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Ticking! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will be held at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27th to 29th. This is your last chance to secure big savings before the doors open. Be patient as ticket prices will increase starting tomorrow, October 17th at 11:59pm PT. Now you can save up to $624 on passes. If you’re attending with a team, you’ll save 15-30% on group passes. Why join Disrupt? Disrupt is where the startup world comes together. Join 10,000 founders, VCs, and technology innovators to hear from 250+ industry leaders in 200+ sessions, explore startup breakthroughs from 300+ exhibiting startups,…
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber Technologies, speaks at a launch event in New York, USA, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUber plans to give U.S. drivers and couriers a way to earn money through its app when they’re not transporting people or food.The ride-hailing company announced Thursday that it is launching a pilot with AI Solutions Group that will allow drivers to complete small tasks online. An example Uber cited was “uploading photos to help train AI models,” which the company said is already being tested in India. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the news…
Kelly Clarkson returns to social media with personal message after Brandon Blackstock’s deathParenting can sometimes take Kelly Clarkson’s breath away. After all, every parent sometimes feels like they figure it out as they grow up. The “Stronger” singer has begun trying to convey that fact to his 11-year-old daughter River Rose Blackstock. “I look at my daughter all the time,” Kelly began while speaking with guest Mariska Hargitay on the Oct. 15 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. The American Idol alumna, who is also the mother of 9-year-old son Remington Alexander Blackstock with her late ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, also…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to move matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to be held next year, to a Boston suburb after suggesting parts of the city had been “taken over” by rioters.Foxboro, Massachusetts, home of the NFL’s New England Patriots and about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boston, will host the games as the United States co-hosts the 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada. Trump was asked about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a Democrat whom he described as “intelligent” but “radical leftist.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”We could take them away,” Trump…
Experts have been warning for months that student loan borrowers missing payments could trigger a “default cliff.” According to recent reports, a cliff is now approaching.With the reinstatement of federal student loan delinquency reporting on consumer credit earlier this year, serious delinquency rates have skyrocketed and are now near all-time highs, according to credit score developer FICO’s September Credit Insights report. A separate analysis by the Congressional Research Service last month based on Education Department data found that about 5.3 million borrowers are in default and another 4.3 million are in “late delinquency,” or 181 to 270 days late on…
Medal, a platform for uploading and sharing video game clips, has established a new frontier AI research lab. It leverages rich game videos to train and build foundational models and AI agents that can understand how objects and entities move through space and time, a concept known as spatiotemporal reasoning. The startup, called General Intuition, is betting that Medal’s dataset, which consists of 2 billion annual videos from 10 million monthly active users across tens of thousands of games, will outperform alternatives like Twitch and YouTube in training agents. “When you play a video game, you’re essentially transferring your perception…
Important pointsApple is set to announce a $140 million annual media rights deal for F1 and U.S. broadcast rights, people said. Apple’s Eddie Cue said the company wants to buy more sports rights and is changing the way it broadcasts. “We’re not going to compromise.” “We don’t have to do sports the way they are. There are a lot of people who do, so the world doesn’t need us to do it that way.”A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sports Newsletter with Alex Sherman. This newsletter brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the…
Nairobi, Kenya AP — Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and longtime presidential candidate who swayed authorities with a populist campaign and had a huge influence on the East African country’s politics, died Wednesday of a heart attack while on a trip to India. He was 80 years old. His death was confirmed by Devamatha Hospital in the Indian state of Kerala, where he was brought to the hospital after collapsing during a morning walk. A hospital statement said Odinga went into cardiac arrest and did not respond to resuscitation efforts. Mr. Odinga recently signed a political agreement with Kenyan…
Austin Willingham, 30, grew up in Decatur, Alabama, and knew from an early age that he wanted to leave home as soon as he turned 18.In 2013, Willingham attended Troy University, three hours away, and spent each summer working odd jobs as a camp counselor, orientation leader and in the school’s study abroad department.”It felt like I was at a superhero university with people from all over the world in the same place doing the same thing. I was able to meet some lifelong friends that I still keep in touch with today,” Willingham told CNBC Make It.”We shared meals,…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 was held at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27th to 29th, and the exhibition space was nearly full. With less than two days left to secure a table, now is the time to intervene before your competitors steal your spot. Introduce your brand to 10,000 founders, investors, media, and technology leaders looking for their next breakthrough. Build a year’s worth of connections in just 3 days. Generate hot leads. Attract investor attention. If your work is making waves, your vision is exciting, or your team is ready to grow, it’s your moment to shine at…