Disrupt 2025: Day 2 | Tech Crunch
Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 has begun. That means San Francisco’s Moscone West will once again be packed with speakers, workshops, networking opportunities, and after-parties for attendees. You can still register for tickets to join in the excitement. Since it’s only been a day since it started, you can get tickets at 50% off […]
Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs
Amazon announced Tuesday that it plans to cut the company’s workforce by 14,000 to cut bureaucracy, remove layers and increase investment in its AI strategy. This is the second-largest job cut for e-commerce giant Amazon, after cutting 22,000 jobs in 2022. Amazon had approximately 1.2 million employees as of October 31, 2024, of which more […]
Why early threat detection is essential for long-term business growth
In cybersecurity, speed isn’t just a win, it’s a multiplier. The faster you learn about new threats, the faster you can adapt your defenses, take less damage, and continue to grow your business with confidence. Early threat detection is not about preventing a breach someday, it’s about protecting the revenue you could be making every […]
‘This is a completely different level of anti-vaccine engagement than we’ve ever seen before,’ says epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley
Within weeks of the first cases of a “mysterious pneumonia-like illness” being reported in Wuhan, China, public health leaders were convening to assess the threat and shore up systems to mitigate the potential harm to come. This work started unfolding months before COVID-19 would be officially declared a pandemic. Dr. Seth Berkley — a renowned […]
Is your Google Workspace as secure as you think?
The new reality for lean security teams If you’re the first security or IT person at a fast-growing startup, you’ve probably inherited a simple yet highly complex mission: to secure your business without slowing it down. Most organizations using Google Workspace start by building an environment for collaboration, not resilience. Shared drives, permissive settings, and […]
Chrome zero-day exploited to deliver LeetAgent spyware from Italy’s Memento Labs
A zero-day exploit of a patched security flaw in Google Chrome led to the distribution of spying tools from Italian information technology and services provider Memento Labs, according to new findings from Kaspersky Lab. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3), which the company disclosed in March 2025 as being actively exploited as […]
A glowing ‘skull’ stares up from a giant volcanic hole in the Sahara Desert — Earth as seen from space
simple facts Where is it? Trou aux Natrons, Tibesti Massif, Chad [20.96825691, 16.571382232] What is in the photo? Skull-like structure inside volcanic caldera appears to stare into space Who took the photo? An unknown astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) When was it taken? February 12, 2023 This eerie astronaut photo shows a ghostly […]
SideWinder deploys new ClickOnce-based attack chain targeting South Asian diplomats
October 28, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyber espionage/malware The European embassy in India’s capital, New Delhi, and multiple organizations in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh emerged as targets of a new campaign organized by the threat actor known as SideWinder in September 2025. Trellix researchers Ernesto Fernández Provecho and Pham Duy Phuc said in a report published last […]
Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Sequoia managing partner Roelof Botha argued that the venture industry is not an asset class and that pouring more money into Silicon Valley won’t create better companies. “Investing in ventures is a risk with no return,” Botha said in an interview on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Monday. “If […]
Astro Teller, CEO of Alphabet’s X, talks about what makes a moonshot
Astro Teller, CEO of X, Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” where the company develops nearly impossible things, shared what makes a moonshot and detailed the company’s “fail fast” mantra at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Monday. Notable companies that started as moonshots from X’s Moonshot factory include Waymo and Wing. Teller pointed out that Company X […]