Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master’s degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in an affordable apartment in a suburb, and road-tripping with friends on weekends. But her
Your window to save up to $200 is closing fast. Current ticket pricing ends Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices go up. At Disrupt, getting ahead means more than sitting in on great sessions. It means meeting the people you need to know, seeing what’s coming before it hits the mainstream, and
Uber has been ordered to pay $40m (£29m) to the family of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck on a California highway after the rideshare company’s driver allegedly pulled over and ordered her out of the car. Emily Normandin-Parker had booked an Uber for home with a friend on 12 August 2023, before her
The Stanley Cup—hockey’s biggest prize—has survived champagne showers, championship parades, accidental drops, and even a trip to the bottom of a canal. But one of its strangest adventures happened before it became the towering icon known around the world. Originally a short, week-long tournament requiring as few as four wins in the 1920s, the Stanley
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It is 2026 and Joe Root is again England Test captain and Kevin Pietersen is back in the fold. For those two things to be the new normal says plenty about the upheaval in one of the most turbulent summers in English cricket’s recent history. The debate as to whether there should have been alterations
