, was told to avoid using AI for her assignments. At the time, to get around a national block on ChatGPT, students had to buy a mirror-site version from a secondhand marketplace. Its use was common, but it was at best tolerated and more often…
June 2025
Congress might block state AI laws for five years. Here’s what it means.
A federal proposal that would ban states and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years could soon be signed into law, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other lawmakers work to secure its inclusion into a GOP megabill ahead of a key July 4 deadline. Here’s what’s at stake.
Warren Buffett Donates a Record $6 Billion to Various Foundations. Here’s How the Money Is Being Split Up.
Buffett made the donations in the form of over 12 million Berkshire Hathaway shares.
President Donald Trump Says a TikTok Deal Is Imminent. Here’s Who Could Buy the App.
Trump appears to have found his preferred TikTok buyer (or buyers) and says he’ll reveal who the “wealthy people” are in a couple of weeks.
Mexican drug cartel hacker spied on FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants, report says
The watchdog revealed the 2018 incident as part of an audit of the FBI”s counter-surveillance efforts.
Ex-Meta engineers have built an AI tool to plan every detail of your trip
The travel industry has gathered extensive data over the years about trips and transportation, and founders are using it to use it to create every conceivable kind of AI travel startup. In fact, every word of this sentence is a link to a new AI travel tool. Now, startups and incumbent travel tech companies are […]
Three powerhouses cover how to prepare now for your later-stage raise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco this October 27–29, and if you’re building with big funding goals in mind, the session on preparing for your later-stage raise needs to be on your radar. Join three powerhouse voices in venture and AI-driven innovation as they share what it really takes to close major […]
6 Reasons Your Perfect Product Isn’t Selling — and How to Avoid the Marketing Mistakes Behind Them
Even the best products can fail to gain traction — not because they’re bad, but because they’re badly marketed. Discover the common (and costly) marketing mistakes brands often overlook and how to fix them.
Tiny AI ERP startup Campfire is winning so many startups from NetSuite, Accel led a $35M Series A
Campfire was launched in 2023 to upend 1990s-era enterprise resource planning accounting software (ERP) like Netsuite with an LLM-powered alternative.
Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents
The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. The launch marks Cursor’s next big step beyond its integrated development environment (IDE), the core product developers use to access its tools. While Anysphere, the company […]