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Spotify now has more than 500M users

April 25, 2023

Spotify now has 515 million monthly active users (MAUs), representing a 5% increase on the previous quarter and 22% increase on the corresponding period last year. This is the first time Spotify has claimed a user base in excess of half-a-billion users, with 210 million premium subscribers and 317 million on the ad-supported plan, representing […]

Spotify now has more than 500M users by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter will now show labels on tweets with reduced visiblity

April 25, 2023

Twitter said today that it will add labels to tweets that have been flagged by the company to reduce their visibility. Elon Musk & Co. touted this as a “freedom of speech, not reach” move. 🚫Censorship 🚫Shadowbanning✅Freedom of speech, not reach. Our new labels are now live. https://t.co/a0nTyPSZWY — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 24, 2023 […]

Twitter will now show labels on tweets with reduced visiblity by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Meet the people who use Notion to plan their whole lives

April 25, 2023
Joshua Bergen is a very productive person.   His secret is the workspace app Notion. Bergen, a product manager living in Vancouver, uses it to plan trips abroad in meticulous detail, with notes and timelines. He uses it to curate lists of the movies and TV shows he’s watched, and records what he thought of them.…

Opera launches Opera One browser with a new tab grouping concept

April 25, 2023

Opera has launched a new browser called Opera One, which will eventually replace its flagship browser. The Norway-based company said that this new browser has elements that will make it ready for a “generative AI-based future” without specifying what it means. The core feature for Opera One, which is being launched as a developer preview, […]

Opera launches Opera One browser with a new tab grouping concept by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

European stock trading app Lightyear arrives on the web

April 25, 2023

U.K.-based stock-trading startup Lightyear is finally expanding to the web, nearly two years after the company first emerged out of stealth. Founded out of London in 2020, Lightyear is one of a number of fintechs that promise an easy conduit for the general public to invest their money in some of the world’s biggest companies. […]

European stock trading app Lightyear arrives on the web by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Crypto exchange Coinbase sues SEC over rulemaking petition

April 25, 2023

Coinbase has filed a petition to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to respond to a months-old petition that asks whether the securities regulator would allow the industry to be regulated using existing SEC frameworks, the exchange firm said on Monday, escalating its tensions with the regulator that has ramped up enforcement actions and […]

Crypto exchange Coinbase sues SEC over rulemaking petition by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Ursa Major to provide engines for the upper stage of Astra’s new rocket

April 25, 2023

Astra’s new Rocket 4 launch vehicle will use Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid engine to power its upper stage, the two companies announced Monday. Astra has been tight-lipped about the new upper stage engine that would power its new Rocket 4, with CEO Chris Kemp only telling investors last year that the rocket’s substantially increased payload […]

Ursa Major to provide engines for the upper stage of Astra’s new rocket by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch