Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) took a walk down memory lane this week, at the place where her political roots were first planted. Inside the library at her alma mater, Mills College in Oakland, she reminisced over her yearbook photo and a newsletter she wrote as the president of the Black Student Union.
Spotify has announced that it's hiking subscriptions for customers in the U.S., the second such price increase in the space of a year. The music-streaming giant reports that premium pricing will increase in July from $10.99 to $11.99, representing a near-10% rise. The Duo and Family plans will go up to $16.99 and $19.99, representing a $2 and $3 increase respectively, while the student plan will remain at $5.99 per month.
Benjamin Encz's path to entrepreneurship was long and unusual. Having previously worked as an R&D engineer at FX companies Industrial Light & Magic and DreamWorks on films like "Transformers" and "How to Train Your Dragon," Encz left the film industry in 2012 to join VC firm Social Capital as an engineer in residence. "The industry has gone from companies rapidly growing headcount to suddenly retracting, changing the dynamic of the talent market and how talent acquisition teams need to adjust," Encz told TechCrunch.
Ford CEO Jim Farley sits down for a new edition of Yahoo Finance's 'Opening Bid' podcast, sharing why the auto giant has spent $1 billion to rebuild a Detroit landmark, and why he remains bullish on EVs.
Last week, TechCrunch paid a visit to Apple's Austin, Texas manufacturing facilities. In recent years, the capital city has transformed into a hot bed for tech innovation, largely owing to a massive talent pool generated by nearby University of Texas at Austin. Just ahead of the pandemic, Apple confirmed that it would also be producing that model’s successor in the city.
The June jobs report comes as the latest stock market rally took a breather to end May.
The latest ASUS Zenbook S16 laptop boasts a revamped cooling system. It’s also lighter and thinner than ever.
Take our quiz to see how much you know about weight loss drugs, who uses them and how they work.
Not everything is looking great within the record-setting Nasdaq.
The Oilers are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in nearly two decades.
The president's son pleaded not guilty to three charges related to a 2018 gun purchase.
New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole will begin a minor league rehab assignment this week, according to manager Aaron Boone. Cole has been sidelined with elbow inflammation.
While NASA and partners discussed possibly flying today following their assessment of the issue, they ultimately decided to hold off until the next opportunities, either on June 5 or 6.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump now has an account on the short-form video app that he once tried to ban. Trump’s TikTok account, which launched on Saturday night, features just one post as of publication time on Sunday morning. In the video, UFC CEO Dana White declares, “The President is now on TikTok,” then Trump chimes in to say, “It’s my honor.”
Businesses are becoming more wary of politics even as billionaire bosses go public with their views. Donald Trump's conviction could deepen that divide.
It’s a strange feeling when the guy who just lost his third and probably last shot at a UFC title ends up walking away at the end of the night looking like a hero.
Here are tips on building wealth and living a life with meaning for this year's college graduates.
Netflix announced the surprise release today, coinciding with the film’s arrival for digital purchase and rental on VOD platforms including Prime Video and Apple TV. The black-and-white version will come to Netflix later this summer.
It wasn't the best fight, but Zhilei Zhang made the most of it.
This week in AI, OpenAI launched discounted plans for nonprofits and education customers and drew back the curtains on its most recent efforts to stop bad actors from abusing its AI tools. OpenAI removed one of the voices used by its AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT after users pointed out that it sounded eerily similar to Johansson's. Johansson later released a statement saying that she hired legal counsel to inquire about the voice and get exact details about how it was developed -- and that she'd refused repeated entreaties from OpenAI to license her voice for ChatGPT. Now, a piece in The Washington Post implies that OpenAI didn't in fact seek to clone Johansson's voice and that any similarities were accidental.
Are you ready to watch Caitlin Clark's next WNBA game? The Fever host the Chicago Sky today at noon.