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This year we are starting earlier than usual! TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 tickets are officially on sale. Secure the lowest price of the year with Super Early Bird pricing (available until February 27th) and be among the first 500 registrants to get a 50% off Plus 1 Pass. Once either limit is reached, these transactions will disappear. Register now to save up to $680 on passes and get 50% off Plus One Passes. Don’t miss out on this one-time limited time sale. Immerse yourself in the epicenter of technology innovation at Disrupt 2026. From October 13th to 15th, San Francisco’s Moscone…
Questions have been raised over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces seized parts of the region long held by Kurdish forces that guarded prisons. The territory was once held by the predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a key ally of the United States in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). Prisons and camps in northeastern Syria hold tens of thousands of ISIS detainees and their families from dozens of countries, many of whom remain in legal limbo because their home governments have refused to deport them. Syria’s Interior Ministry announced…
24. According to an interview, her favorite lyric from the album Lover is, “Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? / Even though the guitar string scars remain on my hands / I consider this man’s magnetism to be my lover.” 25. Taylor is a billionaire!According to a report published by Bloomberg in October 2024, Taylor’s Elas Tour, which has been setting industry records for over a decade, helped her achieve billionaire status. 26. The 2019 Netflix film Someone Great inspired her music. “I cried when I saw the movie. For about a week, I started waking up from dreams…
Argi February Sugita | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesNetflix On Tuesday, it announced that the number of paying members worldwide has reached 325 million. This marks another milestone for the streaming giant, which last announced membership numbers a year ago. The company reported fourth-quarter profits and sales that narrowly beat Wall Street expectations. Here’s how Netflix performed for the period ended December 31 compared to the expectations of analysts surveyed by LSEG.Earnings per share: 56 cents vs. 55 cents, estimated revenue: $12.05 billion vs. $11.97 billion, estimatedNet income for the fourth quarter was $2.42 billion, or 56…
OpenAI generated a lot of hardware hype last year after acquiring former Apple design chief Jony Ive’s startup io. Although the company has been tight-lipped about future products, OpenAI’s chief international affairs officer Chris Lehane said during a panel discussion hosted by Axios at Davos that the AI startup plans to unveil its first hardware device in the second half of this year. Last November, Sam Altman said the potential device would be “more peaceful and serene” than the iPhone. Previous reports have suggested that the company wants to develop a pocketable device without a screen. Although the company hasn’t…
The startup widely known as “ChatGPT for doctors” has raised a new round of funding that values the company at $12 billion. Miami, Florida-based OpenEvidence has closed on $250 million in funding led by Thrive Capital and DST, the company told CNBC. The startup raised its first external capital in February, raising $75 million from Sequoia at a $1 billion valuation, but the valuation jumped to $6 billion in October. In less than a year, OpenEvidence has raised $700 million from investors including: Google venture arm, NvidiaKleiner Perkins, David Sachs’ Craft Ventures, and Mayo Clinic.The company was founded in 2022…
In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he had been sober for a year in a celebration and encouragement. Instagram post. “The first time I tried to get sober was over five years ago, when the weight of my obsession with alcohol and drugs became too much for me to bear,” he wrote. at that time. “Looks like this is going to be difficult.” He continued, “After a few bouts, I managed to get through a year of sobriety. I’m the proudest of my life. If you’re struggling, I want you to know that there is help. There’s no…
President Donald Trump arrives at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington for an announcement on December 19, 2025.Will Oliver | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesdrug pricing. The looming patent cliff. Transaction completed. The first year of Trump 2.0.These were among the themes that dominated the conversation last week at the annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, where pharmaceutical companies of all sizes met with investors to plan for 2026 and beyond. While geopolitical uncertainty weighed on deal deals in the first half of 2025, investors and pharmaceutical companies sounded optimistic that 2026 could be a turning point…
YouTube Shorts viewers may soon see AI versions of their favorite creators as they scroll through their feeds. YouTube CEO Neil Mohan announced Wednesday that creators will soon be able to use their likeness to create short videos. “This year, you’ll be able to create short videos using your likeness, create games using simple text prompts, and experiment with music,” Mohan wrote in his annual letter. “Throughout this evolution, AI is a tool for expression, not a replacement.” According to Mohan, short videos currently receive an average of 200 billion views per day and are one of the most popular…
when Meta The social media giant, which reportedly agreed to spend $2 billion on Manus late last year, said it plans to adopt the startup’s subscription AI agent service and “expand it to even more companies.”But some of Manas’ existing customers are not happy with the deal and say they plan to go elsewhere, the latest sign of skepticism about Meta as it attempts to compete with the likes of OpenAI. google and Anthropic in the rapidly growing artificial intelligence market. Manus, a developer of general-purpose AI agents, was founded in China in 2022 and later relocated to Singapore. Last…