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March 2023
Twitter testing government ID-based verification, new screenshots show
Twitter appears to be testing a new verification process for Twitter Blue subscribers that would involve submitting a government ID. Code-level insights reveal a process for sending in a photo of the user’s ID, both front and back, along with a selfie photo to verify their Twitter account. The feature is listed alongside others only […]
Twitter testing government ID-based verification, new screenshots show by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Podcast network Maximum Fun is becoming a worker-owned co-op
Maximum Fun owner Jesse Thorn is selling the podcast company that he founded almost twenty years ago. Rather than surrendering the network to a big tech company or media conglomerate, he is selling it back to its workers. Maximum Fun, best known for distributing hit shows like the McElroy family’s “My Brother, My Brother and […]
Podcast network Maximum Fun is becoming a worker-owned co-op by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Numbers Station raises $17.5M to bring AI to your data stack
When you think of foundation models and what they can accomplish, chances are you are thinking of text and image creation. Numbers Station, however, is taking these models in a very different direction. The startup, which is announcing a $17.5 million Series A round today, is using these models to build what the company calls […]
Numbers Station raises $17.5M to bring AI to your data stack by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
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Announcing the TC Include Founders program at Disrupt 2023
We firmly believe that all founders must have access to the tech world’s immense opportunities — and to our events. The TechCrunch Include Founders program is designed to promote and increase diversity at our events by making them more affordable to historically underrepresented founders. Building more diversity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Eligible TC Include founders […]
Announcing the TC Include Founders program at Disrupt 2023 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units
Amazon has announced another substantial round of layoffs in four months, as the internet giant today revealed that a further 9,000 people are set to lose their jobs. In a memo published by CEO Andy Jassy this morning, the company said that the cuts will impact those in its AWS cloud unit, Twitch gaming division, […]
Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch