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From electronic health records and blood tests to data streams from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is rapidly increasing. However, many users struggle to connect this large amount of data in meaningful ways and actually use it to improve their health. Function Health provides routine clinical testing services to help people track their health, but they want to change that by integrating health data and making it available to customers by connecting it to AI models. To further this effort, the company recently raised $298 million in a Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures at…

block announced Wednesday that it expects its gross profit to grow by mid-teens per year for the next three years, reaching about $15.8 billion in 2028. At the payments company’s first Investor Day event since 2022, Block presented his three-year financial outlook. The announcement came as Wall Street grew skeptical of Mr. Bullock’s outlook, sending stocks down more than 30% in 2025 while major indexes posted solid gains. Block’s stock initially halted trading around the time of the announcement, but then soared 9% when trading resumed. The new guidance comes two weeks after Block reported quarterly results, missing revenue estimates…

Thirteen people were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli military attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said. The ministry added that several other people were injured in the attack on the Ain al-Hilweh camp on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon, and that ambulances were still transporting people to nearby hospitals for treatment. Residents were urged to donate blood. The state news agency said the drone targeted a car near the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque in the camp. Three missiles then targeted both the mosque and the nearby Khalid bin…

Mary Steenburgen, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen Each of her Diane’s Book Club co-stars paid tribute to the late actress. The Elf actress stressed that her late friend was “magical”. “There has never been anyone like her, and there never will be,” she said in a statement. “I loved her and felt happy to be her friend. Her love for her family. What a magical person she was!!!” “It’s hard to believe and accept that Diane has passed away,” Jane wrote in an Instagram post. “She was always a ray of life and light, always laughing at her weaknesses and infinitely…

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Otani (17) pitches during the MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2025. Brian Rothmuller Icon Getty ImagesMajor League Baseball officially announced new three-year media rights deals with NBC, Netflix and ESPN on Wednesday, foreshadowing the league’s more significant television deals in 2028.The new deal stems from ESPN’s decision to opt out of its “Sunday Night Baseball” package earlier this year. ESPN has signed a new deal with MLB, acquiring rights to MLB.TV and midweek game packages. NBC Sports will take…

January Ventures co-founder Jennifer Neundorfer stopped by the Equity podcast during TechCrunch Disrupt to talk about raising money in this very AI-driven market. Founders and investors alike are excited about AI, and even Neundorfer said her company is looking at ways to use AI to make its work more efficient, such as helping with market and competitive due diligence. When it comes to companies that are starting up, I prefer founders who want to create something entirely new. “What excites me is when I see someone using AI to do something that’s not 10 times better, because it’s actually creating…

Yann LeCun, known as one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence and one of the first AI visionaries to join the company then known as Facebook, is leaving the company. meta.In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, LuCun said he plans to found a startup focused on a type of AI technology that researchers describe as world models, which analyze information beyond web data to better represent the physical world and its properties. “I am founding a startup to continue the Advanced Machine Intelligence Research Program (AMI) that I have been pursuing for the past several years with colleagues at…

At least five tourists have been killed in a snowstorm in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile’s southern Patagonia region, and four who were missing have been found alive. Two Mexicans, two Germans and one Briton were killed, said José Luis Pivucevic, president of Chile’s southernmost Magallanes region. Authorities are working to recover the body. Chilean President Gabriel Boric expressed his condolences to the victims’ loved ones. “Please know that we have the full support and cooperation of the Chilean authorities and institutions during this difficult time,” he posted on X. Twenty first responders, including national police and military…

There’s nothing more unpleasant than dealing with dry, irritated, or flaky skin, especially during the colder months. Luckily, there’s a simple solution: a super moisturizing body lotion. Skin care doesn’t stop at your face (or neck), your body deserves the same level of care. From rich body butters to luxurious oils to fragrant body lotions, we’ve found 10 creams that are perfect for your skin. Infused with nourishing ingredients like vitamin E, fatty acids, shea butter, peptides, and ceramides, these lotions help treat rough and uneven skin, improve skin texture, soothe eczema-prone skin, lock in moisture, and strengthen the skin…

On November 19, 2025, Tesla CEO Elon Musk (left) talks with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at the US-Saudi Investment Forum held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesNvidia And xAI announced Wednesday that a massive data center facility it is building in Saudi Arabia that will house hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips and count Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup as its first customer.Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang both attended the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C.The announcement builds on a partnership from May, when Nvidia announced it would provide Saudi Arabia’s Humane with chips…