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Chief, a professional network for women leaders, cuts staff amid restructuring effort

April 27, 2023

Chief, a professional network designed for women in leadership, has cut 14% of staff, or 43 jobs today, saying in an email seen by TechCrunch that the move is a response to the economy and that the outfit is restructuring to further focus on member experience. The layoff largely hit Chief’s U.S. employees as the […]

Chief, a professional network for women leaders, cuts staff amid restructuring effort by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Binance.US sailed away from its $1.3B deal with Voyager, now what?

April 27, 2023

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, Binance.US broke off its $1.3 billion deal to buy crypto broker Voyager Digital’s assets due to a “hostile and uncertain regulatory climate.” The announcement comes about nine months after Voyager filed for bankruptcy. At the time, the U.S.-headquartered firm — and its two affiliates — said in […]

Binance.US sailed away from its $1.3B deal with Voyager, now what? by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube Music officially rolls out podcasts for listeners in the US

April 27, 2023

YouTube Music is officially adding podcasts to its platform in the United States on Android, iOS and the web. The rollout comes a few months after YouTube podcasting head Kai Chuk revealed that podcasts would be added to YouTube Music soon. The update allows users watching podcasts on the main app to continue listening to them […]

YouTube Music officially rolls out podcasts for listeners in the US by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Google tests a new ad slot on the Play Store ahead of its I/O developer conference

April 27, 2023

Google has been spotted testing a new Play Store ad slot ahead of its I/O developer conference in May. If rolled out publicly, the change could significantly expand the company’s Play Store search ads business by offering developers access to new prime real estate for their app marketing efforts. The test comes two years ago […]

Google tests a new ad slot on the Play Store ahead of its I/O developer conference by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M

April 27, 2023

Investors continue to pump money into generative AI tech. Case in point, Replit, an IDE startup developing a code-generating AI-powered tool called Ghostwriter, this week raised nearly $100 million ($97.4 million) at a $1.16 billion post-money valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round — a Series B extension — with participation from Khosla Ventures, Coatue, SV […]

Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch