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Do startups still need Silicon Valley? Hear from the founders and funders challenging old assumptions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

As the startup world descends on San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — happening October 27–29 at Moscone West — one question looms large: does building in Silicon Valley still give founders an edge? With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders gathering for this milestone Disrupt, the conversation around access, geography, and opportunity has never been more timely. On the Builders Stage, Anh-Tho Chuong (Lago), Davice Hall (Revolution), and Heather Doshay (SignalFire) lead a must-attend session f

The Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Day 3

Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 had everyone’s best cosplay out in full force. Characters from across the fandom-verse showed up. While Peacemaker, It: Welcome to Derry, and Hazbin Hotel were not only some of the weekend’s most memorable events, but the hard work of talented cosplayers saw fans from all these fandoms (and many, many more) bring them to life with incredible costumes. Here are some of our favorite looks from over the weekend as the convention starts to draw to a close on ano

Killing Floor 3 reviews: fast-paced, bloody gameplay that gets repetitive too soon

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Dumb Pipe

Connect A to B. Send Data. In 2023 it's hard to connect two devices directly. Dumb pipe punches through NATs, using on-the-fly node identifiers. It even keeps your machines connected as network conditions change. What you actually do with that connection is up to you.

How to Watch England vs. Spain From Anywhere for Free: Stream UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Final Soccer

It all comes down to this, as defending champions England take on 2023 World Cup winners Spain on Sunday in the Women's Euro 2025 Final at St. Jakob-Park. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch this match as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the game isn't available where you are. The Spaniards have lived up to their pre-tournament billing as the team to beat throughout Euro 2025, having glided through the group phase scoring 1

The Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Day 2

Friday at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 brought more cosplay out to the annual week-long geek party. Here’s our assortment of the best looks we saw on Day 2. With things kicking off at Crunchyroll’s Anime Fan Fest, the con-goers had more places to meet up with their fellow fans, but the main thoroughfare remained on the convention show floor. Without further ado we herald Galactus—and more fan favorites from One Piece to Gremlins to DC Comics and even Team America: World Police. For day one, click

3-JSON

From the tree(1) release notes, version 2.0.0: Output un-indented JSON on file descriptor 3 ("stddata") automatically if file descriptor 3 is present (currently Linux only.) Maybe switch to BSON. Surely, nothing will happen if I just assume that the existence of a specific file descriptor implies something, as nobody is crazy or stupid enough to hardcode such a thing? <insert sounds of cars crashing in the background> Oops (from the tree version 2.0.2 release notes): Okay, apparently the std

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Show HN: Easy Python Time Parsing

Time Helper A lightweight Python library for effortless datetime handling with timezone support. Built for simplicity and flexibility, it provides a comprehensive set of utilities for parsing, converting, and manipulating dates and times. Key Features: 🌍 Timezone-aware operations with abbreviation support (e.g., IST, PST, CET) with abbreviation support (e.g., IST, PST, CET) 🔄 Universal datetime parsing from strings, timestamps, and various formats from strings, timestamps, and various forma

Revisiting Moneyball

You can build a player in aggregate. The A’s discovered they could construct effective offensive production by combining players with complementary skills rather than seeking complete players. This insight challenged the traditional scouting preference for “five-tool players” who could hit for average, hit for power, run, field, and throw. Instead of expensive superstars, the A’s assembled a roster where different players contributed specific, undervalued skills: Scott Hatteberg: Exceptional

Tesla's stock plunges 8% after another weak quarter for auto sales

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla shares fell 8% Thursday after the company reported a second straight quarter of declining auto sales, and CEO Elon Musk told analysts that there could be a "few rough quarters" ahead due to the expiration of federal electric vehicle tax

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Microsoft fixes SharePoint zero-day exploits used in cyberattacks and ransomware - how to patch them

Kiryl Pro motion / Getty Images Microsoft has patched three critical zero-day SharePoint security flaws that hackers have already exploited to attack more vulnerable organizations. Responding to the exploits, the software giant initially issued fixes just for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and SharePoint Server 2019, and then eventually rolled out a patch for SharePoint Server 2016 as well. Designated as CVE‑2025‑53771 and CVE‑2025‑53770, the two vulnerabilities apply only to on‑premis

Tesla's stock plunges 9% after another weak quarter for auto sales

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla shares fell 9% Thursday after the company reported a second straight quarter of declining auto sales, and CEO Elon Musk told analysts that there could be a "few rough quarters" ahead due to the expiration of federal electric vehicle tax

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Google’s strategy to grow Gemini seems to be working

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Google executives say that the Gemini app has over 450 million monthly active users as of Q2 2025. Daily requests in the app have grown over 50% since the first quarter of the year. Gemini is replacing Google Assistant as the default voice assistant on Android phones. Gemini is so big right now, this year it basically ended up taking over Google I/O, pushing Android off to its own separate event. But if you still had any doubts about the popularity of G

Yet another bad three months as Tesla reports its Q2 2025 results

Tesla posted its financial results for the second quarter of 2025 this afternoon. The numbers show yet another bad three months for the automaker. As competition in the EV marketplace has exploded, Tesla has increasingly been left behind, with a small and aging model lineup, before we even contemplate how CEO Elon Musk has tarnished what was once the hottest brand in the car world. Earlier this month, we learned that sales dropped by 13 percent year over year in Q2 2025; today, the financials sh

I finally found a thermal camera that works on iPhone and Android

ZDNET's key takeaways The Topdon TC992C Duo Thermal Camera is available now for $269 on Amazon. It's an accurate and reliable thermal camera for iPhone, Android, and Windows. It's a bit more expensive than some of the other thermal imaging cameras. View now at Amazon I'm a big fan of having a thermal camera (or two) as part of my repair kit. I use them for all sorts of applications, from detecting faulty components on circuit boards to figuring out where that pesky draught is coming from in w

The First ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Trailer Returns to the Scene of the Crime

Fans of the Five Nights at Freddy’s Universe were treated to an extended look at the Blumhouse and Universal Pictures sequel for the hit cinematic adaptation of the games ahead of its debut panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 today. The pizza animatronic puppet mascots have gone haywire again with a new series of haunted shenanigans, this time outside of their parlor walls. Actor Josh Hutcherson returns as Mike, whose little sister Abby (Piper Rubio) gets drawn back into the world of her “friends

SonicWall urges admins to patch critical RCE flaw in SMA 100 devices

SonicWall urges customers to patch SMA 100 series appliances against a critical authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability that can let attackers gain remote code execution. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-40599) is caused by an unrestricted file upload weakness in the devices' web management interfaces, which can allow remote threat actors with administrative privileges to upload arbitrary files to the system. "SonicWall strongly recommends that users of the SMA 100 series produ

Yet another bad three months as Tesla reports its Q2 2025 results

Tesla posted its financial results for the second quarter of 2025 this afternoon. The numbers show yet another bad three months for the automaker. As competition in the EV marketplace has exploded, Tesla has increasingly been left behind, with a small and aging model lineup, before we even contemplate how CEO Elon Musk has tarnished what was once the hottest brand in the car world. Earlier this month, we learned that sales dropped by 13 percent year over year in Q2 2025; today, the financials sh

Microsoft fixes three SharePoint zero-day exploits used in series of cyberattacks - how to patch them

Olemedia / Getty Images Microsoft has patched three critical zero-day SharePoint security flaws that have already been exploited by hackers to attack a larger number of vulnerable organizations. Responding to the exploits, the software giant initially issued fixes just for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and SharePoint Server 2019 and then eventually rolled out a patch for SharePoint Server 2016 as well. Designated as CVE-2025-53771 and CVE-2025-53770, the two vulnerabilities apply only

Microsoft fixes two SharePoint zero-days under attack, but one is still unresolved - how to patch

Olemedia / Getty Images Microsoft has patched two critical zero-day SharePoint security flaws that have already been exploited by hackers to attack vulnerable organizations. Responding to the exploits, the software giant has issued fixes for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and SharePoint Server 2019, but is still working on a patch for SharePoint Server 2016. Designated as CVE-2025-53771 and CVE-2025-53770, the two vulnerabilities apply only to on-premises versions of SharePoint, so org

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: First full agenda reveal for the brand-new Going Public Stage

We recently unveiled the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — a new destination for founders navigating the complexities of company building, from early traction to IPO and beyond. Today, we’re excited to announce additions to the agenda that bring even more insight and firepower to the stage. Joining the speaker lineup are Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom Communications Inc., and Santi Subotovsky, General Partner at Emergence. These trailblazing leaders will share candid perspecti

Neptune Dances in Sync With a Rare Distant Object, Astronomers Find

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described Ammonite, a potential dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Yesterday, astronomers announced the existence of BetelBuddy, a small companion star orbiting Betelgeuse. And now we have another exciting discovery to share. In a Planetary Science Journal paper published earlier this month, astronomers with the Large inclination Distant Objects (LiDO) survey reported the discovery of 2020 VN40,

Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators

Threads is introducing enhanced metrics to help users better understand how their posts are performing and where their content is getting discovered, the company announced on Tuesday. Users can now see more detailed information in the platform’s “Insights” dashboard. When they navigate to the “Interactions” section, they will see engagement by likes, replies, quotes, and reposts. The “Followers” section shows follower growth with geographic data, including top cities and countries, and demograp

Supermassive Games is delaying Directive 8020 and laying off staff

Supermassive Games, the developer behind story-driven games like Until Dawn, The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology, is cutting its workforce due to the ongoing "challenging" state of the games industry. The studio says it’s having to adapt its team structure and as a consequence expects to lose up to 36 employees. The current size of the Supermassive’s staff is unclear, but in February last year it cut somewhere in the region of 90 jobs, at which time Bloomberg estimated the studio had mor

Zach Cregger’s Mysterious New Horror Movie ‘Weapons’ Has Critics Raving

Coming off a movie as insane and surprising as Barbarian, writer-director Zach Cregger certainly knew his next movie would carry massive expectations. That movie, called Weapons, is now almost here. And, based on the first reactions, he may have just blown those expectations away. Cregger wrote and directed the film, which stars Julia Garner (Ozark, Fantastic Four: First Steps) as a teacher who walks into school one day to find almost her entire class has gone missing. No one else has gone miss

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Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How AI is forcing late-stage startups to rewire GTM — or be left behind

AI isn’t just disrupting products — it’s upending how companies sell, scale, and succeed. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 in San Francisco, we’re diving deep into how late-stage startups are navigating this shift. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market (GTM) strategies from the inside out. Why attend this session? If you’re scaling a startup and wondering how AI fits into your next ph

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National security meets next-gen tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s AI Defense panel

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is where breakthrough ideas meet the real-world challenges that define the future — and with over 10,000 startup and VC leaders converging, there’s no better place to have the hard conversations. One of the most urgent? How artificial intelligence is reshaping national defense, security, and critical infrastructure in real time. Enter AI Defense, a can’t-miss panel discussion taking place on one of the two AI Stages, where leaders from government, venture, and the armed

Cisco: Maximum-severity ISE RCE flaws now exploited in attacks

Cisco is warning that three recently patched critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) are now being actively exploited in attacks. Although the vendor did not specify how they were being exploited and whether they were successful, applying the security updates as soon as possible is now critical. “In July 2025, the Cisco PSIRT became aware of attempted exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities in the wild,” reads the updated advisory. “Cisco c

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On stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How AI is forcing late-stage startups to rewire GTM — or be left behind

AI isn’t just disrupting products — it’s upending how companies sell, scale, and succeed. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco, we’re diving deep into how late-stage startups are navigating this shift. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market (GTM) strategies from the inside out. Why attend this session? If you’re scaling a startup and wondering how AI fits into your next ph

Topics: 2025 ai brings com gtm

Microsoft links Sharepoint attacks to Chinese hacking groups

Several hacking groups with ties to the Chinese government have been linked to a recent wave of widespread attacks targeting a Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. They used this exploit chain (dubbed "ToolShell") to breach dozens of organizations worldwide after hacking into their on-premise SharePoint servers. "Microsoft has observed two named Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon exploiting these vulnerabilities targeting internet-facing SharePoint serv