‘We’re Helping Everybody’: Grocery Shoppers Treated to Over $2,000 of Free Food After Store’s Refrigerating System Breaks
Lucky Trader Joe’s customers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were in for the grocery run of their lives.
Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name
When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing patent protection in roughly the same window, creating all kinds of new opportunities; and AI has gone from a curiosity to, in Jobs’s words, a huge part of what Yosemite does. “I didn’t expect Yosemite to be moving this fast,” he said.
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Going, Going, Gone! Climate Change Is Causing More Baseball Homeruns
The American Meteorological Society found that at least 500 home runs since 2010 can be attributed to global warming.
How Robots and AI Are Transforming the Surgery Room
Robotic devices and artificial intelligence are being increasingly incorporated into healthcare institutions across the world.
1 month left to submit nominations for Startup Battlefield 200
Here’s your shot across the bow — there’s a little over one more month left to nominate your startup for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt. Take the opportunity to join this elite group for a new and awesome opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt. It’s positively packed with perks and possibilities to get your company to the […]
1 month left to submit nominations for Startup Battlefield 200 by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch
We’ve Been Looking At Work the Same Way for Generations. It’s Time to Shift Our Focus.
The false story at the heart of free-market capitalism shaped decades of work. It’s time to design something better.
Have startup valuations fallen enough to feel sane again?
Let’s find out the current premium venture investors are paying for startup shares, and see if we can find anything new compared to 2022 data.
Have startup valuations fallen enough to feel sane again? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Financial Illiteracy Cost Americans an Average of $1,819 in 2022 — Here Are The Most Common Mistakes People Make
Luxury spending, overdraft fees, and identity theft are some of the most common (and costly) ways to lose money.
6 Ways to Build Unshakeable Business Confidence
From the slightly unorthodox (such as taking an improv class), to the payoffs of a great mentor, to regarding failure as a platform, here’s how to be an engine of self-assuredness.
Meta Verified is under fire in sex work circles for revealing users’ legal names
With Meta Verified, users can pay for an enviable blue check next to their name. But the feature also requires users to use their legal name as their profile display name without the option to change it, raising concerns among sex workers, trans creators and other privacy advocates. “For $15, it’s doxxing you,” Pomma, a […]
Meta Verified is under fire in sex work circles for revealing users’ legal names by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter Circle tweets are not that private anymore
PSA: do not post your deepest darkest secrets on your Twitter Circle. Numerous Twitter users are reporting a bug in which Circle tweets — which are supposed to reach a select group, like an Instagram Close Friends story — are surfacing on the algorithmically-generated For You timeline. That means that your supposedly private posts might […]
Twitter Circle tweets are not that private anymore by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch