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Tonight, at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous. Image Credits:Aaron V Barrera Photography The series has traveled around the globe under the auspices of TechCrunch: Steve Case rented a theater in Washington, D.C.; we talked to Greece’s prime minister in Athens; and Kirsten Green hosted us at the Presidio in San Francisco. The concept is always the same, though: Bring together people who are working on genuinely important developments in a…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 12:40 PM ET, Wed December 3, 2025 The numbers are in: Port Canaveral is now the world’s busiest cruise port, taking the top spot from PortMiami for 2025.Port Canaveral welcomed more than 8.6 million revenue passengers during fiscal year 2025, the highest number ever recorded in the port’s history and a 13 percent increase from fiscal year 2024. “Earning this distinction is a direct reflection of our ongoing commitment and focused efforts to be the best port possible, providing a high-quality experience for all cruise guests sailing from our Port,” says John Murray, chief executive…
Tech is racing ahead while society struggles to keep up. Masha Bucher, founder and GP of Day One Ventures, built her firm around closing that gap by combining venture capital with hands-on PR to help portfolio companies not just raise money, but actually break through the noise. Day One’s been an early backer of companies like World, Superhuman, and Remote.com, with 12 of its portfolio companies hitting multibillion-dollar valuations. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sat down with Bucher to talk about why traditional PR is broken, how she picks founders, and why every startup founder now needs to…
A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning.He decided to make it look like the doll, named Elfie, had painted on their kitchen wall. Neesley used Tootsie Rolls to build an elf-size climbing wall, posed Elfie on it with a paintbrush, and painted a message in green reminding the kids to behave. There was even paint splatter on the floor. (The paint, Neesley said, was left over from St. Patrick’s Day when a leprechaun visited and made a…
A Fanatics advertisement on the sideline billboard during the NWSL match between Houston Dash and Washington Spirit at Shell Energy Stadium on March 14, 2025 in Houston, Texas.Aaron M. Sprecher | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesFanatics has struck a deal to run retail and merchandising for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the company announced Thursday. The global competition will see 104 matches played in 16 stadiums across the U.S., Canada and Mexico this coming summer. “There is no larger sporting event in the entire world than the World Cup … we’ve been doing a lot of events; this is…
Hyatt has appointed Tamara Lohan as interim Global Brand Leader for its luxury collection and revealed multiple luxury openings set for 2026 during its presentation at ILTM Cannes on Tuesday. Lohan joined Hyatt in 2023 through the acquisition of Mr & Mrs Smith, the luxury hotel platform she co-founded and led for over two decades. In her role as Global Brand Leader, she will be tasked with guiding Hyatt’s luxury brand strategy while elevating guest experiences across Hyatt’s luxury portfolio. “Hyatt’s momentum in luxury continues to accelerate, powered by our insights-driven development strategy and commitment to delivering deeply resonant guest experiences,”…
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times. The contract is part of a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand and boost the domestic supply of magnets, according to the company. Trump Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner in 2024. The firm is said to have invested in Vulcan Elements around three months ago, according to Bloomberg. In August, the company announced a $65 million Series A led…
Key PointsFamily office dealmakers have yet to pick up the pace even as the end of the year draws near.But investment firms of billionaires, including those of Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault, are still banking on AI health-care startups.For family offices looking to tap into the AI boom and make an impact, investing in health-tech is an attractive strategy.A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. While deal-making on Wall Street typically picks up…
One federal lawmaker is advocating for all air traffic controllers who worked during the recent government shutdown to be awarded with a cash bonus. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who is also the ranking member on the Senate’s aviation subcommittee, has requested that the Trump administration extend the $10,000 shutdown bonus payments it has allotted to select air traffic controllers to the entire ATC workforce. The Trump administration has so far only promised the bonus checks to controllers who didn’t miss a single day of work during the 43-day shutdown.”Excluding 96 percent of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Air Traffic Controller and…
Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your toilet bowl, takes pictures of it, and analyzes the images to advise you on your gut health. Anticipating privacy fears, Kohler said on its website that the Dekoda’s sensors only see down into the toilet, and claimed that all data is secured with “end-to-end encryption.” The company’s use of the expression “end-to-end encryption” is, however, wrong, as security researcher Simon Fondrie-Teitler pointed out in a blog post on Tuesday. By reading Kohler’s privacy policy, it’s clear that the company is referring to…