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Time is running out to join one of the startup world’s largest annual conferences. You have just 4 days left to lock in up to $624 in savings on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass before prices rise Friday, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Bringing a plus-one? Get 50% off the second ticket. Bringing a team? Save up to 30% on group passes. Register here to save. From October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, more than 10,000 founders, investors, operators, and tech visionaries will gather for ideas, conversations, and connections across 200+ sessions, 250+ speakers, and 300+ exhibiting startups…
U.K. fintech Revolut has hit yet another roadblock to its longstanding mission of becoming a real bank in its home country: Its full banking license is being held up because the country’s central bank is concerned about whether the startup can maintain its risk management controls in the face of its blazing fast international expansion, the Financial Times reported. The Bank of England wants Revolut to commit to building its risk management stack to match its international growth before the regulator can approve a full banking license, the Financial Times reported, and regulators are looking at the fintech’s controls in…
Spotify announced on Tuesday that it’s making Managed Accounts, a shared account feature that allows parents to control what their children listen to, available to users in more countries. Managed Accounts are now rolling out in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, Germany, France, and the Netherlands following a pilot launch last year. Managed Accounts are available to Spotify Premium Family plan members and allow account holders to manage a separate music-only listening experience for their kids under the age of 13. Since these accounts are separate, your kids’ music choices won’t impact your algorithm or show up in your annual…
Looking for funding, connections, and traction? TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is where you’ll find all three — built to be the launchpad for your startup. With only 7 tables left and 4 days to secure one, your window to join 10,000+ startup and VC leaders in the Expo Hall is closing fast. The final deadline is October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Miss it, and your next chance to amplify your brand won’t come until next year. Get your table and step into the spotlight at one of the most anticipated tech…
Sometimes, you can only spot what’s wrong when you’ve been part of the process for a while. That was the case for Michelle Lim, who, while running Warp’s growth marketing efforts through last year, realized that the company wasn’t updating its website quickly enough. She noticed that potential customers were asking ChatGPT and other AI bots all kinds of questions about Warp’s offering, but the information they sought, such as how the product compared with a newer competitor, wasn’t available on the startup’s website. Lim felt that this content gap would become even more critical as next-generation AI agents begin…
Exodus Adventure Travels introduced an October promotion that provides savings of up to 20 percent on the land-only price of global bookings made from Oct. 13 to Oct. 27, 2025, for departures between Oct. 13, 2025, and Dec. 21, 2026.As an example, travelers can save $1,950 on the “Cycling in Japan” tour, which begins in Tokyo, and “pedals along the Fukui coast through some of Japan’s most picturesque mountains and farmland to see temples, shrines and monuments up close,” Exodus Adventure Travels said. “The trip culminates in Kyoto with the chance to explore its garden and geisha districts before the…
YouTube announced Tuesday the launch of a new dedicated section for teen-focused mental health and well-being content, making it easier for users 13-17 years old to find age-appropriate information on topics like depression, anxiety, ADHD, and eating disorders. When adolescents search for terms like “depression” in the search bar, a specific row of videos appears at the top of the results. According to YouTube, these videos come from reputable sources and are tailored to the developmental stage of teenagers. The company collaborated with organizations that specialize in mental health and well-being information for young people, such as the Child Mind…
NEW YORK (AP) — Angel Reese is taking her game from the court to the catwalk and making history along the way.The Chicago Sky forward is expected to become the first professional athlete to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday, joining the brand’s high-profile “Wings Reveal” lineup in New York.Reese, 23, will don the signature angel wings that have defined the show for decades, a new stage for an athlete known for her confidence, charisma and crossover appeal. She is a former Louisiana State University national champion and NCAA tournament most outstanding player in 2023.The show begins…
As the peak holiday shopping season approaches, most U.S. consumers have a downbeat outlook on the economy, according to an annual Deloitte survey published on Wednesday.Most consumers surveyed — 57% — said they expect the economy to weaken in the year ahead, the consulting firm found in a poll of roughly 4,000 respondents. That compares to 30% who expected a weaker economy ahead of the year-ago holiday season and 54% in 2008, one of the years of the Great Recession.It marks the most negative economic outlook since Deloitte began tracking that in 1997.Seventy-seven percent of people surveyed said they expect…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 11:20 AM ET, Tue October 14, 2025 The travel category for video content on YouTube is one of the fastest-growing categories on the video-sharing platform, and Pixability’s new study showcases its power to influence travelers and travel trends. Travel is the 21st-largest content category on YouTube. According to the new report, it’s seen a 64 percent growth quarter-over-quarter from the first quarter of the year to the second, with 3.7 million travel channels on YouTube and 593 billion views of travel content just during the first half of 2025. So why all the growth so recently?…