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Early Bird pricing ends tomorrow, May 29, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 go up. Miss this, and you’ll be paying more for the same access to one of the most anticipated tech epicenters of the year. Register now to secure discounts of up to $410 on your pass, or up to 30% on group passes. Disrupt: Your launchpad in the tech ecosystem If you want to raise capital, hire top talent, launch your startup, or discover your next portfolio company, missing Disrupt from October 13–15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West is not an option. Here’s what you’ll gain by attending: Actionable insights from builders, operators, and VCs actively shaping today’s…
Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit. The two companies are also exploring how to integrate Visa’s payment products into Replit, so that developers — and the AI agents they build — can accept payments directly from customers without leaving the platform. Visa added that more than 1,000 of its employees have been using Replit for prototyping and development. As part of the partnership, the companies are exploring how developers on Replit can use Visa’s suite for AI-powered payments, called Visa Intelligent Commerce, as well as Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol — a system that allows AI…
Jennifer Anderson thought her job at Martin University was secure.In October, employees said they were told that the college had enrolled enough students to stay open through spring 2026.“We loved Martin,” Anderson, the university’s former financial aid director, told Mirror Indy. “Once we were told we would be there until May, we all paused our job hunts and were there to serve the students.”That relief didn’t last long.On Dec. 8, Martin’s interim president Felicia Brokaw broke the news to staff: The university would “pause operations” at the end of the week.“When we say financial difficulties, we’re struggling trying to pay…
The raging demand for computers to run AI models has only accelerated, but there are two major obstacles that anyone in the business needs to overcome: getting the right chips, and getting them into data centers where they can start generating revenue. General Compute, a new inference neocloud — a company that rents out AI processing power, specializing in the phase when models are running and responding to users rather than being trained — has answers to those questions that illuminate where the AI ecosystem is headed. Those answers helped it raise a $15 million seed round at a $60…
Today is a sad day for me. We have made a very hard decision.We are reducing the Wix team size by roughly 20%. It is one of the hardest decisions I have had to make, but I am confident it is the right one, and I will explain why.Before I go into anything else, let me say – this is a very hard decision because I will be saying goodbye to many people who have worked with me for years, many whom I call friends, people I trust and respect, friends who poured their energy and talent into Wix. Team…
Lisa Lin had long worked alongside coders. When she had her son, she tried it for herself.The 33-year-old has worked in operations roles at a variety of tech companies, including Uber. But she was “non-technical,” as her industry would call it; she couldn’t code.Then came the AI revolution, and her baby. Lin moved from a full-time operations role to a contractor while taking on the new job of stay-at-home mom.She’d heard horror stories about those early months, but has been pleasantly surprised. “He’s a happy baby,” she said.When her baby was about 5 months old, she began testing out nutritional…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brittney Ball, a 36-year-old former Meta employee based in Washington DC. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I didn’t anticipate being unemployed for over a year after my layoff at Meta. I assumed that, coming from Meta with my skillset, there’s no way I’d be searching for long. I underestimated the job market.I got hired in 2020 as a documentation engineer and served as the global head of the Black@Pride ERG. Since my layoff in February 2025, I’ve built and sold a startup, and started a Substack newsletter and podcast to…
Bit by bit, advertisements are creeping onto ChatGPT.OpenAI’s ads push has been met with intense scrutiny. It’s a potentially huge revenue driver, and it also raises questions about privacy, personalization, and bias in its chatbot.Business Insider viewed data on tens of thousands of recent ChatGPT prompts collected by two adtech companies to examine how Sam Altman’s company is beginning to serve up ads. While only a tiny fraction of the chatbots’ responses include ads, trends have already emerged: tons of software and travel ads, and few for health. And a whole lot depends on how you phrase your questions.At ChatGPT’s…
Your cortisol is probably fine. I mean, I’m not a doctor, and if you’re concerned, you should get yourself checked out. But the people on Instagram and TikTok telling you to be Very Worried about your cortisol do not have any more information about your health than I do. The difference is, I’m not trying to sell you a supplement over it.Cortisol is the internet’s favorite wellness boogeyman. Per social media, too much of it is why you’re experiencing 3 a.m. wake-ups, have a “cortisol belly,” and see an extra-puffy face when you look in the mirror. Google searches for…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Comedian and television host Conan O’Brien will entertain Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday, at a time when the Ivy League school is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration.The administration sued Harvard in March, accusing its leadership of failing to address antisemitism on campus. The move came months after a judge sided with Harvard in another lawsuit and ordered the administration to reverse billions of dollars in funding cuts.The administration had slashed more than $2.6 billion in Harvard’s research funding, ended federal contracts and attempted to block the college from hosting international students. Harvard…