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Ticktock! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 27–29, and this is your final chance to lock in major savings before doors open. Ticket prices increase after tomorrow, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT, so don’t wait. Save up to $624 on your pass right now, and if you’re coming with your team, you can save 15% to 30% on group passes. Why attend Disrupt? Disrupt is where the startup world converges. Join 10,000 founders, VCs, and tech innovators to hear 250+ industry leaders across 200+ sessions, explore startup breakthroughs from 300+ showcasing startups, and experience the…
Education is the civil rights issue of our time. That’s what Leslie Cornfeld decided after a decade advising New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Obama’s two education secretaries — and seeing how few low-income students went to the universities that lead to high-paying jobs.Cornfeld said she spent part of her time in the Obama administration visiting the nation’s Title I high schools, those with a high percentage of low-income students. She recalled: “We heard the same themes over and over again from principals, district leaders and students. That even the most talented, hard-working scholars — in rural communities,…
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — After drubbing El Salvador’s gangs during a more than three-year state of emergency, President Nayib Bukele turned his attention this month to another persistent, but softer, problem: his country’s many, many stray cats and dogs.“Thousands of dogs and cats live on our streets. We want to change that, but without cruelty. We have the financial resources, but we seek expert partners to make it a model for Latin America,” Bukele wrote on X on Oct. 8. “Who wants to come and help?”San Salvador struggles with a problem widely seen in cities across Latin America,…
Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 leads Carlos Sainz of Spain driving (55) the Ferrari SF-24 and Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL38 Mercedes into turn 1 at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezPeter Fox – Formula 1 | Formula 1 | Getty ImagesApple and Formula 1 announced a five-year media rights deal Friday that will bring every F1 race to Apple TV beginning in 2026.Apple TV will provide coverage of all Formula 1 events, including practice, qualifying and Sprint sessions, as…
Bad news for coach fliers who like to lean back in their airline seat: a popular North American carrier is eliminating the ability to recline economy seats on some of their planes.Canadian airline WestJet is rolling out redesigned aircraft with a “fixed-recline” seat design in economy, which means the back of the seats will not be able to move. The stationary seats will debut on the airline’s retrofitted Boeing 737-800 and 737-8 Max planes, which will start rolling out in November. The airline uses those jets to serve its 15 gateways in the US as well. WestJet says the lack…
Amazon One Medical, the retailer’s primary care provider acquired in 2022, is launching a pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for children ages 2 to 11, the company announced on Thursday. Message-based visits start at $29, and video visits cost $49. The healthcare service doesn’t require insurance or a One Medical membership and can help treat issues like pink eye, lice, and more than 10 skin-related issues, including eczema, bug bites, contact dermatitis, fungal rashes, and more. The service also covers EpiPen and asthma medication renewals. Amazon started offering a pay-per-visit virtual healthcare service for adults in 2024. “This service isn’t meant…
ChatGPT will be able to have kinkier conversations after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the artificial intelligence company will soon allow its chatbot to engage in “erotica for verified adults.”OpenAI won’t be the first to try to profit from sexualized AI. Sexual content was a top draw for AI tools almost as soon as the boom in AI-generated imagery and words erupted in 2022.But the companies that were early to embrace mature AI also encountered legal and societal minefields and harmful abuse as a growing number of people have turned to the technology for companionship or titillation. Will a sexier…
Medal, a platform for uploading and sharing video game clips, has spun out a new frontier AI research lab that’s using its trove of gaming videos to train and build foundation models and AI agents that can understand how objects and entities move through space and time — a concept known as spatial-temporal reasoning. Called General Intuition, the startup is betting that Medal’s dataset — which consists of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users across tens of thousands of games — surpasses alternatives like Twitch or YouTube for training agents. “When you play video games,…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes place October 27-29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West, and exhibit space is nearly full. With less than two days left to secure your table, now is the time to step in before a competitor takes your place. Showcase your brand to 10,000 founders, investors, media, and tech leaders on the hunt for the next breakthrough. Build a year’s worth of connections in just three days. Generate hot leads. Capture investor attention. If your work is making waves, your vision excites, or your team is ready to grow, this is your moment to shine at one of…
Meta is adding parental controls for kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether — beginning early next year. But parents won’t be able to turn off Meta’s AI assistant, which Meta says will “will remain available to offer helpful information and educational opportunities, with default, age-appropriate protections in place to help keep teens safe.”Parents who don’t want to turn off all chats with all AI characters will also be able to block specific chatbots. And Meta said Friday that parents will be able to get “insights” about what…