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When Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc held aloft the crystal cup trophy in Moscow’s Live Arena on Saturday night, he became the inaugural winner of new song contest Intervision — a Russian answer to Eurovision that some say is as much about politics and power as it is about performance.In a show overflowing with thundering vocals and pyrotechnics, Duc Phuc’s song “Phu Dong Thien Vuong,” a heady mix of pop, rap and dubstep, saw off second-place Kyrgyzstan to take home the grand prize of 30 million rubles (about $360,000).The final also brought the unexpected. Moments before the U.S. entrant, Australian-born Vassy,…
British renewable energy provider Octopus Energy said this week that it’s spinning off Kraken, its tech platform for utilities, spurred in part by $500 million in committed annual revenue from other utilities and energy providers. An eventual Kraken IPO could be valued at $15 billion and could occur within a year, according to The Wall Street Journal. Kraken was actually the company’s initial product, per Octopus CEO Greg Jackson. “We created Octopus as the ‘demo client,’” he told the Journal earlier this year. That demo client has since grown to provide power to more than 7.7 million households in the…
The Startup Battlefield 200 global pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is just weeks away, and the stakes have never been higher. Twenty founders will pitch their companies on the Disrupt Stage, but only one will walk away with the $100,000 equity-free prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Helping to decide the winner is our world-class roster of judges, investors, and operators who know what it takes to build enduring companies. Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images Today, we’re unveiling the third group of judges who will bring their expertise and tough questions to this year’s competition. And we’re not done yet. Stay tuned for two more batches…
At Meta Connect 2025, the company’s biggest event of the year, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled three new smart glasses: the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta, the Meta Ray-Ban Display and wristband controller, and the Oakley Meta Vanguard. Meta says it has sold 2 million of the first-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, and earlier this year, Meta unveiled its latest AI-powered smart glasses with Oakley, which were designed for athletes. Silicon Valley is leaning heavily into AI wearables, and Meta seems to be one of the companies leading the charge. With Meta looking to regain its footing in the AI race and sell more…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:55 AM ET, Fri September 19, 2025 Club Med’s looking forward to hosting your next all-inclusive resort vacation with two upcoming deals: one guaranteeing the best prices on holiday trips and an early bird savings deal for 2026 summer vacations. The all-inclusive resort brand, which is celebrating 75 years in business, will be offering two weeks of price guarantee bookings beginning October 14 for stays from May to November 2026. Another six weeks of discount guarantees will begin November 1, allowing for more time to book. Another deal, opening October 14, 2025 and going through April…
This is it — today is your last chance to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. By tonight, applications close. No extensions. No late entries. Apply here. Disrupt Week, taking place October 25–31, is your chance to put your brand in front of 10,000+ founders and investors, plus the Bay Area tech ecosystem. To create the conversations that shape the conference. To stand out. We’ll handle the promotion. You own the event. All you need to do is submit your proposal now. Don’t miss this opportunity to shine the spotlight on your brand — apply…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift is heading back to the big screen next month, and fans are already lining up for tickets.AMC Theatres announced on Friday that it will host a release party for Swift’s 12th studio album, “ The Life of a Showgirl,” which is set to debut Oct. 3. The nearly-90-minute show, aptly titled “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” will play at all 540 AMC theaters in the U.S. from Oct. 3 through Oct. 5, the company said. AMC will also air the show that weekend in Mexico, Canada and across Europe. “Looks like it’s…
Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth took to his Instagram to explain, in more technical detail, why multiple demos of Meta’s new smart glasses technology failed at Meta Connect, the company’s developer conference, this week. Meta on Wednesday introduced three new pairs of smart glasses, including an upgraded version of its existing Ray-Ban Meta, a new Meta Ray-Ban Display that comes with a wristband controller, and the sports-focused Oakley Meta Vanguard. However, at different points during the event, the live technology demos failed to work. In one, cooking content creator Jack Mancuso asked his Ray-Ban Meta glasses how to get…
Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song to “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died at 88.Curtis, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Crickets in 2012, died Friday, his wife of more than a half-century, Louise Curtis, confirmed to The Associated Press. His daughter, Sarah Curtis, wrote on his Facebook page that he had been suddenly ill.Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 7:00 AM ET, Fri September 19, 2025 Autumn is an amazing time of year, often filled with brisk air in the lungs, crisp, crunchy leaves underfoot and a decidedly energizing new outlook on life and the rest of the year ahead. It’s also a season when we can’t help but look at the changing world around us: the natural world brings chillier air, that’s true, but it also brings new colors, harvestables and experiences, reminding us that when your personal world might seem static, the natural one is anything but. So here’s your handy guide to…