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Marc Manara, OpenAI’s head of startups, says the reality of AI has advanced far beyond ideas and experiments. AI-native companies are hitting $200 million in annual recurring revenue, and product cycles have shrunk from two-week sprints to single days. And OpenAI is helping. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Russell Brandom sits down with Manara at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to explore how OpenAI is serving the startups building on its platform. Listen to the full episode to hear about: The shift from two-week sprints to one-day development cycles, and what that means for how startups should structure their engineering teams Why…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Wed November 12, 2025 Demand for river cruises is soaring, with multiple new brands entering the market for a chance to ferry travelers along some of the world’s most storied waterways.And it’s no surprise that river cruise vacations remain popular: You only have to unpack once, and then you get to sit back and enjoy the scenery as the ship glides along. You wake up in what amounts to a floating boutique hotel in the heart of dreamy cities and small towns around the world. Travel advisors like river cruises, too, because…
YouTube TV’s parent company, Google, has been locked in a standoff with Disney for nearly two weeks. The dispute began when the two companies failed to reach an agreement on a streaming deal. This means that for 12 days and counting, 10 million YouTube TV subscribers like myself have not been able to access Disney-owned TV networks like ABC and ESPN, which comprise around 20 different channels. Business Insider called sports fans “the big losers” in this standoff. The New York Times and Engadget are publishing guides to help viewers tune into must-watch college football games. But the press has…
If you think gifts for movie lovers begin and end with Blu-Rays and cineplex gift cards, think again. There’s lots of ways to get creative (and impress) the film fan in your life. You could always splurge on a Sundance Film Festival pass (starting at $350 for the online edition, $4,275 for an in-person express pass ) for its last edition in Park City, Utah, this January. Or buy a plaid Bob Ferguson-inspired robe (perhaps this L.L. Bean option for $89.95) for the ones who can’t stop talking about “One Battle After Another.”For the very forward-thinking, you could help the…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:00 AM ET, Wed November 12, 2025 While a record number of Americans are projected to travel for the holidays this year, a new report from Deloitte is showing that might not be as beneficial to the domestic travel industry as it might at first seem. The report shows that while half of Americans are expected to travel for the holidays (from Thanksgiving through early January), a higher proportion of them are traveling to stay with friends and family, forgoing vacations to spend quality time with loved ones. That’s not all: higher-income travelers, or those making…
Apple released iOS 26.2 beta 1 last week, introducing several updates, such as the option to customize the Liquid Glass appearance of the iPhone’s Lock Screen clock, the ability to set alarms within the Reminders app, and live translation features for users in the EU, among other improvements. The public release of iOS 26.2 is expected sometime in December. iOS 26.2 beta 1 added a Liquid Glass slider for the lock screen clock pic.twitter.com/cZzS2vWbwi— Wazeen (@wzeeeeen) November 5, 2025 The Liquid Glass interface, which is the updated design for Apple devices, is still undergoing changes. The recent update includes a…
Shopping for a music fan is no easy task. It seems like it should be: Know their favorite artists? Simply buy them an album on the physical medium of their choice. But how can you be certain they don’t already own it? (Because let’s be honest — if they’re an obsessive, they probably own multiple pressings.) The best presents are a bit more creative than that. Don’t know where to begin? We’ve got your back.Here’s a gift guide for the audio lover in your life — from a massive new oral history courtesy Paul McCartney to a pocket-size drum machine,…
The longest government shutdown in United States history appears to be on the brink of finally ending after 43 days, with the House of Representatives slated for a Wednesday vote on a funding bill.The closure of the federal government has caused weeks of havoc for air travelers, especially in recent days as the FAA required airlines to trim flight schedules by up to 6% at the nation’s 40 busiest airports due to staffing shortages among unpaid air traffic controllers. But even if the shutdown ends this week, that doesn’t mean air travel will go back to normal right away. In…
We’re seeing reports across social media that users of Elon Musk’s X are getting stuck in endless loops and, in some cases, getting locked out of their X account, following a mandatory two-factor security change that seems to have gone wrong. On October 24, X said in a post that it was asking users who rely on passkeys or hardware security keys (such as Yubikeys) as their method of two-factor authentication to re-enroll using the x.com domain. (Users who use an authenticator app are unaffected.) X said this was part of an effort to retire the older twitter.com domain, which…
DETROIT (AP) — A Chinese scientist charged in Michigan with smuggling biological materials pleaded guilty Wednesday but was given no additional time in jail beyond the five months she already spent in custody.Yunqing Jian, who was a temporary researcher at a University of Michigan lab, will be released and quickly deported. A judge called it a “very strange” case involving an “incredibly accomplished researcher.”Jian, 33, was arrested in June and accused of conspiring with a boyfriend to study and nurse a toxic fungus at a campus lab. A pathogen known as Fusarium graminearum can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice.…