The bigger concern for Bumble is user fatigue. People aren't downloading dating apps as enthusiastically as they once were, which means less subscription revenue. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
Nearly everything else that's being built on or enabled by blockchains replaces something that's already being done fairly well. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any parallels between itself and Microsoft in the 19...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/apple-dismisses-microsoft-monopoly-comparisons/
On Tuesday, the BBC reported that Uber Eats courier Pa Edrissa Manjang, who is Black, had received a payout from Uber after “racially discriminatory” facial recognition checks prevented him f...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/uber-eats-ai-bias-settlement/
Video game giant Activision is investigating a hacking campaign that’s targeting players with the goal of stealing their credentials, TechCrunch has learned. At this point, the hackers’ speci...
Welcome to Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X), where the rules are made up and the check marks don’t matter. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/elon-musk-twitter-everything-you-need-to-know/
Even though X seems to be working on this NSFW Communities feature, that doesn't mean it'll come to fruition. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/x-is-testing-nsfw-adult-communities-according-to-screenshots/
We last checked in on Zaver, a Swedish B2C buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) provider in Europe, when it raised a $5 million funding round in 2021. The company has now closed a $10 million extension to it...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/zaver-bnpl-porsche-200000-euro-limit/
Before sentencing, Bankman-Fried acknowledged in court that he made a "series of bad decisions," but argued they were not "selfish" ones. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal u...
All parents know that raising kids is expensive. Especially in those early years when they quickly outgrow clothes or toys, leaving parents on a never-ending cycle of buying new stuff when the ol...
Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto, formerly known as Chain Reaction. This is the last edition of this newsletter. I want to personally thank each of you for reading this and if you would like to stay ...
YouTube is launching “members only” Shorts, allowing creators to share short-form videos exclusively to their paying viewers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/youtube-exclusive-shorts-paying-subscribers/
This morning, Skyflow announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B extension led by Khosla Ventures. The deal is interesting on a number of fronts, including the round’s structure and ho...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/skyflow-raises-30m-ai-spikes-privacy-business/
The government's reward for information now extends to ALPHV's affiliates, which claimed responsibility for a massive weekslong healthcare cyberattack. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/state-department-10-million-change-healthcare-hackers/
Ibotta's recent partnerships with brands Exxon, Shell and Walmart helped the company reach profitability. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
As the election cycle heats up, Instagram and Threads will be cooling down the amount of political content entering many users’ feeds. These changes, which limit the reach of political content ...
Two weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that LinkedIn was getting into games, helping users “deepen relationships” through puzzle-based interactions. And on Wednesday, TechCrunch reported th...
In the wake of Universal Music Group’s (UMG) public spat with TikTok, which saw the label pulling its full catalog from the video app earlier this year, the company is doubling down on its deal...
Wonderschool, a startup that provides software and support to help individuals and local governments spin up childcare businesses, has acquired EarlyDay, which operates an early childhood educato...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/why-a16z-backed-wonderschool-is-acquiring-earlyday/
Google.org, Google’s charitable wing, is launching a new program to help fund nonprofits developing tech that leverages generative AI. Called Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI, the program ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/google-org-launches-20m-generative-ai-accelerator-program/