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Snapchat expands its paid subscription with Story expiration controls, custom sounds, and more

October 20, 2022

Snapchat+, Snapchat’s $3.99 per month subscription plan, is today rolling out three new features to entice users to its paid service. The company launched the subscription tier in late June as it looked for more revenue during an ad spending slowdown. Since the launch, more than 1 million users have paid for the service, the […]

Snapchat expands its paid subscription with Story expiration controls, custom sounds, and more by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

When you lose weight, where does it go?

October 20, 2022
What happens when we lose weight? This is really a question about how our bodies store and use the energy we need to function.  In general, we store backup energy in fat cells that are distributed around the body, some in the abdomen around the organs (visceral fat) and some under the skin (subcutaneous fat);…

The bird is fine, the bird is fine, the bird is fine, it’s dead

October 20, 2022
Twenty years have passed since I first met Aubrey de Grey, the man with the Methuselah beard. Back then he was already a True Believer in the quest for immortality. But he wasn’t famous, or notorious, yet; he wasn’t Aubrey!, as he would soon become to his fans in the anti-aging crowd. And he wasn’t…

Google’s Android Go for entry-level phones is now on 250 million devices

October 20, 2022

Five years after Google released the first version of Android Go, its mobile operating system for entry-level devices, the program has now amassed over 250 million monthly active devices. That’s up from 200 million Android Go monthly active devices milestone that Google shared in December last year. To mark the occasion, the search giant has […]

Google’s Android Go for entry-level phones is now on 250 million devices by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

General Atlantic eyes increasing stake in Amazon-backed insurtech Acko

October 20, 2022

General Atlantic is in talks to invest about $50 million in Acko, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, doubling down on its bet on the Indian insurtech at a time when most investors are treading investment opportunities carefully. The New York-headquartered growth equity investor is positioning to lead a new financing round of […]

General Atlantic eyes increasing stake in Amazon-backed insurtech Acko by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022

October 20, 2022

During the last two days, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the brand-new Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home Battlefield Cup and $100,000. TechCrunch editors and expert judges winnowed them down to the […]

Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022 by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch