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Venture

Krafton hikes India bet with new $670M fund | TechCrunch

Krafton, the South Korean gaming company behind hit titles such as PUBG and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), is...

Hardware

Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder | TechCrunch

On his last day as Apple CEO, Tim Cook offered a rousing endorsement of his successor: John Ternus,...

Security

US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks | TechCrunch

The U.S. Department of Defense has disabled advertising tracking on troops’ phones and computers as part of an...

Has gentle parenting gone too far?
Health

Has Gentle Parenting Ruined a Generation of Kids?

To be or not to be a gentle parent? That is the question. There is so much controversy...

A member of North Carolina’s Army National Guard loads sterile shoe covers onto a truck while delivering personal protective equipment to medical facilities in the southeastern state back in 2020.
Health

Report: Roughly Half the World’s Governments Underestimated Covid Deaths by the Millions

A new and unusually comprehensive dataset of all-cause mortality reports from 134 countries suggests that governments either ignored...

An hourglass.
Health

Autism Cuts 13.8 Years Off Life Expectancy—and the Causes Are Depressingly Preventable

People with autism are more likely to die early from various health conditions, including influenza, drowning, and malnutrition.

AI

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge | TechCrunch

After images that users uploaded to OpenAI models were included in training data, AI agents operating in the...

Apps

Epic Games’ Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS | TechCrunch

Epic Games’ popular battle royale, Fortnite, has returned to the U.S. Google Play Store following a court order....

AI

Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails | TechCrunch

It just became much easier to access one of the world’s most capable open-weight AI models, stripped of...

A woman reaching for an asthma inhaler.
Health

Scientists Found a Surprising Effect of Ozempic. It Involves Your Lungs

Obesity can raise the risk or severity of both asthma and COPD.