Hollywood’s writers already had a mechanism in place to rebuff what they consider to be unfair changes to their compensation and employment. Tech workers don’t have that muscle.
Tech workers could take labor lessons from Hollywood’s writers by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Electric boats are still a rarity on America’s waterways, but everyone seems to agree they represent a cleaner, quieter future for our lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. Navier has moved impressively quickly from idea to prototype to production boat, and the startup is now touring the west coast, winning admirers in high places who hope […]
Navier’s hydrofoiling electric cruises west coast waterways to line up first pilot programs by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter is purging inactive accounts on its platform, which may free up a number of long-coveted usernames, according to recent tweets by owner Elon Musk. Though Twitter for years has promised to put more usernames back into rotation, it hadn’t yet made any large-scale effort to do so, despite having an inactive account policy in […]
Elon Musk says Twitter is purging old accounts, freeing up desired usernames by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon announced Monday the launch of its new unit Amazon MGM Studios Distribution, which will allow the company to license Amazon Originals and other titles to third-party media companies, which could include streaming services (free, ad-supported or subscription) and cable TV. For the first time, titles such as “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” […]
Amazon to license original series and movies to other media companies by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Music streaming platform SoundCloud is today launching a new tool to let artists engage with their fans better. The new product, conveniently called Fans, lets artists direct message their followers and sort their listeners through different engagement measures. SoundCloud said that Fans product was available to 10,000 artists and now will this beta release it […]
SoundCloud debuts a fan engagement tool for artists by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s examine when to start measuring diminishing returns and how to use a simple regression analysis to find optimal spending leve
Are you spending too much on paid acquisition? by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
One constant theme we’ve been hearing from the big cloud infrastructure vendors this year is helping customers increase the efficiency of their cloud spend. Cloud bills have grown enormously as companies move more workloads. Combine that with a high level of economic anxiety, and a pronounced switch from a growth to efficiency mindset, and customers […]
Antimetal is putting AI to work to root out cloud cost inefficiencies by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch