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Ann Lai says she was fired from Bullpen Capital after helping deliver a $145M fund

May 2, 2023

Ann Lai, a general partner at Bullpen Capital, has been fired from the firm, she says. The investor described the termination experience as “discriminatory and retaliatory” in a LinkedIn post published on Monday. Lai helped raise Bullpen Capital’s most recent fund, a $145 million investment vehicle, the first investment vehicle in which she was named […]

Ann Lai says she was fired from Bullpen Capital after helping deliver a $145M fund by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon debuts free, ad-supported streaming channels just for Fire TV

May 1, 2023

Amazon is doubling down on free, ad-supported content with today’s introduction of Fire TV Channels, its new, free and ad-supported (FAST) video experience coming to Fire TV devices this week. Though Fire TV had previously offered FAST content, Fire TV Channels will now be continuously updated throughout the day and integrated into several areas across […]

Amazon debuts free, ad-supported streaming channels just for Fire TV by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk reportedly settles defamation suit after saying he’d never ‘surrender an unjust case’

May 1, 2023

A defamation case brought against Tesla chief executive Elon Musk by critic Randeep Hothi is apparently coming to a close, reportedly costing the billionaire ten big ones.  Lawyers representing Hothi, a vocal member of the TSLAQ short-seller community on Twitter, said in a statement that Musk asked to settle the nearly three-year-old case back in […]

Elon Musk reportedly settles defamation suit after saying he’d never ‘surrender an unjust case’ by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is randomly logging out users. You’re welcome.

May 1, 2023

Twitter is not dead yet, it’s just randomly logging out a number of its users. After reporting earlier today that Twitter was experiencing a bug that was allowing people to edit their bios to briefly regain their Verified checkmarks, the Twitter website this afternoon has begun to forcefully log out users at random. There are […]

Twitter is randomly logging out users. You’re welcome. by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch