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Latest The Media Are Getting Easier to Push Around

The Media Are Getting Easier to Push Aro...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  62

At a time of financial weakness and flagging public support, government officials are emboldened to bully the press.

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Latest The Only Force Stronger Than Polarization? Rising Home Prices

The Only Force Stronger Than Polarizatio...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  63

Checking Zillow is not an ideological activity.

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Latest What Billy Crystal Knew About Hosting the Oscars

What Billy Crystal Knew About Hosting th...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  58

The ideal emcee needs to love movies as much as they love making fun of them.

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Latest The Polarizing Movie That Paved the Way for <em>Barbie</em>-mania

The Polarizing Movie That Paved the Way ...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  71

Decades ago, the two fashion outlaws of Bonnie and Clyde stole the spotlight—and changed the rules of Hollywood marketing.

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Technology Women in AI: Heidy Khlaaf, safety engineering director at Trail of Bits

Women in AI: Heidy Khlaaf, safety engine...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  59

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a...

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Latest The Key to a Great Oscars Host

The Key to a Great Oscars Host

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  75

An emcee needs to love movies as much as they love making fun of them. Billy Crystal showed how.

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Technology Don’t forget! Submit your Side Event at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024

Don’t forget! Submit your Side Event at ...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  60

Looking to leave your mark at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024? Our Side Events initiative offers a prime opportunity to connect with B...

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Latest Ben Affleck Is More Than a Dunkin’ Donuts Meme

Ben Affleck Is More Than a Dunkin’ Donut...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  56

Culture and entertainment musts from Gilad Edelman

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Latest When Local Government Bullies the Press

When Local Government Bullies the Press

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  58

At a time of financial weakness and flagging public support, the news media have become vulnerable to abuse.

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Latest Drinking Coffee in a Church

Drinking Coffee in a Church

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  76

A poem for Sunday

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Latest How YIMBYs Hit a Bipartisan Sweet Spot

How YIMBYs Hit a Bipartisan Sweet Spot

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  54

Checking Zillow is not an ideological activity.

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Nature & & science Readers discuss cholesterol treatments and AI

Readers discuss cholesterol treatments a...

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  59

Get low (cholesterol’s version) An experimental genetic treatment called VERVE-101 can deactivate a cholesterol-raising gene in pe...

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Nature & & science Here comes the sun, the eclipsed version

Here comes the sun, the eclipsed version

Vidcon   Mar 10, 2024  0  58

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute muses on the total solar eclipse that will cross North America in April 2024.

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Technology What’s going on with the new bill that could ban TikTok?

What’s going on with the new bill that c...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  60

TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. After a surprise flurry of activity in the House this week, TikTok is the t...

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Latest The End of Political Centrism

The End of Political Centrism

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  161

The State of the Union “was the kickoff of a general election campaign and it was a clear contrast from Republicans on everything ...

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Technology A third of Bumble’s Texas workforce moved after state passed restrictive ‘Heartbeat Act’ abortion bill

A third of Bumble’s Texas workforce move...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  64

Bumble has lost a third of its Texas workforce in the months since the state passed the controversial abortion SB 8 (Senate Bill 8...

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Technology Apple terminates Epic’s account, Meta platforms get knocked offline and former Twitter execs sue Elon Musk

Apple terminates Epic’s account, Meta pl...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  62

Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter covering all of — or at least the bulk of! — noteworthy happe...

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Technology Women in AI: Claire Leibowicz, AI and media integrity expert at PAI

Women in AI: Claire Leibowicz, AI and me...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  64

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a...

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Technology Slack’s new CEO looks to bring stability after a turbulent period

Slack’s new CEO looks to bring stability...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  91

Slack's newest CEO is the third in less than a year, and she's looking to bring stability to a division that has dealt with a lot ...

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Technology How many startups shut down last year compared to the year before? A lot.

How many startups shut down last year co...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  62

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where w...

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Latest Why Audiences Love to Laugh at History’s Monsters

Why Audiences Love to Laugh at History’s...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  209

In the Oscar-nominated El Conde, the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is a vampire—and part of a long tradition of villain comedy...

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Health How to Deal With Endometriosis Pain

How to Deal With Endometriosis Pain

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  110

SATURDAY, March 9, 2024 -- Endometriosis causes crippling pain in women, with some spending up to a month of every year debilitat...

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Technology Women in AI: Sandra Watcher, professor of data ethics at Oxford

Women in AI: Sandra Watcher, professor o...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  130

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a...

