UN Scientists Just Endorsed a Piece of the Green New Deal to Fight Global Inequality
The United Nations released a new science-based report Wednesday that shows the ways climate change can reverse the progress the world has made to end inequality...
How to meet attendees at Disrupt SF with CrunchMatch
Ready to squeeze every bit of opportunity out of Disrupt SF this October 2-4? With more than 10,000 attendees, networking might seem like quite the daunting...
Australia Once Had Giant Marsupials With ‘Scimitar-Like’ Claws and Extremely Freaky Elbows
Australia currently hosts some of the most upsetting animals known in the world. But researchers this week are keen to point out that incredibly strange animals...
All the Reasons You Should Make Vulnerability Your Biggest Superpower
When you hear the word “vulnerable,” do you think of someone cowering helplessly in a corner, or embracing their truest self? Julia Ruggiero wants people to start...
How to Upgrade to an iPhone 11 Without Getting Ripped Off
Pre-orders for the iPhone 11 and its Pro siblings start on Friday at 5am PDT/8am EDT. While Apple didn’t announce a ton of new features for...
Walmart’s Vudu adds Family Play feature so viewers can skip sex, violence and substance abuse
Vudu, the streaming service owned by Walmart, announced a new feature today that will make it easier for viewers to avoid sex and violence in movies....
A New Way to Measure Cosmic Distance Could Help Solve a Frustrating Inconsistency About the Universe
We can add yet another way to measure the universe’s expansion onto the pile of controversy that could perhaps be the most exciting story in cosmology...
How the Valley can get philanthropy right with former Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest
Paul Brest didn’t set out to transform philanthropy. A constitutional law scholar who clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Harlan and is credited with coining the...
How to Save as Much Money as Possible Upgrading to the iPhone 11
iPhones are fucking expensive. If you’re one of the millions thinking of upgrading to iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro next week, you will spend, at...
Max Levchin’s Affirm seeks capital amid surge in fintech funding
Another consumer finance business is lining up investors for its largest cash infusion yet. Affirm, founded by PayPal’s Max Levchin, is said to be raising as...
