Even the Strongest Leaders Burn Out — Here’s the Best Way to Shake the Fatigue
Stepping away from work, literally, can sharpen focus, reset your perspective and restore the energy high-stakes leadership demands.
The Download: the first personalized gene-editing drug, and Montana’s Right to Try experiment
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug Doctors say they constructed a bespoke gene-editing treatment in less than seven months and used it to treat a baby with a…
I Crashed, I Learned and I Led — 5 Things Skateboarding Taught Me About Leadership
My years on the halfpipe weren’t just a thrill ride — they also yielded some lessons that have served me well as a business leader
How Rescuing Chihuahuas with Kaley Cuoco Led to Katie Hunt’s Big Success
Katie Hunt, the CEO and co-founder of dog health and wellness company Oh Norman!, explains how she and co-founder Kaley Cuoco’s shared love of rescuing elderly chihuahuas led to the launch of their innovative company.
TechCrunch and VivaTech Partner for the VivaTech Innovation of the Year
TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year at VivaTech 2025. This partnership will highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and industry-transforming potential among exhibiting startups. The VivaTech Innovation of the Year Award acknowledges and celebrates exhibiting startups at VivaTech 2025 […]
Spotify responds to creator backlash at public podcast play counts
Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature — mainly, that it would further promote podcasts that already have large audiences while making smaller shows less appealing to new listeners. […]
Why the Smartest Businesses Focus on Giving — Not Taking
Business giving creates a ripple effect of trust, loyalty, good energy and karma that results in long-term sustainable success.
OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to instructions, and will iteratively run […]
After adding its own billing option on iOS, Apple asks Patreon to move it to an external browser
Creator platform Patreon has to modify its app to comply with Apple’s guidelines after a recent update allowed U.S. users to make purchases via the web. The company says that its own web-based checkout option is now the default for U.S. fans, but it has to update its app so that this checkout option opens in […]
Mystery investor’s attempt to stop Canoo asset sale shot down by judge
The judge in Canoo’s bankruptcy case has blocked an attempt by a mysterious financier to disrupt the sale of the EV startup’s assets. In a hearing Tuesday, Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon ruled the financier, a UK-based man named Charles Garson, lacked standing to request the sale to Canoo’s own CEO be vacated. While Garson had […]
‘We’re Embracing the Creator Community in a Way No One Else Has’: Inside GLORY’s Viral Kickboxing Playbook
GLORY is betting on creators to grow kickboxing in the U.S., launching an exclusive-to-attend, free-to-stream fight series tailored for digital-first audiences.