Want Happier Customers? Make Your Employees Happy First.
How internal company culture and physical workspace directly impact the bottom line and long-term loyalty.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. Register before event starts on October 13 at 8 a.m. PT.
PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses
Prism’s larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.
Should Your AI Business Raise VC? For Most Founders, the Honest Answer Is No. Here’s Why.
Most AI founders are chasing venture capital when the retention data says they shouldn’t.
Would You Pay $249 for a Water Pitcher? These Founders Are Betting You Will.
Rorra founders Brian Keller and Charlie Carlisle just launched a plastic-free water pitcher. The first batch already sold out.
Fake Job Ads Are Everywhere. This Internet Vigilante Has Removed 60,000 of Them.
This 39-year-old job-seeker is hunting down fake job ads and the scammers behind them.
Think Your Smartest Customers Can Spot Fake Content? Our Data Says the Opposite. Here’s What It Means for Your Business.
We ran a 315-person study testing whether people could tell AI edited video from human edited video. The group we expected to be hardest to fool turned out to be the easiest.
Doctors Diagnosed Her With a Rare Cancer and Gave Her Months to Live. She Survived and Opened a $500,000 Fitness Franchise.
The former PepsiCo executive was drawn to Hotworx, a 24/7 fitness studio franchise offering infrared sauna workouts.
Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center
The notice would allow Oracle to delay payments should the facility miss its 2028 target to come online.