A professor who helped save Europe's largest saltwater lagoon is one of this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the “Green Nobel." The prize honors grassroots environmental activists and leaders around the world for their efforts to protect the natural world. (AP Video by Haven Daley)
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TechCrunch Disrupt has always been the ultimate convergence point for all things startup and tech. In the bustling world of innovation, it serves as the "big top" tent, where entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, and industry leaders gather to witness the unveiling of groundbreaking technologies, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and forge invaluable connections. As we gear up for the highly anticipated event this October, let's take a sneak peek into the six stages at the event that will define the discourse and shape the future of technology and entrepreneurship.
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Morgan Midsummer revealed as a speedster co-designed with Pininfarina. Only 50 examples of the aluminum speedster will be built.
Signs inflation continues to cool is pushing stocks to record highs, with the Dow crossing 40,000 for the first time ever on Thursday.
Google has updated some of its accessibility apps to add capabilities that will make them easier to use for people who need them.
The return of the long-anticipated college football video game has a release date.
A new report from automotive research firm J.D. Power points to fading EV interest from American consumers.
A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers' personal information, TechCrunch has learned. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commissioner Graham Doyle confirmed to TechCrunch that the DPC has received “a breach notification on this matter" — referring to Dell — which is "currently under assessment.” Asked to elaborate, Doyle declined to comment further.
8Bitdo's Ultimate Controller with dock is back on sale for $56. That's 20 percent off and close to a record low.
Flock Safety is a multibillion-dollar startup that's got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company's new Solar Condor cameras, those eyes are solar-powered and using wireless 5G networks to make them all that much easier to install. Adding solar power to the mix means that the company's mission to blanket the country with cameras just got a lot easier.
Basketball analyst Dan Titus breaks down what the teams and stars who were booted from the NBA Playoffs must do to remain in good fantasy standing next season.
Since he was very young, Bar Mor knew that he would inevitably do something with real estate. After leaving the army, he decided to combine his two passions: Mor noticed that many real estate investors do not have a dedicated system for keeping track of various back-office processes such as managing cash collected from rent, calculating and distributing proceeds to their LPs and many other administrative functions. Mor said that when he was initially fundraising, he told investors he was building Carta for real estate.
"The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger.”
City is -1600 to win the league but only -900 to beat West Ham. A victory over West Ham locks up a fourth consecutive EPL title.
More money for the generative AI boom: Y Combinator-backed developer infrastructure startup Recall.ai announced Thursday it's raised a $10 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to over $12M. The startup has built infrastructure and a unified API that enables companies to access raw data from virtual meeting platforms like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack Huddles, Zoom and even platforms with no API. With the video and audio data, users can build AI-powered meeting bots or apps such as sales coaching, meeting notetaker, or daily standup bots.
Intel has launched a new software application called Thunderbolt Share that will make controlling two or more PCs a more seamless experience.
Netflix has relied heavily on Microsoft for its ad-supported tier, but will now bring much of this work in-house.
Poshmark, the social commerce site that lets people buy and sell new and used items to each other, launched a paid marketing tool on Thursday, giving sellers the ability to promote their entire shop at once. Poshmark’s new feature, called “Promoted Closet,” uses machine learning to automatically promote individual product listings from a seller's entire inventory, identifying shoppers’ search terms and matching them with promoted items. Promoted Closet works like “cost per click” models on Etsy, Amazon, and Google Ads.
Engineers Adam Keating and Jeremy Andrews were tired of using spreadsheets and screenshots to collab with teammates — so they launched a startup, Colab, to build a better way. The two met as undergraduates at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where they studied mechanical engineering together. While they were completing their last internships prior to graduating (Andrews at Tesla, Keating at health startup Reflexion Medical), they noticed that professional engineering teams were relying on clunky tools — namely spreadsheets and Powerpoint decks — to get collaborative work done.