South African leader urges men to speak up on gender-based violence after series of killings
South Africa’s president has called on men to take more responsibility for violence against women as he announced measures to tackle the problem, amid anger at authorities over a recent wave of murders.
3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
This is it: 3 days to get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Exhibit bookings close Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and this is your final opportunity to showcase at the heart of the global startup ecosystem.
UK income growth revised upwards as markets hail ‘resilient’ economy
UK household income grew at a stronger pace than previously estimated during the first six months of the year, according to revisions of official data.
The rise in income per head to 1.1% between January and June followed an increase in the level of economic growth that illustrated the resilience of the UK economy since the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East more than seven months ago.
‘Digger’ Ad Fires Back at Critics With Tom Cruise Character Declaring “F**k Those People”
Don’t listen to those hoity-toity critics. Go see Digger and make up your own mind.
That’s the gist behind Warner Bros.’ online ad for the new Alejandro G. Iñárritu film, which is receiving some scathing reviews (and, to be fair, many rather positive ones, as well).
‘Of course I’m the underdog’: the British former spin doctor trying to turn California red
Steve Hilton stands almost no chance of becoming California’s next governor, but that isn’t stopping him from campaigning as though he was just one step away from pulling off the impossible.
Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bank of England governor
The Governor of the Bank of England has said regulating artificial intelligence (AI) "is not the right place to start" but instead called first for "rigorous" testing to find vulnerabilities and create safeguards to contain risk.
Come play the flute and reshape the very earth in Songs of Glimmerwick, a magic school RPG from the creators of Eastshade
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It has perhaps never been easier to join a witch or wizard school without being a Guy Who Rhymes With Bally Trotter. Academies of the occult abound in videogames. True, there has yet to be an amazing Little Witch Academia adaptation, and I'm still waiting for that Arbitrary Metric take on Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education, to say nothing of Failbetter's take on Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites, but in the short term, I've been enjoying the demo for Songs of Glimmerwick, which goes on sale today.
Council Post: An Open Letter To The CMO On Agentic Commerce
Jehan Hamedi, Founder of Vizit, created Visual Intelligence, AI that predicts how people respond to visual content.
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A few months ago at the Digital Shelf Summit, between the third and fourth session on agentic commerce, I got talking with the guy who runs analytics for one of the world’s largest chocolate makers. I asked him what his ChatGPT traffic actually looked like. He laughed before giving me the number. There was a rounding error next to every other channel.
Holy hell—Deadlock's new map looks absolutely beautiful
Deadlock players are eating just about better than anyone else right now, as Valve has finally dropped the huge update we'd been promised and oh boy, it's a doozy.
Why ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Isn’t Live on the West Coast
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Every Dancing With the Stars episode used to begin with the iconic introduction: “Live from Hollywood, it’s Dancing With the Stars!” But for those tuning in from the West Coast, the show isn’t live at all.