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Latest The Mysteries Around Us

The Mysteries Around Us

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  228

A collection of Atlantic weekend reads on the enigmas in our midst

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Latest Why the National Guard Won’t Make the Subways Safer

Why the National Guard Won’t Make the Su...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  73

Former police commissioner William Bratton calls the New York governor’s recent reforms “the equivalent of putting a Band-Aid on a...

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Latest Conscious AI Is the Second-Scariest Kind

Conscious AI Is the Second-Scariest Kind

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  195

A cutting-edge theory of mind suggests a new type of doomsday scenario.

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Latest Saint Dismas

Saint Dismas

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  289

A short story

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Technology As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online

As the Change Healthcare outage drags on...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  55

A cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare has ground much of the U.S. healthcare system to a halt for the second w...

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Nature & & science ‘Space: The Longest Goodbye’ explores astronauts’ mental health

‘Space: The Longest Goodbye’ explores as...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  58

The documentary follows NASA astronauts and the psychologists helping them prepare for future long-distance space trips to the moo...

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Nature & & science Big monarch caterpillars don’t avoid toxic milkweed goo. They binge on it

Big monarch caterpillars don’t avoid tox...

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  53

Instead of nipping milkweed to drain the plants’ defensive sap, older monarch caterpillars may seek the toxic sap. Lab larvae guzz...

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Latest Katie Britt’s Strange Speech

Katie Britt’s Strange Speech

Vidcon   Mar 9, 2024  0  66

Before last night, the Alabama senator had distinguished herself with a reputation for being, well, normal.

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Latest Biden Is Serious About His Candy-Bar Crusade

Biden Is Serious About His Candy-Bar Cru...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  90

“Shrinkflation” has become a convenient target for the president.

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Health FDA Approves Wegovy to Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke

FDA Approves Wegovy to Help Prevent Hear...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  61

FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- Wegovy (semaglutide), the weight-loss version of blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic, was approved on Frid...

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Technology Techstars’ $80M partnership with J.P. Morgan is on the rocks, employees say

Techstars’ $80M partnership with J.P. Mo...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  63

The fate of the Advancing Cities programs—and some of the around 20 people who work at Techstars in this program—is up in the air....

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Technology OpenAI announces new board members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI announces new board members, rein...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  58

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has a seat at the table — or board, rather — once again. OpenAI today announced that Altman will be...

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Latest I Asked 13 Tech Companies About Their Plans for Election Violence

I Asked 13 Tech Companies About Their Pl...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  67

Their answers weren’t inspiring.

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Technology Techstars’ $80 million partnership with J.P. Morgan is on the rocks, employees say

Techstars’ $80 million partnership with ...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  62

The fate of the Advancing Cities programs—and some of the around 20 people who work at Techstars in this program—is up in the air....

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Technology Bumble lost a third of its Texas workforce after state passed restrictive ‘Heartbeat Act’ abortion bill

Bumble lost a third of its Texas workfor...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  68

Bumble has lost a third of its Texas workforce in the months since the state passed the controversial abortion SB 8 (Senate Bill 8...

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Technology Two former CloudKitchens execs are tackling Mexico’s solar power lag

Two former CloudKitchens execs are tackl...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  63

The Mexico City-based startup raised a seed round to expand its solar installation platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserve...

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Latest Biden Silences the Doubters

Biden Silences the Doubters

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  69

He’s always been master of “the connect.”

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Technology The women in AI making a difference

The women in AI making a difference

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  54

As a part of a multi-part series, TechCrunch is highlighting women innovators — from academics to policymakers —in the field of AI...

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Technology Women in AI: Sarah Kreps, professor of government at Cornell

Women in AI: Sarah Kreps, professor of g...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  67

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a...

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Technology Only 7 days left to save $1,000 on Disrupt passes

Only 7 days left to save $1,000 on Disru...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  67

TechCrunch Disrupt, the ultimate gathering for early-stage startups, is gearing up for its next edition on October 28–30 in San Fr...

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Technology Rivian’s new ‘treehouse’ rooftop tent comes with a movie projector

Rivian’s new ‘treehouse’ rooftop tent co...

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  61

Rivian has a little cinematic surprise tucked in its new “treehouse” rooftop tent, one of the many accessories the automaker plans...

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Technology The incumbents go shopping for startups

The incumbents go shopping for startups

Vidcon   Mar 8, 2024  0  59

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in ...

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