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Sequoia India’s Surge backs engineering analytics startup Hatica in $3.7M funding

February 9, 2023

Uber alums’ engineering analytics startup Hatica has raised $3.7 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge, they said Thursday. The San Francisco-headquartered startup aims to boost the productivity and well-being of developers by helping them better understand how they are spending their time with detailed engineering analytics. “There was […]

Sequoia India’s Surge backs engineering analytics startup Hatica in $3.7M funding by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter Blue introduces 4,000 character tweets, says half ads coming soon

February 9, 2023

Twitter announced the ability to post longer tweets for paid users Wednesday. So instead of being limited to 280 characters, Blue subscribers can post tweets that are up to 4,000 characters long. The same limit applies to quote tweets and replies. Twitter said that along with long tweets people can post media like images or […]

Twitter Blue introduces 4,000 character tweets, says half ads coming soon by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Nintendo releases trailers for new ‘Zelda’ and ‘Pikmin’ games

February 8, 2023

Nintendo hosted a forty-five minute Nintendo Direct livestream on Wednesday, revealing upcoming games and updates for the Nintendo Switch. As many players expected, Nintendo shared a trailer for the highly anticipated “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,” the follow-up to the franchise’s beloved “Breath of the Wild.” The game will be released on […]

Nintendo releases trailers for new ‘Zelda’ and ‘Pikmin’ games by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is telling users that they’re over the daily tweet limit

February 8, 2023

Twitter users have seen their fair share of erratic policy changes and weird bugs lately, but today they can’t even tweet through it. Many users reported that they were suddenly unable to tweet on Wednesday, starting around 2PM PT. Right now, the bug appears to be affecting all non-scheduled tweets. Tweets that were scheduled previously […]

Twitter is telling users that they’re over the daily tweet limit by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Affirm’s stock plunges as it misses earnings, cuts 500 jobs and shutters crypto unit

February 8, 2023

Citing economic turbulence, buy now, pay later giant Affirm announced today that it is reducing its staff by 19%, or about 500 employees, and shutting down its crypto unit. That leaves the company with about 2,000 employees. In a written statement, Founder and CEO Max Levchin said that he takes “full responsibility for this decision […]

Affirm’s stock plunges as it misses earnings, cuts 500 jobs and shutters crypto unit by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch