It’s not worth fixating on your credit score. Here's what to do insteadArticle contentCredit scores take time to change because they reflect your long‑term patterns of payment history, credit usage and how old your accounts are, rather than short-term fixes. Additionally, each person has multiple credit scores at any given time. Attempts to manipulate a score by opening or closing accounts or...

What tech CEOs and executives have said about ICE’s actions in Minnesota The Trump administration’s approach to immigration has reached a level of violence that the tech industry cannot ignore. In 2026 so far, federal immigration agents have killed at least eight people, including at least two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis — Renee Good and Alex Pretti. As immigration enforcement has grown more...

Lotus Health nabs $35M for AI doctor that sees patients for free A growing number of people are asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs about their health, often discovering that the chatbots provide remarkably useful medical insights. KJ Dhaliwal (pictured left), who in 2019 sold the South Asian dating app Dil Mil for $50 million, says he has been thinking about the inefficiencies of the U.S....

BBC at Oslo court ahead of Crown Princess's son's rape trialThe trial of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit son is due to start in Tuesday in Oslo. Marius Borg Høiby is accused of 38 charges, including the rape of four women, assaulting and threatening a girlfriend and damaging her flat, as well as drugs charges and driving offences.If found guilty, he could face more than 10 years in jail.On...

2026 plans: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200 TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is the flagship early-stage startup competition held at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, spotlighting the world’s most promising young companies. Each year, thousands of applicants from around the globe vie for one of 200 slots in the cohort, which provides unparalleled...