How This Women-Led Company Is Shaking Up the Cocktail Industry
Bettina Paus, CEO of CYN’S MIX, shares how she and her co-founder, Cynthia Snell, distilled success for their dry-ingredient cocktail mixer company.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…
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Meta to shut down Messenger desktop apps for Mac and Windows
Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to log into the apps and will be automatically redirected to the Facebook website to access Messenger.
The real reason Google DeepMind is working with a fusion energy startup
Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential customers, too.
Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online and will show off its platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
“Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now,” founder Francesco Vitali said. “So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important.”
The Future of Financial Services Will Be Defined By This One Shift
Why the future of finance depends on bridges, not walls, between fintechs and traditional institutions.
This Ex-Amazon AI Leader Reveals How Entrepreneurs Can 10x Their Output With AI
The former Global Head of Machine Learning Startups at Amazon Web Services shares how entrepreneurs can use AI tools to automate workflows.
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,” Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”
One of the Most Overlooked Risks in Business — and How to Protect Yourself Before It’s Too Late
While professional data recovery services may cost thousands of dollars, they represent a fraction of the true cost of permanent data loss,
This Nurse With ‘No Business Background’ Started a Side Hustle on Instagram. Now It’s a Multimillion-Dollar Brand.
Jordan Harper, 38, didn’t set out to build a brand — but it came naturally.
Smucker’s Claims Trader Joe’s Copied Its Crustless, Billion Dollar Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Smucker’s is suing Trader Joe’s, claiming that a knockoff version of Uncrustables is eating their lunch.