January 2023

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ChatGPT goes pro, layoffs at Alphabet, and Dungeons & Dragons flirts with restrictive new licensing by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube’s gaming community pushed back against the company this week after some creators saw their old videos demonetized out of the blue. The culprit is a new policy that the company introduced back in November in order to make certain kinds of content more advertiser friendly. That change, made to YouTubes’s advertiser-friendly content guidelines, overhauled […]

YouTube plans to modify profanity rules that prompted creator backlash by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Are VCs really sitting on record amounts of cash waiting to be deployed into new startups? If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

The mirage of dry powder by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch

Is it time for a Common App that helps startup founders pitch a ton of investors all at once? Afore Capital wants to make it happen.

Is it time for a Common App for startup founders? by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

After updating its iOS app to display both algorithmic and chronological timelines side-by-side, Twitter is rolling out this update to the web interface. Earlier this week, the company renamed “Home” (algorithmic timeline) and “Latest” (chronological timeline) to “For You” and “Following”. The “For You” timeline now appears first in both the iOS app and the […]

Twitter brings its “For You” and “Following” dual-timeline view to the web by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Sealed built a business around predicting energy use and getting homeowners to ditch fossil fuels. So, naturally, the company’s first acquisition is a startup that tracks energy on a granular level. Sealed did not disclose the terms of the deal, but said in a statement that scooping up Burlington, Vermont-based InfiSense would help it “cut […]

Sealed buys sensor startup InfiSense to fuel energy-saving services by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch