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TikTok is adding features for songwriters to its app

TikTok is adding a new label to its app, allowing songwriters to highlight their profiles

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Twitter’s verification chaos is now a security problem

October 31, 2022

Cybercriminals are already capitalizing on Twitter’s ongoing verification chaos by sending phishing emails designed to steal the passwords of unwitting users. The phishing email campaign, seen by TechCrunch, attempts to lure Twitter users into posting their username and password on an attacker’s website disguised as a Twitter help form. The email is sent from a […]

Twitter’s verification chaos is now a security problem by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Manufacturing firm Bright Machines raises $132M after unfulfilled SPAC deal

October 31, 2022

In May of last year, Bright Machines announced plans to embrace the SPAC craze with a merger deal that valued the Bay Area-based manufacturing firm at $1.6 billion. As the temperatures for the phenomenon cooled, however, so too did its plans. The plug was pulled last December, a little over a month before it was […]

Manufacturing firm Bright Machines raises $132M after unfulfilled SPAC deal by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

‘Simply decarbonizing’ isn’t enough: Third Nature targets $35M fund

October 31, 2022

With a glitzy vision of tackling some of “the biggest planetary challenges,” Third Nature is out to raise $35 million for its first VC fund, TechCrunch has learned. Third Nature has secured at least $2.8 million so far, per a regulatory filing. It joins a wave of relatively new, environmentally focused funds that are driving […]

‘Simply decarbonizing’ isn’t enough: Third Nature targets $35M fund by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Shopify acquires Remix to bolster its storefront design tools

October 31, 2022

Remix, a startup developing an open source web framework similar to Next.js, has been acquired by Shopify, the companies announced in a joint statement today. The financial terms weren’t disclosed, but in a blog post, Remix CEO Michael Jackson said that Remix will receive “long-term backing and support” from Shopify that will allow it to […]

Shopify acquires Remix to bolster its storefront design tools by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

With Bret Taylor out as Twitter board chair, he can focus entirely on Salesforce

October 31, 2022

Usually being a board chair is a job that involves running some meetings and pushing through routine company business, but when Bret Taylor became Twitter board chair last year, he was getting a lot more than he bargained for. Taylor was promoted to the job in November 2021, the same day Jack Dorsey resigned as […]

With Bret Taylor out as Twitter board chair, he can focus entirely on Salesforce by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch