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A few years back, I attended my friend Nick’s blowout 40th birthday party. As part of the celebration, he hired an improv comic, and we all had to participate in learning improv comedy. (I just felt the collective shiver of all the introverts reading this newsletter). We started tossing out fun scenarios and scenes to…
Tom Holland Dave Benett/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures Tom Holland made a hilarious video documenting how he almost got denied from buying his own non-alcoholic beer. In a video posted via his Instagram Story on Tuesday, February 18, Holland, 28, brought viewers along on his mission to find his non-alcoholic beer brand, Bero, at…
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! Fifteen years ago, I started writing about a little EV startup that was trying to survive even as others failed in the clean tech boom-and-bust cycle. Back…
US Senator Mitch McConnell has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026 following a 40-year career in Congress. McConnell, 83, was the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, but stepped down from Republican leadership while facing health issues. Despite supporting much of Donald Trump’s agenda during his first administration, McConnell has become a…
IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois is ill and will not fight Joseph Parker this Saturday night on Turki Alalshikh’s card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois vs. Parker is off. A replacement is being sought for Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) to remain on the card, but with only two days’ notice, the options are slim. Dubois-Parker…
The software company with close ties to the U.S. military saw its stock plummet by double digits in less than two days. Read More https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-2157603888-e1740073424814.jpg?resize=1200,600 2025-02-20 18:43:54
In the process of giving up on the chance of any Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025, investors Thursday got a modest dovish surprise from Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic. “I view the employment outlook as stable, but signs of slowing are accumulating,” said Bostic in an essay. He noted that it’s become harder for…
On December 19th, 2001, The Fellowship of the Ring hit theaters and nerd culture was forever changed. If you’re like me, you associate these movies with the holidays and are about to rewatch all three films (extended editions obviously). I was rewatching the Fellowship recently, and I had a funny thought. While they’re in the…
Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images King Charles III spoke about Prince Harry’s Invictus Games to a former competitor during an outing in London on Wednesday, February 19. The king, 76, visited the Center for Injury Studies at Imperial College London to highlight the U.K.’s support to injured service personnel in Ukraine, according to a…
Despite the tight venture capital market, unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchbase, CB Insights, and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the newly minted unicorns so far this year. The list includes Elon Musk’s xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, as well as a good number of other…