Ariana Madix Turned off by Tom Sandoval and James Kennedy BravoCon Push-Up Contest

Tom Sandoval and James Kennedy got really competitive at BravoCon, hitting the floor to see who could do more push-ups … but there was one person totally turned off by their macho man contest — Ariana Madix. Play video content TikTok / @bravotv, @katrinacm1 The “Vanderpump Rules” stars took to the stage at the Las … Read more

A biotech firm founded by Vivek Ramaswamy turned $15 million into $5 billion by flipping a bowel-disease treatment that Pfizer gave it for free

Conservative entrepreneur Vivek RamaswamyScott Olson/Getty Images Roche acquired a bowel-disease treatment from Roivant for over $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Roivant made $5 billion from the sale, after having only spent $15 million on development. Pfizer originally passed it over to Roivant for free last December. Roche’s acquisition of a bowel-inflammation treatment delivered … Read more

Britney Spears’ ‘Baby One More Time’ Was Turned Down by Backstreet Boys, TLC

Britney Spears’ iconic hit, “…Baby One More Time,” almost wasn’t hers at all … ’cause the producer of the famous track shockingly got turned down by groups like TLC and the Backstreet Boys! Swedish music producer Max Martin had already made a name for himself in the ’90s, working with Backstreet Boys on “Quit Playing … Read more

How Philippine president Marcos turned against China over sea territory

Comment on this storyComment MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was visiting a province outside the capital, Manila, last month when his national security adviser urgently contacted him: China had installed a floating barrier in part of the sea claimed by the Philippines. Should it be removed? Marcos’s decision was almost immediate, according to … Read more

How a trance music festival in Israel turned into a massacre

Comment on this storyComment The first rockets were fired just before dawn, arcing through the sky over thousands of revelers who had been dancing through the night at a trance music festival — billed as an event celebrating “friends, love and infinite freedom.” Initially, some of the ravers didn’t notice the sound of the explosions … Read more

Crypto is about a lot more than a former golden boy turned villain

Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, we’ll dive into the results of a survey I conducted on the future of AI and what lies beyond the ChatGPT hype. … Read more

The US Navy turned the tables on Iran, sending drones that look like speedboats to spy on its warships and troublesome gunboats

An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboat in the Strait of Hormuz.US Navy photo The US Navy revealed an operation last month involving drone boats that tracked Iranian ships. The drone boats photographed Iranian speedboats, which constantly … Read more