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Colossal Biosciences bills itself as the “de-extinction company” and is seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, the thylacine (aka the Tasmanian tiger) and the dodo. Co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm told me all about why it wants to do that on stage at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin a couple weeks ago, and […]

Woolly mammoth de-extinction is definitely not about making real-life Pokémon by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Pinterest announced today that it’s expanding its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups to five more countries, including Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. The company debuted its $500,000 Creator Fund in 2021, and announced an additional $1.2 million for the fund last year. The fund focuses specifically on supporting creators from underrepresented groups by offering […]

Pinterest expands its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups to five more countries by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

The moat between new developers and the establishment prohibitively wide and deep, and it starts with costs.

Spiraling costs are killing the mobile gaming space by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union objecting to Meta’s behavioral advertising can easily ask for their data not to being used for its consentless tracking-and-profiling thanks to a free tool provided by privacy rights not-for-profit, noyb. According to noyb, an online form Meta is planning to offer EU users wanting to exercise their […]

Using Facebook in the EU? Here’s how to opt out of its creepy ads by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon is set to shutter Book Depository, an online bookstore and competitor it acquired back in 2011. The news comes hot on the heels of a swathe of cutbacks at the internet giant, with two separate rounds of layoffs impacting at least 27,000 people across various divisions including its highly profitable AWS cloud unit and […]

Amazon to shutter Book Depository, a UK-based online bookseller it acquired in 2011, on April 26 by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix continues with its livestreams, this time with the “Love is Blind” season 4 cast. This will be the streamer’s first-ever live reunion special in its history. “Love Is Blind: The Live Reunion” will air on April 16 at 8 p.m. ET. The five main couples attending the live reunion include Brett Brown and Tiffany […]

Netflix set to release first-ever live reunion special on April 16 with ‘Love is Blind’ cast by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch