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Stress isn’t just bad for you — it’s also bad for your employer. Factoring in absenteeism, diminished productivity, turnover, medical costs, and accidents, the non-profit American Institute of Stress estimates that workplace stress costs U.S. businesses over $300 billion annually. One way to measure stress is by monitoring cortisol levels. Even influencers know this, with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

India's Tata Technologies has disclosed a ransomware attack affecting its IT assets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Final hours for 2-for-1 Passes! One of the best Super Early Bird Deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will be wrapping up in just 24 hours for the rest of the year. The 2-for-1 Pass lets you bring a friend, colleague, or business partner, for nearly free. Buy one pass at the Super Early Bird rate […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

After a Chinese-startup roiled the industry, OpenAI readies a response—ahead of schedule.

From bluebird days to blizzards, WIRED tested the best ski goggles for all weather conditions.

Never run out of socks again. These subscription services deliver premium pairs right to your door.

This glossary includes the most common terms and expressions TechCrunch uses in our security reporting, and explanations of how — and why — we use them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Mason Gooding and Olivia Holt star as co-workers on the run from a couple-murdering serial killer in "Heart Eyes." Review.

A company that emerged from the marine engineering sector holds the secret to the ultra-luxury brand’s remarkable material that is as light as plastic, but several times stronger than steel.

Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star in challenging date movie "Companion". Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, and Harvey Guillén co-star.

From a mini waffle maker to a rapid egg cooker, these tiny kitchen appliances are easy on the wallet and don’t hog space.

Want to go aluminum-free without being stinky? These WIRED-tested picks have you covered.

How to watch the 2025 Six Nations for free from anywhere in the world.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra normally retails for $649.99. As of Jan. 31, it's on sale for $449.99 at Best Buy.

The 50 series's second-best card is great, if you can find one.

“DeepSeek is a really odd duck.”

Within moments of Donald Trump announcing his new coin, traders made high-value bets that quickly paid off. Did they have an edge?

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that Apple Intelligence is getting support for eight more languages in April.

There’s plenty of room for the upcoming handheld console to improve on the wildly successful original.

Nicole Kidman appeared on "The Late Show" and answered quickfire questions from host Stephen Colbert.

The Meta Quest 3S (256GB) VR headset normally retails for $399.99. As of Jan. 31, it's on sale for $349 at Amazon.

LG's 65-inch C4 OLED TV is normally listed for $1,799.99 at Best Buy. As of Jan. 31, it's on sale for $1,499.99.

Community Health Center (CHC), a Connecticut-based nonprofit healthcare provider, has confirmed that hackers accessed the sensitive data of more than a million patients. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Thursday, CHC said it detected suspicious activity on its network on 2 January and determined that a “skilled criminal hacker” had accessed its network […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Answers to each clue for the January 31, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

Across television, film and social media itself, here are four picks that explore crime stories associated in some way with the imperiled app.

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A NASA asteroid detection system discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, and found it has an over one percent chance of hitting Earth. Astronomers are watching closely.

The Sundance stunner is now in theaters.

The 2025 Grammys are set for Sunday, Feb. 2 on CBS. If you don't have cable, here are the best ways you can watch.

Stop lugging around oversized phones — the NanoPhone is smaller than a credit card and does it all for just $99.97 with free shipping.

Upgrade your coding game with Microsoft Visual Studio Pro for $27.97. Build cross-platform apps, use AI-assisted coding, and collaborate seamlessly.

Get lifetime access to 1TB of secure cloud storage with Koofr for just $130. Ditch monthly fees and protect your files for life.

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Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin deliver tremendous performances in A24's Sing Sing.

The Kindle Paperwhite and Paperwhite Signature Edition are impressive devices that are remarkably similar. Here's everything to know about the devices and which to buy.

Discover the pros and cons of AdultFriendFinder, a sex-focused adult dating site catering to casual encounters, video chats, and more.

As of Jan. 31, the CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme Gaming PC with an RTX 5080, Intel Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5 RAM, and 4TB SSD is available for $2,699.99 at Best Buy.

As of Jan. 31, the Alienware Area-51 Gaming PC with an RTX 5080, Intel Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5 RAM, and 4TB SSD is available for $5,049.99 at Dell.

As of Jan. 31, the Alienware Area-51 Gaming PC is available for $4,449.99 at Dell. This prebuilt comes with an RTX 5080, Intel Ultra 9 285K, and 2TB SSD, perfect for 4K gaming.

Apple’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the company’s Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. The aftermath of DeepSeek’s launch was arguably the biggest tech story of the week, especially for anyone keeping a close eye on public markets. But private companies, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Find great deals and promo codes for Visible at WIRED and save big, whether you're a long-time customer or a newbie.

Get lifetime access to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for £22.52 (reg. £401.85) and streamline your coding projects.

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Treat your ears with this selection of top speakers from popular brands like Sonos and Logitech.

The best outdoor wireless speakers from popular brands like JBL and Sonos.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1321 on January 31, as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Is Barbiecore still a thing? Casio is betting it is.

Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation has already received $2.2 billion in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, the company shared during its Thursday earnings call. Dave Zinsner, Intel’s co-interim CEO, executive vice president and CFO, said the Silicon Valley-based company received the first tranche of $1.1 billion […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos at a major government agency.

The Pentagon is rushing to block DeepSeek on its network after some employees used the service, which stores data in China. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Apple’s iPhone sales may be down, but the company’s Services division, which includes the App Store, iCloud, Music, TV+, and other subscriptions, is still soaring. The Cupertino-based tech giant reported Thursday its Services business had an all-time revenue high of $26.3 billion for the quarter ended December 28, up 14% year-over-year. Services generated nearly $100 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

President Donald Trump blamed DEI efforts at the FAA for the tragedy. But experts and investigators say open minds are critical to finding out what really happened.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said DeepSeek’s AI models represent “innovation that drives efficiency” on an earnings call on Thursday while fielding questions from analysts about the iPhone maker’s ambitions around AI. “In general, I think innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing. And, you know, that’s what you see in that model,” said Cook, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google has quietly announced the launch of its next-gen flagship AI model, Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental, in a changelog for the company’s Gemini chatbot app. The launch of Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental, the successor the Gemini 1.5 Pro model Google launched last February, comes as the tech world remains fixated on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Intel is effectively killing Falcon Shores, its next-generation GPU for high-performance computing and AI workloads. The move comes as Intel tries to correct course after a number of disappointing product launches and historic losses, while competitors like AMD and Nvidia gain ground. Intel co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Apple’s latest earnings were a mixed bag filled with slipping iPhone sales and countered by rising revenue. Reporting after the bell Thursday, the iPhone maker’s overall revenue in the first quarter of 2025 beat Wall Street expectations, with a 4% bump to $124.3 billion over the same time last year. Apple reported net income of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Nvidia had a bad week. Here are some reasons why its stock hasn't recovered, from DeepSeek RTX series delays.

For nearly nine years, Elon Musk has promised Tesla vehicles had the hardware needed to support a self-driving car. This week, he made his latest admission that many are not. Musk said on a conference call Wednesday evening that Tesla cars equipped with so-called Hardware 3 will need an upgrade before they can support unsupervised […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

In a meeting with Meta employees on Thursday, Mr. Zuckerberg also defended recent changes to the company’s online speech policies and ending its diversity initiatives.

The tech giant’s sales of apps and services helped profit grow 7 percent from a year ago, even as the company contended with slumping sales in China.

OpenAI may have billions of dollars in the bank. But it’s gearing up to raise billions more, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Per The WSJ, OpenAI is in talks to secure up to $40 billion in a funding round that would value the startup at $340 billion. SoftBank would lead the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The company, founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi, announced a $14 million Series A, bringing its total funding to about $32 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Cushion, a fintech startup that described itself as the “Plaid for buy now, pay later (BNPL),” has shut down. On Thursday, founder and CEO Paul Kesserwani posted on LinkedIn about the decision to wind down the company at the end of 2024. In the post, Kesserwani said that “despite bringing multiple new fintech products to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Serial entrepreneur and recording artist Victor Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company, in partnership with Rakim, one of hip-hop’s most influential emcees.  The company is called Notes, a fintech specifically for independent urban musicians and creators. It provides the knowledge and tools to help artists manage their […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The exposed database was connected to the internet without a password, exposing GPS coordinates, names, phone numbers, and postal addresses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google is testing a new “Ask for Me” feature that uses AI to call local businesses on your behalf, for information about availability and pricing. The feature is available on desktop and mobile for users who have opted into the company’s Search Labs experiments. The idea is to help users access information without having to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google announced a new experiment in Search Labs that can call businesses on your behalf and ask about pricing and availability. This might get weird for whoever is picking up the phone.

Cuts to diversity programs and other policy changes have frustrated some of Meta’s workers. One former employee calls it “a slow, painful death.”

Gabriela Nguyen spent years trying to quit social media. Now she has a plan to help you do it, too.

Despite news that Andreessen Horowitz closed its London crypto-focused office, the VC reportedly still has dozens of scouts in Europe looking for startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The fourth and final season of "The Righteous Gemstones" premieres March 9 on HBO and Max.

Google SVP Rick Osterloh issued an internal memo to the Pixel/Android/Chrome team Thursday, announcing a “voluntary exit program.” TechCrunch has confirmed the letter’s existence with the company, after it was first reported by 9 to 5 Google. In a statement to TechCrunch, a spokesperson notes, The Platforms & Devices team is offering a voluntary exit […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Elton John: Never Too Late are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

"Locked," starring Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins, hits theaters March 21.

