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Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is getting a lot of grief for a recent trade show event in which two women posed with lampshades on their heads. The debacle — which unflatteringly recalls the CES booth babes of the early ’90s and 2000s — reportedly happened at a happy hour hosted by CyberRisk Collaborative and sponsored by Palo Alto. The CEO of Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora, apologized on Tuesday in a LinkedIn post, saying that the display was “neither consistent with our values, nor in line with our actions and aspiration to support and celebrate women in Cybersecurity.”

Palo Alto Networks CEO apologizes for happy hour display featuring women with lampshades on their heads

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Former Google CEO and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is reportedly not a fan of remote work. Speaking to students at Stanford University, Schmidt said that Google’s offering of remote work has caused it to fall behind in the artificial intelligence (AI) competition, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Aug. 14), citing a video of the event.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Successful Startups Work in Offices

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The executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital shares how innovative technology can drive a better work experience.

AI can enhance human expertise and worker well-being, Clear Capital's EVP of strategy and growth says

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke to Stanford students recently, making some interesting comments about how AI companies operate on the internet. The video has since been taken down after Schmidt’s comments about work from home costing Google the AI race, but his comments about AI were far more interesting. In detailing how Silicon Valley operates with AI, he highlights the ‘better to ask forgiveness than permission’ mentality that these companies have in hoovering up data.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says AI Companies Steal IP Then ‘Hire A Whole Bunch of Lawyers to Go Clean the Mess Up’ — In an Interview Now Taken Offline

As the new school year approaches, the Cybersecurity Alliance has introduced an Anti-Cyberbullying Toolkit designed to help parents, teachers, students, and communities recognize and report cyberbullying. This initiative aims to address the growing problem of cyberbullying, which has become increasingly prevalent in today’s digital age. The toolkit, available for...

Cybersecurity Alliance Launches Anti-Cyberbullying Toolkit for Back-to-School Season

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They can’t believe the employee’s response. An attempt at reviewing desserts from Crumbl Cookies took an awkward turn for two TikTokers who weren’t happy with the Oreo cheesecake.

‘They’re doing something wrong’: Crumbl customers ask for a refund after ordering Oreo cheesecake.

"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

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As the star of TV's Dr. Kildare (NBC, 1961-1966), Richard Chamberlain was a heartthrob for millions of female fans in America and the world. Decades later, the actor transformed into the charismatic king of TV-mini-series with acclaimed productions like the originalShogun (NBC, 1980), and The Thorn Birds (ABC, 1983, in which he played a sexually repressed priest).

The Once Secret Gay Life of Actor Richard Chamberlain ('Dr. Kildare'): 21 Years After He Came Out

The company launched Thursday a new reimagined and renamed — and importantly, smaller and cheaper — “travel kitchen” that retails for $1,400. And unlike its prototype predecessor, this one is available immediately. The travel kitchen and its related add-ons are part of Rivian’s broader push to establish itself as a brand aligned with outdoor enthusiasts — and make a little extra money in the process. Earlier this year, the company showed off a new “treehouse” rooftop tent, one of the many accessories the automaker plans to sell alongside its next-generation R2 SUV and future R3 EVs. The rooftop tent is equipped with a movie projector, which is run using power from the Rivian.

Rivian launches smaller $1,400 camp kitchen, 5 years after initial demo

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck areas near Las Vegas on Tuesday night, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS). The quake, which occurred at 8:06 p.m., was centered approximately 45 minutes from Las Vegas, near Indian Springs.

Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake Shakes Areas Near Las Vegas

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One way to ensure that your website or app loads quickly and boosts your conversion is to include Digital Experience Testing before releasing it.

Why Mastering the Digital Experience of Your Website is Crucial for Business Success

In Puerto Rico, tax breaks enacted in 2012 aimed to juice the economy by encouraging mainland U.S. citizens to do business and live on the island, where they could apply to pay nothing in capital gains taxes. But the tech — and primarily crypto — entrepreneurs who showed up in droves to shield their wealth didn’t do much to improve its fortunes, judging by recent data. Some have instead left a mess of unfinished business in their wake, suggests The New York Times in a new report that zooms in most closely on Brock Pierce, a 43-year-old former child actor who created the currently beleaguered digital currency Tether, and whose local business dealings – including a real estate buying spree – have been ill-fated and short-lived.

The crypto founder who didn’t save Puerto Rico after all

International research involving Monash University has shown that businesses can achieve financial success by embracing critical global issues such as climate change, poverty, human rights violations and medical breakthroughs as a core mission. The study, published in the Journal of Marketing, explores social profit orientation, a concept where organizations simultaneously...

Study shows companies can profit by aligning financial goals with social aims

Made by Google’s headliner is the Pixel 9 phone. There are now three phones in the main Pixel lineup — the Pixel 9, the Pixel 9 Pro and the Pixel 9 Pro XL. Apparently the new Pro has similar dimensions to the regular Pixel, so you can think of it as the option with better specs but a standard size, while the Pro XL is both higher performance and bigger.

TechCrunch Minute: Google reveals new Pixel phones and more at Made by Google

This trend inevitably led millions of U.S. citizens to accumulate significant medical debt, which now totals at least $220 billion, according to estimates by independent health policy research firm, KFF. While there’s no straightforward solution to this burgeoning debt problem, a 5-year-old startup, PayZen, aims to make healthcare more affordable...

PayZen secures $32M Series B, $200M debt facility to grow its ‘care now, pay later’ product

General Catalyst and Mars Growth Capital are co-leading the Series G round, which will be closed within a few days, sources familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. The round values Zepto, which delivers everything from grocery to electronics in minutes, at $4.6 billion pre-money, which comes to about $5 billion after the investment, according to a term sheet seen by TechCrunch.

Zepto raises $340M at a $5B valuation as India’s quick-commerce market heats up

It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move around very much — especially those who reach the partner or general partner level as Rabois had. VC funds have 10-year life cycles and partners have good reason to stay that course. In some...

From Lauri Moore to Vic Singh, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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It's been four decades since Emmy-nominated actor Lloyd Haynes died of lung cancer at only 52 years old. Best known for his compassionate performance as history teacher Pete Dixon on television's groundbreaking, academic-geared dramedy, Room 222 (ABC, 1969-1974), Haynes was beloved by his fans, family, friends and colleagues alike. This is his story.

In Memory of 'Room 222' TV Actor Lloyd Haynes: 4 Decades After His Tragic Death From Lung Cancer

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I grew up on these babies. This cookie is sweet nostalgia to me. There are so many variations to make it too, you really can't go wrong with it! For a super easy and fast cookie bar, these are a winner!

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AI social media vetting startup Ferretly secures $2.5M, launches election personnel screening tool

The startup is the brainchild of Darrin Lipscomb, who previously founded software startups Pipestream and Avrio, which sold to BMC Software and Hitachi, respectively. Lipscomb told...

AI social media vetting startup Ferretly secures $2.5M, launches election personnel screening tool

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