DeepSeek V4 has recently been launched, and it comes with a significant cost advantage, priced at about 85 percent less than its competitor, GPT-5.5. This open-source model is designed to provide users with a powerful alternative to popular chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. With its lower price point, DeepSeek V4 aims to make advanced AI technology more accessible to a wider audience....

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27: A shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100K equity-free, and more opportunities for major scaling impact. Pre-Series A founders —...

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 24, #519Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Today's Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. The purple category is always hard, but today's is...

After three decades of helping people find answers online, Ask.com is shutting its doors. The company IAC, which owns the Ask.com brand, announced that the popular question-and-answer website will no longer be operational. For many users, Ask.com was a go-to source for information and solutions to their queries, but changes in the internet landscape have led to its decline. As technology...

Apps to distract you from the endless cycle of doomscrolling You open your phone to check the time or a quick message. The next thing you know, an hour has passed and you’ve scrolled through endless celebrity drama, cat videos, awful news stories, influencer rants, and whatever else the algorithm decided to throw at you. Even though you probably don’t want to keep wasting your time and energy...