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Daily Crunch: Netflix’s new sharing restrictions force subscribers to select a primary viewing location by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Meta is all-in on becoming a lean, mean cash-printing machine. In its Q4 earnings call on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s near future priorities and plans, painting a picture of a tech giant that’s driving toward leaning down and speeding up. The company beat revenue expectations in the final quarter of 2022, […]
Meta stock perks up as the company promises a ‘year of efficiency’ by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
The New York Stock Exchange has issued a delisting warning to peer-to-peer car rental company Getaround for trading too low, according to the company. Getaround debuted on the public markets in December after merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combined company’s stock began trading at around $10 per share and promptly lost […]
Car-sharing platform Getaround gets delisting warning from NYSE by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
The Biden administration is calling out Apple and Google’s app stores for stifling competition. A new report, issued on Wednesday by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), said it had investigated the competitive conditions in the mobile app ecosystem and found that it’s “not a level playing field, which is harmful to […]
The Biden administration says Apple and Google’s app stores are stifling competition by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
On January 1, a technologist who goes by the nickname regexer received an email saying he had successfully reset his account at the crypto exchange Coinbase. Unfortunately — and worryingly — he had actually not requested a password reset. Regexer, who asked to be referred to by his online moniker for fear of being targeted […]
Google Fi hack victim had Coinbase, 2FA app hijacked by hackers by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
It’s been a good week for Red Hat, and by extension IBM, the company that owns it. That’s because Red Hat signed two partnership agreements this week, one with Oracle and the other with SAP. Those are some big players, and if it results in more deployments for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), it could […]
New Red Hat partnerships with SAP and Oracle could bode well for owner IBM by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Web development platform Netlify today announced that it has acquired its competitor Gatsby, the company behind the opensource GatsbyJS framework. Gatsby, which had raised a total of $46.8 million, including a $28 million Series B led by Index Ventures in 2020, never quite got the traction that competitors like Netlify itself or Vercel saw in […]
Netlify acquires frontend platform Gatsby by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Summari took a shot at making article summaries on demand a must-have tool for the overloaded reader. But a year later the startup is leaving that model in the dust for a new, and in retrospect way better, use for its summarization service: link previews. And once you give them a shot, you may find […]
Summari pivots to AI-generated link previews that really click by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
“If you could open this article sort of Rolling Stone style…” Brennan Lee Mulligan suggests, then without changing his tone, pitches his lede: “In a Corvette, racing down the 5, [podcast producer] Taylor Moore swerves, then bites right into a massive wheel of brie cheese…” It’s what you’d expect from Mulligan, who got his start […]
The biggest names in D&D are going independent on ‘Worlds Beyond Number’ by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
TechCrunch Live is back! I’m thrilled to bring this event series back for its third season. We’re booked for months, and I’m delighted to host the upcoming guests. Join us for our first episode with Benchmark and Cambly taking place today, February 1, 2023 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Our first guests are Sameer […]
Hear how to find profitability early with Cambly and Benchmark on TechCrunch Live by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch