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It’s hard to go wrong with T-Mobile. It offers some of the best cell phone plans and value among the big three carriers in the US. Admittedly, more so if you’re taking out multiple lines.Like AT&T and Verizon, T-Mobile is an ideal option for multi-line plans thanks to its multi-line discounts, especially those with three or more lines.Those with fewer lines can still enjoy T-Mobile and all its benefits, like in-person customer support at physical locations, and depending on the plan, comprehensive international features and discounts on popular streaming services. However, we’d recommend that single or dual-line accounts consider mobile-virtual-network-operator…
Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO Paul Copplestone has a surprising strategy: he keeps turning down million-dollar enterprise contracts from deep-pocketed but demanding customers. He’s betting instead that if he sticks to his own product vision, the world will come to him. So far, he’s been right. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie Bort sat down with Copplestone to explore Supabase’s rise and what…
Ralph Scott was walking to his office at East Carolina University when he fell. He was shaken, and a groundsman helped him up. He had scrapes on his knee and elbow, but no obvious head injury. The next morning, he felt stiff and achy. His headaches worsened over the next few days.Ralph drove himself to the hospital, where his condition slowly worsened. He died two weeks after his fall. Doctors said he had congestive heart failure, blood clots, and various hemorrhages and hematomas. He was 80.Before the fall in 2022, Ralph had seemed healthy and full of energy, his wife,…
For years, when it was time for startups to start selling their product, they could turn to any number of traditional playbooks. But as with so many things, AI is changing how companies prepare to go to market. “You can do more with less than ever before,” Max Altschuler, general partner at GTMfund, told the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt last month. The challenge for founders and operators, though, will be threading the needle. While there has been some chatter of startups hiring developers more versed and loosing them on typical GTM problems, he said, there’s still a need for more…
For the first time, Washington is getting close to deciding how to regulate artificial intelligence. And the fight that’s brewing isn’t about the technology, it’s about who gets to do the regulating. In the absence of a meaningful federal AI standard that focuses on consumer safety, states have introduced dozens of bills to protect residents against AI-related harms, including California’s AI safety bill SB-53 and Texas’s Responsible AI Governance Act, which prohibits intentional misuse of AI systems. The tech giants and buzzy startups born out of Silicon Valley argue such laws create an unworkable patchwork that threatens innovation. “It’s going…
Oura, the maker of smart rings beloved by athletes and celebrities, has said it’s on course to generate $1 billion in revenue this year. Now it’s setting its sights beyond fitness and health tracking as it looks to capture its next billion-dollar opportunity.Speaking to Business Insider at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon this month, Oura CEO Tom Hale outlined a vision to expand into areas like digital identity and payments.”The idea is very straightforward: What if this is your key? What if this is your wallet?” Hale said of the company’s smart rings, which retail for up to…
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ross Ramsey enjoys spending time with fellow alums at Michigan State football tailgates.These aren’t just any old former Spartans, though.They were Sparty himself – something few knew when Ramsey and his pals donned the muscular mascot suit two decades ago.“Once you are done being Sparty, you can tell others that you were Sparty,” said Ramsey, a physician and hospital administrator in Pigeon, Michigan. “And clearly you have a close bond with those others who were in the same role as you, because they couldn’t share that experience with anyone else at the time, either.”Ramsey and…
The Trump family’s foray into the smartphone business has seemingly hit a snag.Months ago, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump — the president’s two oldest sons — announced the creation of “Trump Mobile,” a new line of Trump-branded smartphones.The duo made the announcement on June 16, the 10-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign launch.Among the new company’s offerings: The T1, a gold-colored smartphone that largely resembles Apple’s iPhone and that was originally advertised as being made in the USA.There was also the “47 Plan,” which would offer users services like unlimited texting, calling, and data, roadside assistance,…
By Mariam Sunny(Reuters) -Global measles cases fell 71% to 11 million from the year 2000 to 2024, driven by improved vaccination coverage, the World Health Organization said in a report on Friday.Vaccination has prevented nearly 59 million deaths globally during this period, according to the report.Deaths dropped even more sharply by 88% to 95,000 in 2024, among the lowest annual tolls since 2000.However, estimated cases in 2024 rose 8%, while deaths dropped 11%, compared with 2019 pre-pandemic levels, reflecting a shift in disease burden from low-income to middle-income countries, which have lower fatality ratios, the report said.Measles is often the…
The surging number of measles cases around the world is a stark warning sign that outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases could be next, the World Health Organization warned Friday.“It’s crucial to understand why measles matters,” said Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. “Its high transmissibility means that even small drops in vaccine coverage can trigger outbreaks, like a fire alarm going off when smoke is detected first.”That is, measles is often the first disease to pop up when vaccination rates overall drop.”When we see measles cases, it signals that gaps are almost certainly…