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[ad_1] There are just 48 hours left to save up to $900 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and get 90% off the second. After May 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, Early Bird pricing vanishes — along with your best chance to join 10,000 of tech’s most forward-thinking minds for less. But forget the math for a moment. Let’s talk about what you actually get. From October 27–29, Moscone West in San Francisco transforms into a live-wire campus — a front-row seat to innovation. It’s high energy, yes — but also deeply human. Where else can startup founders…
[ad_1] Just 24 hours left to lock in Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Save up to $900 on your pass, or bring someone brilliant with you for 90% off their ticket. This deal ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Grab your Early Bird discount here — prices go up after tonight. You’ve probably seen the headlines. The speaker lists. The stats. Here’s what it all adds up to: But here’s what you won’t find on the Disrupt website: The sentence that rearranges your thinking. The handshake that shifts…
[ad_1] Teddy Warner, 19, has always been interested in robotics. His family was in the industry, and he says he “grew up” working in a machinist shop while in high school. Now Warner is building a robotics company of his own, Intempus, that looks to make robots a bit more human. Intempus is building tech to retrofit existing robots with human-like emotional expressions to help humans better interact with these machines and better predict their movements. Giving these robots human-like reactions will also produce data that can be used to better train AI models. These robots will show expression through…
[ad_1] CNN — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union, citing a lack of progress in current trade negotiations. “Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of more than $250,000,000 a year, a number which is totally unacceptable,” he wrote in a Truth Social post Friday morning. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!” Trump wrote. “Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European…
[ad_1] In today’s economy, luxuries like buying a mega-mansion, a sports car, or a Birkin bag might be cheaper than raising a child.In step with rising food and housing costs, parents across America are facing the financial challenges associated with having a child.A recent LendingTree study found that, on average, it costs US parents $297,674 to raise a child over 18 years, and they spend an average of 22.6% of their income on child-rearing costs each year.While the costs vary by state, one factor remains constant: the rising cost of childcare during the workday, which is often the largest expense…
[ad_1] When I became pregnant with my first kid back in 2019, I was set on only buying new clothes for her. It had to be clothing made with the Earth in mind and of the highest quality — sustainably-sourced materials and 100% cotton.My babylist consisted of pricey garments, mimicking that of any momfluencer’s list of newborn must-haves, a point of pride for someone raised on welfare.I wanted my daughter to have the life and childhood I couldn’t have growing up, and I thought expensive clothing would give her just that. I was wrong.Growing up, I knew that ‘free’ came…
[ad_1] Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Commodities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Thermal coal prices could fall further from around their four-year low, said analysts, as surging production in China leads to a glut across global markets.Benchmark prices for seaborne thermal coal, which is used in power stations to generate electricity, have tumbled to one-quarter of their peak levels in 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an energy crisis and a huge bull market in coal.A prolonged period of high prices in 2022 and 2023 — from which some miners and hedge funds…
[ad_1] Idrees Abbas | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe rising U.S. budget deficit is on the forefront of investors’ minds, weighing on stocks. However, sell-offs can present a buying opportunity — for those who know where to look.The recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick out the right stocks for their portfolios, as their ratings are backed by a thorough analysis of a company’s financials and growth potential.With that in mind, here are three stocks favored by the Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.Uber TechnologiesRide-hailing and…
[ad_1] Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. This week, BI’s Polly Thompson took an inside look at how artificial intelligence is set to upend a pillar of the white-collar world: the Big Four.On the agenda today:But first: Tesla’s robotaxis are taking the wheel.If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Business Insider’s app here.This week’s dispatch Robin Marchant/Getty, Sean Gallup/Getty, Tyler Le/BI Tesla’s big betI remain in awe of self-driving cars.I took my first Waymo earlier this year in San Francisco. Like any…
[ad_1] Spending on artificial intelligence helped give some Chinese tech companies a boost in the first quarter, despite economic headwinds. “The standout for this [first quarter] reporting season was the growth in cloud business for Alibaba and Baidu ,” said Brian Tycangco, an analyst at Stansberry Research. Alibaba said earlier this month its cloud revenue in the latest quarter rose by 18% year on year , while Baidu on Wednesday said its AI cloud business grew by 42% . “At these rates of growth, cloud business is poised to become the 2nd largest business segment for both companies,” Tycangco said.…