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Stripperweb, a twenty-year-old forum for sex workers, is shutting down. No one knows why.

January 31, 2023

There are some people on the internet who don’t want to be found. That seems to be the case for the elusive, mysterious owner of Stripperweb, a twenty-year-old forum for exotic dancers and sex workers. With just one week of advance notice, the forum’s unknown owner announced that the website will shut down on February […]

Stripperweb, a twenty-year-old forum for sex workers, is shutting down. No one knows why. by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

TBD Health is rolling out at-home sexual healthcare to all US states

January 31, 2023

Reproductive rights is a hot-button topic for much of the political spectrum in the U.S. Against that backdrop. TBD Health is not-so-quietly making patient-focused and inclusive sexual healthcare available and accessible to everyone in the U.S., as it raises a $4.4 million round to scale up further. “At a time when women’s rights are being […]

TBD Health is rolling out at-home sexual healthcare to all US states by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet

January 31, 2023

When you hear the word ‘intranet,’ chances are your mind is conjuring up images of badly designed internal communications platforms from the early aughts: a place for your internal communications team to post announcements you’re not going to read. To some degree, that hasn’t changed, but employee expectations have — and so has the work […]

Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature

January 31, 2023

Linktree, the popular link-in-bio startup, is continuing to build more tools to help creators make money on its platform. The company announced today that it’s introducing three new monetization features designed to help users turn their Linktree into a stronger earnings channel. First, Linktree is launching a new “Buy Me a Gift” button that is […]

Linktree adds new monetization options, including a ‘Buy Me a Gift’ feature by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of content, including ‘Westworld’

January 31, 2023

Warners Bros. Discovery has reached deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of movies of TV shows, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal will bring Warner Bros. branded free, ad-supported channels to the two streaming services. The channels will feature many popular titles, including HBO’s “Westworld,” which was recently removed from the HBO […]

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches deals with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of content, including ‘Westworld’ by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data

January 31, 2023

Select Star, a startup providing data discovery, lineage and governance tools to mostly enterprise organizations, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Bowery Capital, Sozo Ventures and Pebblebed. The fresh cash brings the company’s total raised to $20 million, and CEO Shinji […]

Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation

January 31, 2023

Laptops and tablets are getting better and more powerful by the day but our fingers aren’t getting any more precise, and for extended writing and work, it’s still more helpful to have a keyboard and a larger screen at hand. These types of products have been around for at least a decade, but what’s new […]

Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch