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Former Y Combinator, a16z experts hold invite-only summit for founders

On August 9, the people who previously ran startup incubator Y Combinator’s events and PR, along with a former Andreessen Horowitz social media manager, are holding a small, invitation-only event, TechCrunch has learned. The To Do List Summit will cap off at 80 early-stage founders and will teach them how to work with the press and run their own social media, the organizers promise. The fee for the event is $600. YC laid off most of the folks putting on this event between a small layoff about

Fighting forever chemicals and startup fatigue

The MEDC also helped us early on create a model in Excel for tracking business financing and forecasting, forecasting our future financial needs, so that we could be proactive instead of reactive to financial limitations. We knew it wasn't going to be inexpensive to design and build a piece of equipment that's the size of two very large refrigerators that had never been built before. That type of financial-forward modeling helped us figure out when we would need to start fundraising and taking i

Congress Isn't Stepping Up to Regulate AI. Where Does That Leave Us Now?

When you turn on the faucet, you expect the water that comes out to be clean. When you go to the bank, you expect your money will still be there. When you go to the doctor, you expect they will keep your medical information private. Those expectations exist because there are rules to protect you. But when a technology arises almost overnight, the problems come first. The rules, you'd hope, would follow. Right now, there's no technology with more hype and attention than artificial intelligence.

Amazon includes a free $300 gift card when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . We are mere days away from the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 on July 25. Amazon is enticing customers to try out the foldable handset by throwing in a $300 gift card with every pre-order. This can be used to purchase anything on the platform and is available with every

“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

Your Recession FAQs Answered: 5 Tips to Help You Prepare, Not Panic

Recession risks are down, but keep your guard up. Getty Images/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET Early this spring, talk of a recession swirled after President Donald Trump began his chaotic tariff campaign. The likelihood of a severe economic downturn hit 66%, according to Polymarket. As Trump deferred some of his most aggressive trade proposals, those forecasts leveled out, but the contours of a potential recession are hard to ignore. Growth in the first quarter of 2025? Down. Jobless claims? Sharply h

"Bypassing" Specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love F

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

More Than Half of Teens Surveyed Use AI for Companionship. Why That's Not Ideal

Is your teen using an artificial intelligence chatbot for companionship? If you don't know, it's time to find out. Common Sense Media released a study this week, where it found that more than half of pre-adult teenagers regularly use AI companions. Nearly a third of the teens surveyed reported that conversations with AI were as satisfying as conversations with actual humans, if not more so. Researchers also found that 33% of teens surveyed use AI companions such as Character.AI, Nomi and Replik

Xi Jinping warns against China's overinvestment in EVs and AI

Chinese President Xi Jinping has bluntly questioned a nationwide rush of investment into the AI and EV industries. As deflation anxiety grows and Trump’s trade war with China ramps up, the world’s second largest economy is turning to fast-growth tech industries to remain competitive. But Xi appears to think that the strategy is flawed. As reported by the Financial Times , China's President sent out a pointed message about over-investment at the two-day Central Urban Work Conference in Beijing.

Fighting Brandolini's Law with Sampling

Brady Hurlburt - July 8, 2025 “But Don’t All Politicians Lie?” In 2015, Angi Drobnic Holan published a wonderful article titled “All Politicians Lie. Some Lie More Than Others.” In it, she makes the case that while all politicians lie, there are meaningful differences in how often and how severely they do so. Here is the graphic from her piece: Her article resonates with me because indifference to political dishonesty is surprisingly common in my circles. In conversations with my peers, when

No More Waiting: New Crypto Law Unlocks Cheaper, Faster Money for Everyone

For more than a decade, cryptocurrency lived in legal limbo. It was too weird to regulate, too volatile to trust, and too new for Washington to take seriously. That just changed. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the GENIUS Act, the first major federal law regulating stablecoins, digital currencies backed by the U.S. dollar. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk, where it’s expected to become law. Here’s what it means for you, your money, and the financial system around you.

Fighting AI with AI, finance firms prevented $5 million in fraud - but at what cost?

d3sign/Getty Imageds When most people think of AI, the first thing that probably comes to mind isn't superintelligence or the promise of agents to boost productivity, but scams. There've always been fraudsters among us, that small percentage of the population who'll use any means available to swindle others out of their money. The proliferation of advanced and easily accessible generative AI tools in recent years has made such nefarious activity exponentially easier. Also: Meet ChatGPT agent,

Jack Dorsey pumps $10M into a nonprofit focused on open source social media

Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey isn’t just vibe coding new social apps, like Bitchat and Sun Day; he has also invested $10 million in an effort to fund experimental open source projects and other tools that could ultimately transform the social media landscape. These efforts are funneled through an online collective called “and Other Stuff,” formed in May, whose team includes Dorsey; Twitter’s first employee, Evan Henshaw-Plath; “Calle,” creator of the e-cash platform Cashu; Alex G

Jack Dorsey backs an open-source development collective with $10 million

Jack Dorsey has been back in the news lately after unveiling a pair of new apps he worked on, Bluetooth-based messenager Bitchat and UV exposure tracker Sun Day . The Block CEO put those together under the auspices of a new development collective called "and Other Stuff," a nonprofit that he is backing with a $10 million cash injection through his StartSmall foundation , as TechCrunch reports. The group plans to work on open-source projects, including ones that could become consumer social medi

Rejoy Health (YC W21) Is Hiring

About Us Rejoy Health provides an AI-powered medical search platform designed for clinicians, enabling them to ask complex medical questions and receive accurate, evidence-based answers with cited sources. Job Description As a Software Engineer at Rejoy, you'll work on: Building and scaling backend systems for our AI medical search engine Developing APIs and services that power clinician-facing web app Collaborating with ML engineers to integrate NLP/LLM models into production Designing p

The New Intern on Wall Street Is an AI, and It’s Already Taking Jobs

The transformation underway in finance should give pause to anyone who still thinks artificial intelligence is a distant threat. On July 15, Wall Street met its most overqualified and tireless intern. AI safety and research company Anthropic, a chief rival to OpenAI, unveiled its new “Financial Analysis Solution,” an enhanced version of its Claude AI assistant designed to take over the research, modeling, and compliance grunt work that finance teams typically rely on junior analysts to perform.

Jack Dorsey pumps $10 million into a nonprofit focused on open-source social media

Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey isn’t just vibe-coding new social apps, like Bitchat and Sun Day, he has invested $10 million in an effort to fund experimental open source projects and other tools that could ultimately transform the social media landscape. These efforts are funneled through an online collective called “and Other Stuff,” formed in May, whose team includes Dorsey; Twitter’s first employee, Evan Henshaw-Plath; “Calle,” creator of the e-cash platform Cashu; Alex Gleaso

Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans

Several players of the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty complained last week that they were permanently banned from the game for using a well-known cheat. Video game streamer ItsHapa wrote on X last week that Call of Duty players using ArtificialAiming, a cheat provider of more than 19 years, were the targets of a “massive wave of permabans,” referring to bans that cannot be reversed, which prevents cheaters from creating new accounts. The streamer also posted a series of screenshots f

Over Half of Teens Regularly Use AI Companions. Here's Why That's Not Ideal

Is your teen using a chatbot for companionship? If you don't know, you might want to ask. Common Sense Media released a study on Wednesday, in which it found that more than half of pre-adult teenagers regularly use AI companions. Nearly a third of the teens reported that conversations with AI were as satisfying as conversations with actual humans, if not more so. Researchers also found that 33% of teens use AI companions such as Character.AI, Nomi and Replika "for social interaction and relatio

Today's AI Appreciation Day Feels Weird. Celebrate These Other Made-Up Holidays Instead

July 16 is AI Appreciation Day. So break out the champagne for ChatGPT! Bring gifts of Nvidia chips and cake for Gemini and flowers and training data for Claude. Meta AI has had a particularly rough year, so when you're forced to use it on Instagram, make sure it feels your love. Think that sounds ridiculous? Same. But like most things when it comes to AI, today's Appreciation Day is unbelievably stupid, in a way that's totally on brand. If you've never heard of AI Appreciation Day, don't feel

Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer

Ukrainian cyber activists, in cooperation with military intelligence, successfully paralyzed the activities of one of the largest Russian drone manufacturers, Gaskar Integration. The attack destroyed over 47 TB of critical data, blocked internal systems, and effectively halted the plant’s operations. This is reported by “Pryamiy” with reference to sources in military intelligence. Hackers from the BO Team and Ukrainian Cyber Alliance groups, supported by the intelligence capabilities of milita

Claude for Financial Services

Today, we're introducing a comprehensive solution for financial analysis that transforms how finance professionals analyze markets, conduct research, and make investment decisions with Claude. The Financial Analysis Solution unifies your financial data—from market feeds to internal data stored in platforms like Databricks and Snowflake—into a single interface. Access your critical data sources with direct hyperlinks to source materials for instant verification, all in one platform with expanded

The Future of Social Security Looks Grim. 6 Tips to Help You Save for Retirement Now

Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET Social Security payments can help you fund part of your retirement -- but don't bank on it as your only source of income. The Social Security trust fund is expected to dry up by 2034, according to the Social Security Administration. That's one year sooner than initially forecast. While the fund won't vanish completely, it's estimated that you'll only receive 81% of your benefits, at best. Why? The fund has been running out of money for years, but President Donald

GOP’s pro-industry crypto bills could financially ruin millions, lawmaker warns

It's "Crypto Week" in Congress, and experts continue to warn that legislation Donald Trump wants passed quickly could give the president ample opportunities to grift while leaving Americans more vulnerable to scams and financial ruin. Perhaps most controversial of the bills is the one that's closest to reaching Trump's desk, the GENIUS Act, which creates a framework for banks and private companies to issue stablecoins. After passing in the Senate last month, the House of Representatives is hopi

Anthropic launches finance-specific Claude with built-in data connectors, higher limits and prompt libraries

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now As some regulated enterprises cautiously expand their use of AI, platform and model makers are starting to offer bespoke versions to specific industries. Anthropic is making its first step into that direction with the new Claude for Financial Services, essentially a special version of its Claude for Enterprise tier, that could soothe some

A Recession Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight. Here’s the Best Advice to Prepare

Recession risks are down, but keep your guard up. Getty Images/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET In April, recession fears surged after President Trump began his chaotic tariff campaign. Forecasts for a severe economic downturn hit 66%, according to Polymarket. As Trump deferred some of his most aggressive trade proposals, those forecasts leveled out, but the contours of a potential recession are hard to ignore. Growth in the first quarter of 2025? Down. Jobless claims? Sharply higher. Consumer sentiment

Happy 20th Birthday, Django

On July 13th 2005, Jacob Kaplan-Moss made the first commit to the public repository that would become Django. Twenty years and 400+ releases later, here we are – Happy 20th birthday Django! 🎉 Join the celebrations We want to share this special occasion with you all! Our new 20-years of Django website showcases all online and local events happening around the world, through all of 2025. As well as other opportunities to celebrate! Expect birthday cake 🎂 and singing Happy Birthday A special qu

Mystery Man Shines a Spotlight on the Shadiness of Trump’s Crypto Venture

Last month, the Aqua 1 Foundation, founded by Dave Lee, purchased $100 million worth of tokens from the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial (WLF. Someone putting cash directly into the President’s coffers is a normal thing in the Trump era, but there’s something odd about this particular purchase. According to Reuters, Aqua 1 is now the largest publicly known holder of World Liberty Financial tokens, but no one seems to know what the business is or who runs it. Aqua 1

I'm done with social media – Or: why I have a blog now

I started last year with one clear goal: 2024 was going to be the year that I finally did social media. Regular posting, a content calendar, a strategy, a plan for growth — all of that. And yet I ended the year pretty certain that I never wanted to open those apps again, let alone post my photos and words to them. How? My main motivation for wanting to conquer my long-held ambivalence about posting was because I had a book coming out in April 2024. I was very anxious about this, in part because

I'm Done with Social Media

I started last year with one clear goal: 2024 was going to be the year that I finally did social media. Regular posting, a content calendar, a strategy, a plan for growth — all of that. And yet I ended the year pretty certain that I never wanted to open those apps again, let alone post my photos and words to them. How? My main motivation for wanting to conquer my long-held ambivalence about posting was because I had a book coming out in April 2024. I was very anxious about this, in part because