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After surpassing 1.02 billion total hours viewed in the third week of its debut, Netflix’s “Wednesday” has been renewed for a second season, the company announced today. The series originally premiered in November with eight episodes. It’s centered around the popular “Addams Family” character, Wednesday Addams (played by Jenna Ortega), as she begins her first […]

Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ gets a second season by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Mastercard is launching a web3-focused incubator with Ethereum scaling layer-2 blockchain Polygon to help artists connect with fans.

Mastercard launches web3-focused artist incubator with Polygon by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Despite the downturn, strong cash supply and tailwinds for spending are leading experts to believe we’re in a strong investment cycle.

Will record levels of dry powder trigger a delayed explosion of startup investment? by Richard Dal Porto originally published on TechCrunch

In total, US Black founders raised an estimated $2.254 billion out of the $215 billion in US venture capital allocated last year in 2022.

Black founders still raised just 1% of all VC funds in 2022 by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Cloud computing giant Rackspace has confirmed hackers accessed customer data during last month’s ransomware attack. The attack, which Rackspace first confirmed on December 6, impacted the company’s hosted Exchange email environment, forcing the web giant to shut down the hosted email service following the incident. At the time, Rackspace said it was unaware “what, if […]

Rackspace says hackers accessed customer data during ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. To start off the year, we are welcoming on Rebecca Szkutak as a returning host who will be joining us while Alex is out on paternity leave. We’re lucky to have her for […]

CES, NYE, SBF and FTX. Lol. by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Victims of the MegaCortex ransomware can now recover their encrypted files for free, thanks to the release of a new file decryptor. The free decryptor was built by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender and the EU’s No More Ransom initiative in cooperation with the Zürich Cantonal Police, the Zürich Public Prosecutor’s Office and Europol, which in September […]

MegaCortex ransomware victims can now recover stolen files for free by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch