Social activists in India prepare to release a traditional hot air balloon to create awareness about HIV AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day. DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on a rare pneumonia and lung infection. One month later,…
Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced both by consumers and researchers, it provided early data into how Covid-19 spread and the symptoms associated with the initial infection and its…
Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Additional investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Protocol Labs, Arweave, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, The LAO, and Argonautic Ventures. The startup is aiming to build an interface and…
As I try for the hundredth time to knock one out and inevitably fail miserably, I’m forced to remember that when taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), coming can feel like an Olympic sport. Feeling sticky and ashamed (and somewhat frustrated), I’m left with no other option than to pack away my toys and lubes,…
Almost five years go, in January 2018, Rob Delaney’s son Henry died at the age of two after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The comedian and actor has been open about his grief on social media, and has most recently written a book, A Heart That Works, about the journey he and his family…
Windows 11 users who have run into a problem whereby they’re finding that large files are copying really slowly will be pleased to hear that Microsoft has now fixed the issue. This issue affects Windows 11 22H2, and note that the fix is in place in the freshly released preview build 25252. So in other…
Cal Henderson works from his home in San Francisco. Courtesy of Slack Cal Henderson, Slack’s cofounder and chief technology officer, works from home in San Francisco. He shared with Insider his tips to avoid getting overwhelmed while using the instant-messaging app. He said users should categorize channels by their importance to filter out less urgent…
BlackRock’s Larry Fink. AP The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX will flush out most crypto firms, BlackRock’s Larry Fink said. “I actually believe most of the companies are not going to be around,” the CEO told the DealBook summit. FTX’s implosion has triggered layoffs and further bankruptcies in the struggling crypto sector. More crypto companies…
Sam Bankman-Fried at the New York Times DealBook Summit. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried says he doesn’t know who accessed FTX’s systems without permission during its collapse. Bankman-Fried was questioned on the whereabouts of $515 million, reported missing by the Times. He admitted there was “unauthorized access,” but said he had no idea who…
Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in McDonough, Ga., on November 16, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Georgia Senate candidate Hershel Walker is facing Raphael Warnock in a runoff election next week. Walker, who has been endorsed by Trump, has not spoken to reporters for nearly two months. An…