Shop the best Valentine's Day gifts for men and show him you care. Because chocolates are nice and all, but they're not as cool as these gift ideas.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! In case you missed it, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would launch a paid ride-hailing service with a fleet of driverless vehicles in Austin in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sometimes spicing things up in the bedroom is the most romantic thing you can do.

Amazon is eliminating roles in its Communications and Sustainability departments, per an internal memo seen by TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Following the deadly collision of a U.S. Army helicopter and a passenger plane, the Trump administration is attempting to fill leadership gaps that they may have had a hand in.

U.S. prosecutors accused an Argentinian national living in Spain of being an “active administrator” of Nulled, one of the two hacking forums seized and shut down by authorities. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

This week on Uncanny Valley, the hosts discuss Silicon Valley's unofficial grandfather, Marc Andreessen.

Tesla may have sold more cars, but their profits cratered. According to Tesla's quarterly report, the company made $2.3 billion in net income in Q4 2024, falling 70 percent YoY.

Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin Malone on 'The Office,' discussed the quote that he felt best defined his character on the hit sitcom.

The 25-year deal would enable Chestnut Carbon to reforest 60,000 acres of land across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Apple is probably going to release some new products this year. Let's talk about them.

Waymo said it is launching fully driverless robotaxi rides for employees in Atlanta, an important step before the company opens the service up to members of the public later in 2025. This is the latest signal of Waymo’s push into new markets, and it comes two months after the company closed a $5.6 billion Series […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Federal agencies have offered exits to millions of employees and tested the prowess of engineers — just like when Elon Musk bought Twitter. The similarities have been uncanny.

Macy's has Ninja kitchen appliances on sale for up to 50% off

To make smart bets on the current wave of startups, Matt Hartman thinks venture capitalists will need a deeper understanding of the tech those startups are building. Hartman (pictured above) spent nine years as a partner Betaworks before starting a new firm, Factorial Capital, where he’s developed a different approach to identifying the startups with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

As of Jan. 30, get the LG UltraGear gaming monitor for 47% off at Amazon.

As of Jan. 30, get a refurbished Apple Watch Ultra for just $399.99 at Woot.

U.S. prosecutors are seeking to block the deal citing antitrust concerns. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

An underdog comedy series full of stars including Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling is coming to Netflix in February.

The trailer for "Ash", a sci-fi/horror space thriller starring Eiza González and Aaron Paul, has dropped.

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025 after releasing open versions of AI models that compete with the best technology OpenAI, Meta, and Google have to offer. DeepSeek claims to have built its models highly efficiently and quickly, and is providing these models at a fraction of the price American […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a Series C round of $180 million, valuing the company at $3.3 billion post-money. a16z and ICONIQ Growth are co-leading investment. Rumors of the fundraise were first reported by TechCrunch. The final numbers confirm some but […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Terrorizing classmates, spending a night in jail, tripping on LSD: This isn’t the Bill Gates you know.

At Best Buy, shop Nintendo Games up to 70% off. Get multiplayer hits like Unravel Two for as low as $6.

The best Amazon deals on Jan. 30 include the M4 iPad Pro, Google Nest doorbell, Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+, Hisense 65-inch TV, and Sony SRS-XG300 speaker.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series launched on Thursday, but already the graphics cards are out of stock and backordered for up to several months.

Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for both photos and videos, only days after its rivals, including X (formerly Twitter) and the startup Bluesky, did the same for videos. In addition, Meta will also now allow users to tag people in the photos they share. Instagram […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a “return to OG Facebook” as part of his key goals for 2025 in Wednesday’s Q4 earnings call with investors. While the company was short on details as to what specific changes lay in store, it’s clear that Meta is in desperate need of younger Facebook users to sustain itself […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The Google Nest Doorbell (battery-powered) is on sale at Amazon for $139.99, down from the list price of $179.99.

The data center market is booming, driven by AI demand. Just last week, OpenAI said that it plans to team up with backers including SoftBank to spend at least $100 billion on data center infrastructure in the U.S. Microsoft aims to put around $80 billion toward AI infrastructure this year, and rival tech giants have […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

A new decision from the U.S. Copyright Office ruled that art made solely from generative AI isn't applicable for legal protection.

Talk to many architects, and they’ll likely tell you that Autodesk’s software, including AutoCAD and Revit, has been indispensable to their work for decades. But despite their widespread use, Autodesk’s former co-CEO and chief product officer Amar Hanspal says that the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is using 20th century tools to design 21st […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Three years after starting a club meant to fight social media’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.

Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. star as young lovers in Netflix's adaptation of Judy Blume's 'Forever'.

Grab the iPad Pro with the powerful M4 chip on sale at Amazon and Best Buy. Shop the Apple tablet up to 15% off.

As of Jan. 30, get a pair of Beats Studio Pro x Kim Kardashian headphones for 49% off at Amazon.

New Shondaland whodunnit murder mystery "The Residence" dropped a Netflix trailer today. Watch.

JetBlue's winter sale includes flights as low as $49 each way for travel between Feb. 3 and April 9.